Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible was constructed by a team of more than a hundred scholars under the direction of Dr. James Strong (1822–1894) and first published in 1890. Dr. Strong was Professor of exegetical theology at Drew Theological Seminary. The Strong's Concordance is an exhaustive cross-reference of every word in the King James Bible cross referened to lexicons of the original languages of the Bible.

Although the concordance took over ten years and over 100 people to construct, it's content today, can be duplicated by modern computers in a fraction of a second.

James Strong was born in New York City and in 1844 graduated from Wesleyan University as valedictorian. He eventually became mayor of his hometown on Long Island. Later, moving to Flushing, New York, he pursued biblical studies, held various local offices and organized, built and was the president of the Flushing railroad. In 1856 he earned the degree of Doctor of Divinity (D.D.) from Wesleyan University. From 1858 until 1861, Strong was both Acting President and Professor of Biblical Literature at Troy University. In 1868 he became Professor of Exegetical Theology at Drew Theological Seminary, where he remained for twenty-seven years. In 1884, he produced the Strong's Concordance Bible, which is still in print today. He died August 7th, 1894.

In the 1890 version, James Strong added a “Hebrew and Chaldee Dictionary” and a “Greek Dictionary of the New Testament” to his concordance. In the preface to both dictionaries, Strong explains that these are “brief and simple” dictionaries, not meant to replace reference to “a more copious and elaborate Lexicon.” He mentions Gesenius and Fürst as examples of the lexicons that Strong's is drawn from. His dictionaries were meant to give students a quick and simple way to look up words and have a general idea of their meaning.