evaluate what the lexicon is and how it functions? At least four areas need to be explored in lexical theory. The first question is the type of dictionary or lexicon the Louw-Nida lexicon represents. The two major types of dictionary are the ordinary dictionary and the semanticist dictionary.2 Features of the ordinary dictionary include the following: circular, interconnected definitions; precise common-language definitions; definitions in terms of glosses or translational equivalents; and a tendency