Search Instructions
You are about to use the most powerful Bible search engine on the Internet!
To use our search engine click here.
The program on the internet consists of four window panes. The panes may be resized per your preference with your mouse by dragging on the inner pane borders.
The Document pane has the words of the Bible, it is the upper-right-hand pane.
The Hit List pane has a concordance-style listing of hit results, it is the lower right hand pane.
The Table of Contents pane lists the books and chapters, it is the upper left hand pane.
The Search pane is where you enter words for which you wish to search, it is the lower left hand pane.
TO PERFORM A SEARCH:
Enter the words for which you wish to search in the lower left hand Search window pane.
Click on the "Submit Query" button.
Click on the "Map" (the button with the search words on it).
The Document window pane displays the first hit verse with a few context verses that follow it.
You may page-down to read the following context verses.
You may click on the "Previous" button to read the verses before this hit.
You may click on the "Next Hit" button to see the next "hit" verse.
You may click on the "Next" button to see the following set of verses in context.
The lower right hand window pane contains the Hit List. You may click on any hit to see the full quote appear in the Document pane--upper right hand window pane.
The upper left hand window pane is the Table of Contents. It shows how many hits are in each book or chapter if you have performed a search. You may expand it to view the books and chapters. You may click on a book or chapter to view it in the Document pane.
The "Next" button will take you to the next set of verses in context, not the next set of verses with a hit in them---for that, click on the "Next Hit" button instead.
Here are some sample searches you can try
SINGLE WORD search love
AND search love & joy
OR search love | joy
NOT search love ^ joy
PHRASE search "love joy"
EXCLUSIVE OR search love ~ joy
SINGLE CHARACTER WILD CARD search love?
MULTIPLE CHARACTER WILD CARD search love*
ORDERED PROXIMITY search "love joy"/4
UNORDERED PROXIMITY search "love joy"@4
HEBREW search [group ~~157h] this searches for Strongs# 157 'ahab
GREEK search [group ~~25g] this searches for Strongs# 25 agapao
Now lets search for every occurrence of the Greek word "agapao" where it has been translated other than "Love" [group ~~25g] ^ love
To listen to a Verse, find the appropriate Chapter in the left-hand column and click it.
At the present time you will have to listen to the entire Chapter,
this is due to the fact that our search engine is located on a different server than
the audio. Sorry about that! In the retail version all you have to do is click
the Verse number to play the Verse instantly.
The search engine is brought to you courtesy of The FIEN Group.
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