Emacs Bible Mode Files

Read the Bible in emacs using Sword Project texts.

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Table of Contents

Description
Dependencies
Usage
1. Keybindings
Features
Example

Description

An Emacs Bible viewing interface utilizing the SWORD project's Diatheke command line program.

Dependencies

diatheke and a Biblical Text module (uses KJV by default). Also, Strong's lexicons and morphological databases should be installed:

StrongsRealGreek
StrongsRealHebrew
Robinson
Packard
OSHM

The utility `installmgr' can be used to install text modules and lexical and morphological databases.

The program `mkfastmod' should be used to generate indexes so the lexical search method will work.

Usage

M-x bible-open
Invoke from command line as follows (requires installing Ezra SIL font):
- emacs -g =150x25 -fn \"Ezra SIL-14\" -f bible-open

Keybindings

b - Select book
c - Select chapter
d - Display XML
h - Describe mode
m - Select module
n - Next chapter
p - Previous chapter
TAB - Next word
M-Tab - Previous word
q - Quit window
s - Search
/ - Search
w - Toggle word study
x - Split display

Features

Chapter-based browsing of the Bible
Text Formatting
- Red Letters
- Strong's Greek (with Lemma)
- Strong's Hebrew
- Morphology
Greek & Hebrew Lexicon definition lookup
Morphology lookup
Tooltip display of definitions, morphology
Searching

Example

Source: README.md, updated 2024-11-26

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