STEP Bible is packed full of features to help people study the Bible text, from reading and comparing different versions of the Bible to grappling with original language words, through using word clouds to track themes as they unfold in a book, STEP can assist.
Multi-version Bible lookups | Multi-version searches | Lexicon and definitions | Animated word clouds |
There is a lot of functionality packed into STEP Bible, and this page outlines but a few.
Read the Bible:
By default you see a Bible in the language of your browser, with a Quick Help screen.
Pick a passage by typing a few letters
The versions listed depend on the language your browser is set to.
93 language interfaces are in currently in preparation
Many of these are machine-translated. Please click on "Help translate..." to improve these.
Any Bible can be included in the Interleaved format
Only tagged Bibles (marked "I") in the list) can be displayed as Interlinear
You can see that "appear" is translated from the Hebrew ra.ah which is also translated "saw".
Any versions can be compared, so long as they are in the same language.
Comparisons ignore accents in Greek
This feature works with all translations, whether they are tagged or not.
Three different levels of detail make sure you aren't overwhelmed with too many results.
Simple or complex searches allow for almost any combinations of words.
You don't need to know Hebrew or Greek to research the original languages
Word clouds are very useful for giving a quick overview of a particular passage. By selected "1 chapter either side" the user is given some context. There is also a play button to allow users to see themes develop through a book. Three types of word clouds exist: vocabulary (based on the original text), modern text (based on the actual English/contemporary language text) and subject (based on Nave's topical Bible)
Using the search bar, you are able to quickly combine different types of searches. For example, a subject search is good for returning large passages referring to a particular topic. A word search is good to identify specific original language words. So combining a subject search (purple) for 'throne' with a word search (blue) for 'David' will return all passages referring to the throne of David, even if the 'throne' word is not explicitly mentioned.
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