PARALLEL PLUS Bible-study app 4+
Word study, Greek, Hebrew
Scripture Network
Designed for iPad
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- Free
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Description
The PARALLEL PLUS® Bible-study app is for pastors, lay leaders, and others actively seeking a deeper understanding of the Scriptures. PARALLEL: up to 8 columns, 190+ versions. PLUS Greek and Hebrew word studies (verse lists, unabridged Thayer/BDB/Schleusner, word families). PLUS exegetic helps (parsings, translation tips). Free, install now.
EXPERIENCE IT: As you read down the column in one version, when you encounter a verse you'd like to better understand, just move your eyes left-and-right to see how other versions express that verse in its context, and then continue reading the chapter. The idea is to introduce as little eye movement as possible, so you can get into the Scriptures and stay there for a while.
BIBLICAL LANGUAGES: See Hebrew and Greek in parallel with other versions. Plus tap any word to lookup the corresponding Hebrew or Greek word and its occurrences. Plus tap any verse to lookup Hebrew or Greek details in a verse: phonetics, parsings, parts of speech, translation tips.
GO DEEPER: Tap any word, then tap “word study” to see: verse lists, lexical entries, and word families. Tap any verse, then tap “verse study” to see verse-at-a-time helps: color-coded parts-of-speech, word forms, phonetics, syllables, and translation tips. It also helps you find familiar Bible verses, even when you only remember a few words; enter "God so loved" in the search box and see where that phrase occurs in every Bible version in your parallel Bible.
PROTESTANT, CATHOLIC: This app automatically aligns verses—by verse content—and displays corresponding verse numbers when different.
COMMENTARY FREE: The act of reading versions in parallel helps readers to understand more deeply. Even without commentary. We feel this is so important that we do not include commentary in our app.
LANGUAGES: Biblical Hebrew and Greek plus English, French, German, Hindi, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, and about 50 others.
ABOUT: TheBible.org is a US charitable organization (official name: The Bible Works). Its mission is helping ministers make known Christ; in support of that mission, it develops apps to help people experience more effective Scripture reading. Peter Coad leads his small team in this work. The organization's content partners include Biblica (NIV), Crossway (ESV), Lockman (NASB), and Bible League International.
Parallel Plus® is a registered trademark of TheBible.org
©2024 TheBible.org. All rights reserved.
What’s New
Version 5.0.8
- New! Read anytime, including when offline
- Your choice of versions
up to 3 in portrait, up to 5 in landscape on iPhone
up to 5 in portrait, up to 8 in landscape on iPad
- Many sharing options
Ratings and Reviews
Best parallel Bible
By far this is the best and easiest to use parallel Bible. I deduct one star because, although it has the feature to view the original Hebrew and Greek, this part is not very easy to use and selecting a word to see it’s original language and meaning displays several words (maybe the whole verse?) but it’s not obvious which words match up with which - so to me it’s not very useful. I have another app for that, so this isn’t a problem for me. This is still a great app, well worth having. Don’t forget to turn your phone sideways so that you can see more versions in landscape mode. There is also a web app so you can use it on a computer.
Best Scripture App
This app is a God send. I have been using the app for more than a year and have received so much grace and light as I try to break open the Word of God, and to understand the depths that each and every Word offers the mind and heart. In a particular way I have benefitted greatly from the NT references that accompany each word. Being able to see and reference all the verses in which a word appears, especially within the context of the Four Gospels, has changed the way I pray and meditate. Praise God for this app, and I pray for those who have developed it - the Holy Spirit is with you.
So helpful.
I use this near daily. It’s so handy when I can’t get to my computer to still be able to research and check up on words in the original language and compare different translations.
As it’s such a wealth of knowledge I find it a bit slow when out and about not using WiFi. But that doesn’t detract. It shows how extensive the library is!
App Privacy
The developer, Scripture Network, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Provider
- The Bible Works
- Size
- 396.5 MB
- Category
- Books
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 16.2 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 16.2 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2024 TheBible.org All rights reserved worldwide.
- Price
- Free