Should KJV Bible believers use the Greek and Hebrew Lexicons?

The KJV is my authority. But the Bible was written to specific audiences, in specific cultures, in specific times, using specific words. Every word God uses is crucial. They are not random.

Oikoumene or cosmos? Very important distinction in understanding the Bible, yet both are translated as "world." Dunamis or exousia - both translated as "power," yet two distinct words with distinct meanings. God chose specific words to convey specific thoughts. "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God."

Studying the original languages that underlie the KJV text does not make one any less a Bible believer. And it does not make the KJV any less my sole authority.

Here are two responses I received to this thought on Facebook. There is so much ignorance among so much of the KJV-Only camp because men like Ruckman and Gipp have convinced their followers to abandon scholarship. I encourage Bible believers to study into the words God uses to find the meaning he has for us.

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Can we know our Bible accurately records what the writers wrote?

Can we know our Bible accurately records what the writers wrote?

We have over 5600 Greek manuscripts of the New Testament, more than any other ancient work. Add to that the early translations into other languages of the New Testament and the early commentaries of the "church fathers," quoting the Bible. The entire New Testament could be reconstructed just from these commentaries.
The average classical Greek authors have fewer than 20 copies of their work still in existence, (usually less than 6).
We have manuscripts that date back to within a 100 years or so of the original writing. Other ancient manuscripts have no copies closer than 800 years, more or less, from original authorship. No other book is more widely attested to than the Bible.
There is no doubt that we can know what the originals said with great certainty. The influence of the Bible is also clearly demonstrated by the vast number of manuscripts.

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