Online Bible

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The Online Bible (short OLB) is a free Bible program programmed by Larry Pierce from Ontario . Despite the name, it is not an Internet Bible, but a local computer program with a variety of functions for studying the Bible .

The PC Bible program Online Bible was first published as a DOS application in Canada in 1987 ; it was one of the first Bible programs on the market. Since 1990 the program has been adapted for the large European language groups. At that time online was understood to mean direct, program-supported access to Bible passages and the parallel passages and comments linked to them.

The Online Bible is a modular Bible program with many Bible translations , commentaries, books, and dictionaries for all types of computers and operating systems. It makes Bibles in many languages ​​accessible on the computer in parallel. There are over 1500 modules, about 800 of which are free downloadable . The online Bible is available in a free version. It can also be purchased once in a licensed version on DVD that contains additional modules that may not be offered for free download without a license. It can also be purchased by subscription, which means that the user is sent new versions and updated modules at regular intervals.

Functions

  • Electronic study Bible with full concordance function
  • Interlinear function of any number of translations
  • Basic Hebrew and Greek texts with information on word forms and grammar
  • Basic Greek texts with a text-critical apparatus from the Novum Testamentum Graece (Westcott-Hort / Nestle-Aland 26)
  • Over 660,000 parallel passages allow writing with writing comparisons (based on Treasury of Scripture Knowledge)
  • Word studies based on the Strong numbers by James Strong , whereby the basic text (Hebrew, Greek) is also introduced to laypeople.
  • Search results can be saved and edited in verse lists.
  • Synchronous display of Bible text and commentary
  • Create your own comments on Bible passages
  • Set bookmarks
  • Colored painting system
  • Lexicons / dictionaries
  • Books of various categories: sermons, theological treatises, cards, personal devotion, etc.
  • Export / import function
  • Astronomical calendar for determining astronomical phenomena such as solar eclipses, new and full moons, etc. v. a.
  • Compiler for creating your own modules (Windows version only)

Translations

The online Bible program is available in Afrikaans, Danish, German, English, French, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Spanish, and Czech.

Bible translations are available in the following languages ​​(no claim to completeness): Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Chamorro, Chinese, Danish, German, English, Ecuadorian, Finnish, French, Greek (modern and basic texts), Hebrew (basic text), Italian, Korean , Latin, Maori, Dutch, Norwegian, Filipino, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Spanish, Swahili, Thai, Czech, Turkish, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Vietnamese.

Operating systems

The online Bible is available for the following operating systems :

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Treasury Of Scripture Knowledge Online (English)

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