Xiphos (formerly GnomeSword) is a Bible study tool for GNOME. It lets you read, search, add formatted notes to verses, bookmark passages, and reference commentary and lexicon modules.
The software aims to provide a simple and clean user interface whilst also providing a powerful tool allowing a personalized Bible study environment.
Xiphos uses modules and libraries provided by The SWORD Project.
Xiphos lets users work in original language study using the available Greek and Hebrew translations.
Key Features
- Support for Bible, Commentary, Lexicon, and General Book modules.
- Footnotes, Text notes, Cross References.
- Strongs Hebrew/Greek numbers.
- Morphological Analysis codes.
- Non-English texts (Hebrew, Greek, etc).
- Parallel Page – Display up to five versions.
- Headings and other text formatting.
- Bookmark Bible passages, Commentaries, Lexicons and Dictionaries.
- StudyPad and Personal Commentary for keeping notes.
- Add sermon personal notes on selected passages.
- Search Bibles, Commentaries and Personal notes.
- Spellcheck.
- Compare translations in parallel.
- Uses modules from The SWORD Project or from other configurable sources.
Website: xiphos.org
Support: Mailing List, GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Terry Biggs, Moses McKnight, Jan Paul Schmidt, Victor Porton, Stephen Binks, Carl Constantine, Jorge Chacon, Jp Robinson, Dominique Corbex, Zdenko Podobný, Andy Piper, Pierre Benz, Pavlo Bohmat, Karl Kleinpaste
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
Xiphos is written in Scheme and C. Learn Scheme with our recommended free books and free tutorials. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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|---|---|
| The SWORD Project | CrossWire Bible Society's free Bible software |
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| Alkitab Bible Study | Offers rich and user friendly Bible study tools |
| UniqueBible | Cross-platform bible application |
| Bible Desktop | Easy to use study tool |
| Unbound Bible | Multilingual Bible-reader software |
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