bible-mode

Diatheke Interface for Bible Browsing in Emacs

• Description
• Dependencies
• Usage
  • 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)

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
• h - Describe mode
• m - Select module
• n - Next chapter
• p - Previous chapter
• q - Quit window
• s - 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