When I look around the auditorium during worship I notice something that a few years would have been very strange. There are a lot of people on their phones and tablets. Hopefully, those on their devices are using them for their Bible. There has been a lot of discussion on this topic to decide if it is “right” for people to use these devices during worship. We have come to a time when there is not even as much discussion, it is just accepted.
With this acceptance, there are numerous apps you can download if you want to have your Bible with you everywhere you go. I would like to share with you one of my favorites.
Blue Letter Bible has become one of my favorite Bible apps. There is actually a website (blb.org) that has a lot more than the app, but the app works great by itself. There are a few features that you will need an internet connection for, but it is not necessary for everything.
I should say that this app is the most useful for when I want to do a quick word study. It looks like all of the other Bible reading apps at first but there are a couple of added features that make it great for these studies.
When you are reading a passage, you can click (or tap) on the passage and get a whole list of features for that verse. You can compare the verse through different versions, see commentaries and dictionaries, and my favorite, Concordance/Interlinear. When you choose that option you are taken to a page that might look funny if you don’t know Greek or Hebrew but it’s OK. You don’t need to understand these languages to use this feature.
You are given a chart that tells the English word, Strong’s Number for the Greek word, the Greek word, and an option to have the Greek word said for you. On some words, you are even given the parsing of the word. Amazing.
From this page you can click on the Greek/Hebrew word and be given just about all you need to know for that word. Again, it is OK if you don’t know Greek/Hebrew, it will tell you everything you need to know. You get a transliteration, pronunciation, part of speech, root word, outline of Biblical usage, KJV translation count, Thayer’s entry for the word, and concordance results showing you every time the word is used in the Bible. It is pretty much all you need for a basic word study of a word.
That may sound crazy and you might not be interested in what the Greek word for love in Romans 12:9, but maybe you are. The Blue Letter Bible app will tell you that and a lot more.
I have said a lot about the Greek/Hebrew aspect of this app but you should also know that it does work very well as a simple Bible reader. You can highlight verses in different colors and read from many different translations in many languages.
One bad thing with the Blue Letter Bible app is that there isn’t a way to sync between the website and app. This would make it a little more useful but even without it, I still turn to this app for my regular reading quite often.
If you'd like to view the Blue Letter Bible website click here.
Download the iPhone or iPad app here.
With this acceptance, there are numerous apps you can download if you want to have your Bible with you everywhere you go. I would like to share with you one of my favorites.
Blue Letter Bible has become one of my favorite Bible apps. There is actually a website (blb.org) that has a lot more than the app, but the app works great by itself. There are a few features that you will need an internet connection for, but it is not necessary for everything.
I should say that this app is the most useful for when I want to do a quick word study. It looks like all of the other Bible reading apps at first but there are a couple of added features that make it great for these studies.
When you are reading a passage, you can click (or tap) on the passage and get a whole list of features for that verse. You can compare the verse through different versions, see commentaries and dictionaries, and my favorite, Concordance/Interlinear. When you choose that option you are taken to a page that might look funny if you don’t know Greek or Hebrew but it’s OK. You don’t need to understand these languages to use this feature.
You are given a chart that tells the English word, Strong’s Number for the Greek word, the Greek word, and an option to have the Greek word said for you. On some words, you are even given the parsing of the word. Amazing.
From this page you can click on the Greek/Hebrew word and be given just about all you need to know for that word. Again, it is OK if you don’t know Greek/Hebrew, it will tell you everything you need to know. You get a transliteration, pronunciation, part of speech, root word, outline of Biblical usage, KJV translation count, Thayer’s entry for the word, and concordance results showing you every time the word is used in the Bible. It is pretty much all you need for a basic word study of a word.
That may sound crazy and you might not be interested in what the Greek word for love in Romans 12:9, but maybe you are. The Blue Letter Bible app will tell you that and a lot more.
I have said a lot about the Greek/Hebrew aspect of this app but you should also know that it does work very well as a simple Bible reader. You can highlight verses in different colors and read from many different translations in many languages.
One bad thing with the Blue Letter Bible app is that there isn’t a way to sync between the website and app. This would make it a little more useful but even without it, I still turn to this app for my regular reading quite often.
If you'd like to view the Blue Letter Bible website click here.
Download the iPhone or iPad app here.