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Bible
Search Instructions
Passage lookups
Passage lookups are useful
when you want to find a specific passage in the Bible and you know the
reference (i.e. John 3:16). Enter the reference in the text box, select
one or more Bible versions to display from the list, and click "Lookup".
Optionally, you may specify the following parameters:
- Hide footnotes
Footnotes provide
additional notes from the Bible translators, and are displayed by
default. Check this box to hide them from the results.
- Hide
cross-references
When a verse refers to
another verse elsewhere in the Bible, cross-references point to the
other verse. They are turned on by default, but checking this box will
hide them from the results.
Word searches
Word searches are useful
for finding verses or passages when you don't know the reference for where
they can be found. In effect, word searches function as a high-powered
concordance or index to the entire Bible. Enter the word(s) you wish to
find in the text box, choose a Bible version from the list and then click
"Search". Optionally, you may specify the following parameters:
- Restrict search to
If you want to search
only a portion of the Bible, select the appropriate option. The
different groupings of books are explained below:
- Old Testament
- Genesis through
Malachi
- New Testament
- Matthew through
Revelation
- Books of Moses
- Genesis, Exodus,
Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
- Gospels
- Matthew, Mark, Luke,
and John
- Major_Prophets
- Isaiah, Jeremiah,
Lamentations, Ezekiel, and Daniel
- Minor_Prophets
- Hosea, Joel, Amos,
Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai,
Zechariah, and Malachi
- Wisdom_Books
- Job, Psalms,
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon
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OT_Historical_Books
- Joshua, Judges,
Ruth, 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings, 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra,
Nehemiah, and Esther
- Epistles
- Romans, 1 and 2
Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 and 2
Thessalonians, 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1
and 2 Peter, 1 - 3 John, and Jude
- Pauline_Epistles
- Romans, 1 and 2
Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 and 2
Thessalonians, 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus, and Philemon
- Apocalyptic_Books
- Daniel and
Revelation
- Start search at /
End search at
As an alternate method of
searching portions of the Bible, you can select the books to start and
end the search.
- Results per page
You can specify the
number of search results that will display on a single page before a
link is created to a second search results page. Some versions of the
Bible have copyright limits upon the number of verses that can be
displayed at one time. If you choose a results number higher than the
copyright limit, only the number of verses specified by the copyright
limit will be displayed.
- Find whole words
only
If you check this box,
searches will be limited to whole words only. For example, if you put
"laughter" in the search box, and leave "Find whole words" unchecked, it
will find verses with both "laughter" and "slaughter". If you check the
"Find whole words" check box, the search will only find verses with
"laughter" in them.
- Display results as
references only
Check this box if you
don't want to see the text of the verses themselves, but only where they
can be found.
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