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Eliran Wong edited this page May 8, 2023 · 4 revisions

SEARCHALL

Search Bible(s) and show verses that contains the string

Command:

SEARCHALL:::[BIBLE_VERSION(S)]:::[LOOK_UP_STRING]:::[BIBLE_BOOKS]

SEARCHALL:::KJV_WEB:::love

SEARCHALL:::KJV:::temple:::OT

SEARCH

Search Bible(s) for a string, displaying numbers of hits in individual bible books

Command:

SEARCH:::[BIBLE_VERSION(S)]:::[LOOK_UP_STRING]:::[BIBLE_BOOKS]

SEARCH:::KJV:::Christ%Jesus

SEARCH:::KJV_WEB:::love:::Matt-John, 1Cor, Rev

REGEX

Search by regex pattern.

Note: this is the slowest method to search, but is a very flexible way to find things.

Command:

REGEXSEARCH:::[BIBLE_VERSION(S)]:::[REGEX_PATTERN]:::[BIBLE_BOOKS]

REGEXSEARCH:::KJV:::God.*?heaven

REGEXSEARCH:::KJV_WEB:::God.*?temple:::OT

ANDSEARCH

Search Bible(s) for combinations of words without taking order into consideration

Command:

ANDSEARCH:::[BIBLE_VERSION(S)]:::[LOOK_UP_STRING]:::[BIBLE_BOOKS]

Words in string should be separated by a pipe

ANDSEARCH:::KJV_KJVx:::love|Jesus

ORSEARCH

Search Bible(s) for verses containing at least on of the words given in a string

Command:

ORSEARCH:::[BIBLE_VERSION(S)]:::[LOOK_UP_STRING]:::[BIBLE_BOOKS]

Words in string should be separated by a pipe

ORSEARCH:::KJV:::love|Jesus

ADVANCEDSEARCH

Search Bible(s) with a sql string

Command:

ADVANCEDSEARCH:::[BIBLE_VERSION(S)]:::[LOOK_UP_STRING]:::[BIBLE_BOOKS]

ADVANCEDSEARCH:::KJV:::Book = 1 AND Scripture LIKE '%love%'

ADVANCEDSEARCH:::KJV:::Scripture LIKE "%love%" AND Scripture LIKE "%Jesus%"

[BIBLE_VERSION(S)]

List of Bibles to search

KJV

Multiple Bibles can be specified with underscores.

ESVx_KJVx_NIVx_WEBx

[BIBLE_BOOKS]

List of books to search

John

Matt, Acts, Gal

Matt-Luke

OT for all the Old Testament books

NT for all the New Testament books

ALL for all the books

OT, Mark, Jude-Rev

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