BibleWorks 8

Whether you’re preparing a sermon, doing complex morphological analysis, or writing a seminary paper, scholars agree that BibleWorks is the best tool available. For close exegesis of the original text, BibleWorks is indispensable.

You’ll find everything you need in its 190+ Bible translations in nearly 40 languages, 35 original language texts and morphology databases, 29 lexical-grammatical references, plus a wealth of practical reference works! Instead of providing a loose collection of books, BibleWorks tightly integrates its databases with the most powerful morphology and analysis tools.

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CD Contents (Items in blue are new to Version 8)

Original Language Texts

Hebrew/Aramaic/Syriac

• 1905 British and Foreign Bible Society Peshitto edition
• The Aramaic New Testament (Peshitta), with the Etheridge (1849), Lewis (1896), Murdock (1851), Norton (1881), and Magiera (2005) English translations
• Leningrad Codex Hebrew Bible, with full accenting & full vowel pointing
• Leningrad Codex Hebrew Bible, transliterated
• Delitzsch Hebrew NT
• Groves-Wheeler Westminster Hebrew Old Testament Morphology database, version 4.10
• Hebrew Accent Extensions to Groves-Wheeler Westminster Hebrew Old Testament Morphology database
• Old Syriac Sinaiticus manuscript
• Old Syriac Curetonian manuscript
• Peshitta, with Syriac and Hebrew letters
• Qumran Sectarian Manuscripts with morphology (locked)
• Salkinson-Ginsburg Hebrew New Testament
• The Targumim, parsed, lemmatized and tied to entries in the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon. Also included:
  • FragTargums with morphology, TgSheniSuppEsther with morphology, TgTosefProphets with morphology
  • Psalms Targum (English)
  • Rodkinson Babylonian Talmud and Mishnah
    (English)
  • Targum Cairo Geniza with morphology
  • Targum Jerusalem on the Pentateuch (English) (Etheridge)
  • Targum Neofiti with morphology
  • Targum NeofMarginalia with morphology
  • Targum Onkelos on the Pentateuch (English) (Etheridge)
  • Targum Pseudo Jonathan on the Pentateuch (Etheridge)
  • Targum PseudoJonathan with morphology
  • Targumim (Mostly Onkelos and Jonathan) with morphology (updated 2005)

Greek*

• Aletti/Gieniusz/Bushell Morphologically Analyzed Greek New Testament
• Aletti/Gieniusz/Bushell/CATSS Morphologically Analyzed Septuagint
• Apostolic Fathers English translation
• Apostolic Fathers (Greek with Morphological tags by Gieniusz/Bushell)
• Apostolic Fathers Latin
• Brenton’s Septuagint English Translation, including Deutero-canonical section
• Complete Works of Flavius Josephus, parsed and lemmatized, with the 1828 Whiston English translation and Latin sections
• Friberg’s 1999 Morphologically Analyzed Greek New Testament
• Nestle-Aland 27th Edition/UBS Fourth Edition Greek New Testament
• OT Pseudepigrapha in Greek, morphologically tagged, with English translation
• Rahlfs’ Septuagint, with Apocrypha & variants
• Robinson-Pierpont Greek New Testament (Byzantine Textform 2005) with Morphological Analysis
• Scrivener’s Greek New Testament (Textus Receptus), with Morphological Analysis
• Stephanus Greek New Testament (Textus Receptus), with Morphological Analysis
• Tischendorf Greek New Testament, with Critical Apparatus
• Von Soden Greek New Testament
• Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament (proofed & corrected), with Morphological Analysis
• Works of Philo (Greek Text & Morphology with English translation)

* Modern Greek versions in separate section below

Bible Versions

English

• American Standard Version, 1901
• Bible in Basic English, 1949/64
• Bishop's Bible, 1595
• Brenton’s Septuagint English Translation, without Deutero-canonical section
• Complete Jewish Bible, 1998
• Darby Bible (1884/1890)
• Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
• English Revised Version, 1881/1885
• English Standard Version, 2007 update
• Geneva Bible, 1599
• GOD’S WORD® Translation, 1995
• Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2004
• Jewish Publication Society Tanakh, 1917
• Jewish Publication Society Tanakh, 1985
• King James Apocrypha, 1611
• King James, 1611, with Strong's Codes and Geneva Bible notes
• King James, 1611/1769, with Strong's Codes
• MacDonald Idiomatic Translation Bible
• NET Bible with notes and maps
• New American Bible
• New American Standard Bible, 1977, with Codes
• New American Standard Bible, 1995, with Codes
• New International Reader’s Version
• New International Version (UK)
• New International Version (US), 1984, with cross references and footnotes
• New Jerusalem Bible
• New King James Version (1982) Version, with Strong’s Codes
• New Living Translation, 2nd edition, 2005
• New Revised Standard Version with Apocrypha, 1989
• New Testament Peshitta Translation, Etheridge, 1849
• New Testament Peshitta Translation, James Murdock, 1851
• New Testament Peshitta Translation, Lewis, 1896
• New Testament Peshitta Translation, Norton, 1881
• New Testament Peshitta Translation, Magiera, 2005
• Revised Standard Version with Apocrypha, 1952
• Today’s NIV
• Tyndale New Testament, 1534
• Von Soden Greek New Testament
• Webster Bible, 1833
• Revised Webster Update, 1995, with Codes
• Young's Literal Translation, 1862/1898

Latin

• Nova Vulgata
• Latin Vulgate (Weber Edition)
• Latin Vulgate (Nova Vulgata)
• Latin Vulgate (Vulgata Clementina 1598 with Glossa Ordinaria notes)
• Latin sections from Works of Flavius Josephus
• Online Bible Vulgate Mapped to KJV

Afrikaans

• Bible Afrikaans, 1953
• Afrikaans, 1983

Albanian

• Albanian (1994)

Arabic

• Van Dyke Arabic Bible

Bulgarian

• Bulgarian Protestant Version, 1940/1995/2005
• Bulgarian Bible, 1938
• Constantinople (Tzarigrad) Bible, 1871

Catalan

• Catalan BCI Version

Chinese

• Chinese Union Bible, Big5
• Chinese Union Bible, Simplified
• Chinese New Version, Big5
• Chinese New Version, Simplified

Croatian

• Croatian Bible

Cyrillic

• Russian Synodal Text of the Bible with Codes

Czech

• Bible Kralicka, 1613
• Cesky Ekumenicky preklad, 1985
• Preklad KMS, 1994
• Nova Bible Kralicka, 1998
• Slovo na cestu, 2000

Danish

• De Hellige Skrifter, 1931
• Wierød Danish New Testament,(1992

Dutch

• Leidse Vertaling, 1912/1994
• Lutherse Vertaling, 1750/1933/1994
• The Netherlands Bible Society, 1951
• Statenvertaling, 1637, with Codes
• Willibrordvertaling Version, 1978
• Willibrordvertaling Version, 1995

Finnish

• Raamattu, 1933/1938 käännös

French

• Bible en français courant, 1997
• Jerusalem Bible
• Haitian Creole Bible
• Louis Segond, 1910, with Strong's Codes
• Nouvelle Édition Genève, 1979, with Codes
• Traduction Œcuménique de la Bible, 1988
• Version Darby, 1885

German

• Einheitsübersetzung-KBA, 1980
• Elberfelder, Revised, 1993
• Elberfelder, Unrevised, 1905 (Darby)
• Herder Translation (Revised Version 2005)
• Lutherbibel, 1545
• LutherBibel, 1912, with Strong's Codes
• Münchener New Testament, 1998, with Codes
• Schlachter Bible, 1951
• Schlachter Bible, 2000
• Zuercher Bibel, 2nd ed., 2008

Greek (modern)

• Greek Orthodox Church NT
• Metaglottisis Greek New Testament, 2004
• Modern Greek Bible

Hungarian

• Károli, 1993

Indonesian

• Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari
• Terjemahan Baru

Italian

• San Paolo Edizione, 1995
• La Nuova Diodati, 1991
• La Sacra Biblia Nuova Riveduta, 1994

Japanese

• Shinkaiyaku Version

Korean

• Korean Revised Version

Lithuanian

• Lithuanian Bible

Macedonian

• Macedonian Bible

Norwegian

• 1930 Bokmål
• 1938 Nynorsk
• Norsk Bibel Konkordant, 1988
• Norsk Bibel Nynorsk, 1994

Polish

• Biblia Gdanska, 1632
• Biblia Tysiaclecia. Wydanie 4., 1965/84

Portuguese

• Almeida Revista e Atualizada, 1993
• Almeida Revista e Corrigida, 1969
• Almeida Biblia, 1994
• Corrigida Fiel, 1753/1995
• Modern Language Translation, 2005

Romanian

• Cornilescu Bible

Russia

• Orthodox Russian Synodal Translation
• Contemporary Russian version, New Testament

Slovak

• Sväté Písmo, 1995

Spanish

• Castilian La Biblia (Herder)
• La Biblia de Las Americas, NASB, 1986
• Nueva Biblia de los Hispanos
• Nueva Versión Internacional
• Reina-Valera, 1909
• Reina-Valera Actualizada, 1989
• Reina-Valera Gómez
• Reina-Valera Revised, 1960
• Reina-Valera Update, 1995

Swahili

• New Testament

Swedish

• Svenska 1917
• Svenska Folkbibeln, 1998
• Bibel 82
• Bibel 2000

Thai

• Thai King James Version

Turkish

• Turkish Bible, 2002

Ukrainian

• Ukrainian

Vietnamese

• Vietnamese

Lexical-Grammatical References

• A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament: Based on the Lexical Work of Ludwig Koehler and Walter Baumgartner (Holladay)
• Bauer, Danker, Arndt & Gingrich Greek Lexicon (locked)
• Beginner’s Grammar of the Greek New Testament (Davis)
• Beginning Biblical Hebrew (full text), by Mark Futato (locked)
• Brown-Driver-Briggs-Gesenius Hebrew-English Lexicon, 1905, unabridged
• Brown-Driver-Briggs-Gesenius Hebrew-English/Hebrew-French/Hebrew-Russian Lexicons (Strong's), abridged
• CATSS/Tov Hebrew-Greek Parallel Aligned Text
• Friberg’s Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament, Complete 2000 edition
• Gesenius’ Hebrew Grammar
• A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew, Revised (Joüon-Muraoka) (no unlock needed)
• Grammar of Septuagint Greek (Conybeare & Stock)
• A Grammar of the Greek New Testament in the Light of Historical Research, 3rd edition (Robertson)
• Greek and Hebrew paradigm charts (revised)
• Greek Enchiridion: A Concise Handbook of Grammar and Exegesis (MacDonald)
• Greek Grammar beyond the Basics: An Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament (Wallace) (no unlock needed)
• Greek New Testament Diagrams (Leedy), complete
• A Greek-English Lexicon of the Septuagint, Volumes 1 & 2 (Lust, Eynikel, Hauspie, Chamberlain) (locked, free unlock available for BW7 upgraders)
• Syntactic and Thematic Greek Transcription of the NT (MacDonald)
• An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax (Waltke & O’Connor) (no unlock needed)
• Koehler-Baumgartner Hebrew Lexicon (locked)
• Liddell-Scott Greek Lexicon, abridged
• Louw-Nida Greek New Testament Lexicon based on Semantic Domains, Second Edition
• Moods and Tenses of New Testament Greek (Burton)
• The Shorter Lexicon of the Greek New Testament, Revised Edition (Gingrich/Danker)
• The Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (Harris, Archer & Waltke)
• Thayer Greek Lexicon, abridged
• Thayer Greek Lexicon, unabridged
• Wigram’s Tense, Voice, Mood codes for some English, German, Dutch, French and Russian Bibles

Reference Works

• Biographical Bible (distinguishes Bible people with same names)
• Charles, Old Testament Pseudepigrapha English translation
• Early Church Fathers
• Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Greek NT Vocabulary Sound Files (Schwandt)
• Hebrew Vocabulary Sound Files (Verbruggen)
• International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
• James, New Testament Apocrypha English translation
• Matthew Henry's Commentary
• Metzger's Bible Outline
• Nave's Topical Index
• New Chain Reference Bible (1934) topics (Thompson)
• New Topical Text Book (Torrey)
• Old Testament Quotations in the New Testament (Archer & Chirichigno)
• Synopsis of the Gospels
• Timelines: Biblical, Church, and Secular History
• TEXTKRITIK des Neuen Testaments (Gregory)
• Textual Commentary on the Greek NT (Metzger)
• Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
• Westminster Confessional Standards

Optional Add-On Modules

These resources can be unlocked for an additional fee.

• Biblical Greek (Zerwick)
• Beginning Biblical Hebrew (Futato)
• Dead Sea Scrolls English Translation Bundle: Biblical and Sectarian Texts
• Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament (Balz & Schneider)
• Grammar of Palestinian Jewish Aramaic (Stevenson)
• Greek Grammar of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Blass, Debrunner & Funk)
• A Greek-English Lexicon, 9th Revised Edition (Liddell, Scott, Jones & McKenzie)
• Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd Edition (Bauer, Danker, Arndt & Gingrich)
• A Greek-English Lexicon of the Septuagint, Volumes 1 & 2 (Lust, Eynikel, Hauspie, Chamberlain) (free unlock available for BW7 upgraders)
• Griechisch-deutsches Taschenwörterbuch zum Neuen Testament, 8th Edition (Preuschen)
• New Testament Peshitta Collection
• PONS Kompaktwörterbuch Althebräisch: Althebräisch – Deutsch (Matheus)
• Practical Grammar for Classical Hebrew (Weingreen)
• A Primer of Biblical Greek (Croy)
• Qumran Sectarian Manuscripts
• The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (Koehler, Baumgartner & Stamm)
• The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts (Comfort & Barrett)
• Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament, Second Edition (Metzger)
• Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, Abridged (Kittel, Friedrich & Bromiley)
• UBS Greek-English Concise Dictionary of the New Testament (Barclay M. Newman)
• Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament (Moulton & Milligan)

The following are now included in BibleWorks 8, but may be purchased and unlocked for BibleWorks 7 if you have that version:

• A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew, 2006 edition (Paul Joüon, S.J. and Takamitsu Muraoka)
• Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics: An Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament (Wallace)
• An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax (Waltke & O’Connor)

Program Features

• A wide range of Greek and Hebrew fonts are provided, both Unicode and non-Unicode.
• Analysis window shows related lexical and grammatical references for a word or verse, cross references, full browse context, and common words, as the cursor moves over text.
• Bible texts, dictionaries and lexicons are fully searchable, with many search options.
• Comparison tools highlight differences between Bible versions.
• Complete lemmatization and parsing is provided for Greek New Testament, Septuagint and Hebrew Old Testament.
• Copy and paste verse text to other programs customizing text and verse reference format.
• Custom cross-reference databases can be created.
• Custom lexicons can be created, based on words in a particular passage.
• Diagramming module enables users to construct diagrams of any text.
• “Drag & Drop” is supported between BibleWorks and many word processors.
• Editable timelines of church and secular history provide a historical perspective.
• Editor supports Unicode and has a wide range of editing features.
• Extensive search tools for lexical, grammatical, phrase, semantic domain, related verse, key word in context searches. Build search with graphical interface.
• Hebrew and Greek review tools including vocabulary flashcards are available in print, electronic and audio formats, Daily Light in Greek & Hebrew, and more.
• Highlighted text and search results can be saved in multiple sets.
• Link manager handles your own links to Internet resources and other Bible software.
• Listen to English Bible text read aloud.
• Manage and browse online and offline books and internet links (ERMIE). Trade catalogs of links.
• Mouse pop-ups show verse text for each resource.
• Multiple copies of BibleWorks may be opened for convenience.
• Multiple views show Bible versions in parallel columns, vertical comparative lines or full context.
• Parallel-Aligned Hebrew and Greek text makes it easy to find Hebrew and Greek equivalents.
• Parsing, lexical information and cross references are displayed when cursor moves over tagged Bible text.
• Popup list of morphology codes opens as you enter morphological codes.
• Popup window, with word definition and parsing, is displayed when mouse is held over Greek and Hebrew words.
• Report generator compiles and prints lexical information, morphological analysis, multiple Bible versions, word frequencies and more.
• Satellite maps can be customized with locations, sites and other notes.
• Search queries and results can be saved and reused.
• Searches can be very broad or limited to selected verses or books.
• Sets of favorite Bible versions can be created, saved and searched.
• Statistics utility allows you to plot, compare and export graphs of search results.
• Synopsis window shows editable parallel gospel accounts.
• Text can be exported to Unicode Hebrew and Greek.
• Verses, chapters, books or entire Bible versions can be exported.
• Word list utility can generate word frequency lists for any range of verses.
• Your own chapter or verse notes load automatically each time you view a verse.
• Your own Bible versions can be created, saved, searched and integrated into BibleWorks.

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