Hymn Dictionary
Reference
Only for iPhone
Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
All 341 hymns and 251 archaic words, defined and pronounced, from the Byrd & Byrd LDS Hymn Dictionary. Works completely offline.
What is a bulwark? Why do we sing "here I raise my Ebenezer"? Hymn Dictionary explains every difficult word in the hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, built from the LDS Hymn Dictionary by David D. Byrd and M. Ryan Byrd (2007).
BUILT FOR SUNDAY Open any hymn before you sing it and see its difficult words up front. Public-domain hymn texts appear verse by verse with tappable definitions right inside the lines.
THE COMPLETE DICTIONARY All 251 entries from the published book: plain definitions, real pronunciations (BUL-wark), grammar notes, and every hymn each word appears in. Tap the speaker to hear any word said aloud.
WORKS OFFLINE The entire dictionary and hymnbook index are on your phone. No account, no ads, nothing to set up. In a chapel with no signal, everything still works.
STUDY TOOLS A daily flashcard deck, curated collections (Sacrament, Christmas, rarest words), and saved words help you actually learn the language of the hymnal.
AI FALLBACK Type a word the book does not cover and the app writes a definition for you.
Hymn text and music © Intellectual Reserve, Inc. Copyrighted hymn texts are not reproduced in the app; they link to the official site.
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Information
- Seller
- Michael Byrd
- Size
- 3.9 MB
- Category
- Reference
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2007-2026 David D. Byrd & M. Ryan Byrd
