Question about search syntax for multiple words within nearby verses

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Clint Porter

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Jul 3, 2022, 11:32:56 AM7/3/22
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Hi everyone, I was wondering if you could help me understand how to formulate certain kind of search.

How can I find three or more keywords within a certain distance from each other? I know I can use [word1] ~2 [word2] to find occurrences of word1 and word2 within two verses of each other. How can I do the same for word1, word2 and word3 ? I tried variations of [word1] ~2 [word2] ~2 [word3] but couldn't hit on something that was behaving as I expected.

Here is an example of what I'm trying to work up to. I'd like to take Exodus 34:6 and try to find all the passages that are quoting or alluding to the five character traits listed in that verse (merciful, gracious, slow to anger, loyal love and faithfulness). Sometimes this can happen over several verses of a psalm, and could involve one of several forms of each word. So I'm trying to accomplish something like this:

(strong:H7349 OR strong:H7355 OR strong:H7356)
AND
(strong:H2587 OR strong:H2580 OR strong:H2594 OR strong:H2603)
AND
(strong:H0750 AND strong:H0639)
AND
strong:H2617
AND
(strong:H0571 OR strong:H0541 OR strong:H0530 OR strong:H0543 OR strong:H0551 OR strong:H0539 OR strong:H0529 OR strong:H0540 OR strong:H0548)
~10

Where some version of these five words are found within 10 verses. Is there a way to format this so it works?

Thanks!
Clint

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