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Most apps say 'Greek dictionary' without naming the source. Scribe puts the full Liddell-Scott-Jones and Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicons on a tapped word.

Tap a word to see its Strong's number, the full LSJ or BDB lexicon entry, and a concordance of every verse it appears in — offline on iPhone.

Strong's gives a one-line gloss from classical Greek. Real New Testament word study needs a full lexicon — Scribe gives the LSJ offline.

The Septuagint (LXX) is the Greek Old Testament the New Testament authors usually quoted. Here's what it is and why it shaped NT Greek vocabulary.

A plain-English guide to Strong's numbers and the concordance, and how to put them to work in a modern offline Bible app.

A practical walkthrough of original-language word study on a phone — Strong's, lexicons, morphology, and concordance — fully offline.

Consistency doesn't come from streaks — it comes from zero friction. Why an offline app that opens where you left off beats guilt mechanics.

How to read Ang Dating Biblia on an iPhone — bundled free and fully offline in Scribe, alongside English word study with the LSJ and BDB lexicons.

Two Tagalog Bibles — Ang Dating Biblia and the Tagalog Unlocked Literal Bible — bundled free and fully offline in Scribe, with no account and no data plan.

Offline, KJV-free, pay-once Bible study for pastors, seminary students, and churches across the South — no subscription, no account.

Most Bible study apps assume broadband, a desktop, and a Western budget. An honest look at offline Bible study for phone-only pastors in the Global South.

If your connection is expensive, patchy, or absent, your Bible app shouldn't depend on it. How fully offline study works when data is scarce.

Serious Bible study software has drifted to subscriptions. Here's how a one-time purchase works, and what you actually get for it.

What to look for in an offline Bible study app — and why a fully bundled library beats a web-wrapped one on a phone.

Logos Bible Software pricing, verified July 2026: Premium $9.99/mo, Pro $14.99/mo, Max $19.99/mo — Greek and Hebrew study sits in the top tier.

Logos vs Accordance vs Scribe, honestly: subscription research platform, à-la-carte desktop library, or one-time mobile word study — the trade-offs.

An honest survey of Logos alternatives — e-Sword, theWord, Blue Letter Bible, STEP Bible, Accordance, Olive Tree — and where one-time-price Scribe fits.

An honest comparison of YouVersion, Logos, Olive Tree, Blue Letter Bible, Accordance, and Scribe — which fits serious study, and who each is for.

Most Bible apps want a login and a data trail. Here's the case for one that has neither — and what 'no account' actually changes.

Serious study tools shouldn't require a subscription. Here's the gap Scribe fills.

An honest look at what mobile Bible apps do well for sermon prep — word study, commentaries, cross-references — and the drafting gap none of them close.

What to look for in an offline Bible commentary app — and how Scribe bundles 12 classic commentaries, church fathers, and 2 dictionaries to read anywhere.

Read Matthew Henry's classic whole-Bible commentary on iPhone — nearly 6 million words, Genesis to Revelation, offline in Scribe's library.

Read Charles Spurgeon verse by verse on iPhone — a curated, quotable selection of sermon passages from the Prince of Preachers, offline in Scribe.

Read Adam Clarke's classic verse-by-verse commentary on iPhone — 2.3 million words attentive to Greek and Hebrew, offline in Scribe's Commentary Library.

Read John Gill's exhaustive verse-by-verse commentary on iPhone — 8.5 million words, rich in Hebrew and rabbinic learning, offline in Scribe's library.

Read the Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (JFB) whole-Bible commentary on iPhone — a concise scholarly classic on all 66 books, offline in Scribe's library.