Accordance Bible Software
By OakTree Software, Inc.
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Description
The premier Bible software for Mac is now available on iOS. Whether you want to read your favorite English Bible, access in depth commentaries and study aids, see photos of Biblical places, or perform sophisticated searches in Greek and Hebrew, Accordance lets you do it all—right in the palm of your hand!
You can begin studying right away with the included Bibles and study aids, and when you register with Accordance online, you'll be able to download even more free Bibles and books. Want to build an even bigger library? You can purchase books from our extensive catalog and download them at any time.
Already use our desktop software? You'll be glad to know you can freely download the books you own to your iOS device.
What can I do with Accordance?
• Read Accordance-compatible Bibles, devotionals, reference works, and books
• View two reading panes that will scroll in sync by verse reference
• Sync modules, notes and highlights with Accordance for Mac
• Download already purchased products and updates directly to your iOS device via Easy Install
• Tap and hold on a word to get Instant Details, and then amplify to a dictionary or lexicon entry.
• Search in English, Greek, Hebrew, and other languages
• Use powerful search commands and search criteria
• Search Greek and Hebrew texts by lexical form, inflected form, root, and grammatical characteristics
• Tap on a picture icon or picture thumbnail in a Tool to view maps, timelines, photographs, and artwork full screen
• Tap on Scripture hyperlinks in Tools to see the text of those verses
What do I get in the initial download?
The initial download includes the English Standard Version, courtesy of Crossway Bibles. Strong's numbers link the English words of the ESV to the underlying Greek and Hebrew, enabling you to do in depth word studies. Also included are:
• the WEB translation
• Outlines of each book of the Bible
• Margin notes and cross-references
• Easton's Bible dictionary
• The Bible Lands PhotoGuide Sampler
• Greek and Hebrew dictionaries
• Samples of the Greek New Testament and Hebrew Bible.
What do I get when I register?
When you create an Accordance online account, you'll be able to download a free Starter collection including:
• The King James Version with Strong's numbers (KJVS)
• The King James Version Apocrypha (KJVA)
• The 1901 American Standard Version (ASV)
• French La Sainte Bible, Nouvelle Edition de Genève 1979 (NEG79)
• Italian La Sacra Bibbia, Nuova Riveduta 1994 (NR94)
• German Schlacter translation 1951 (SCHLA)
• Spanish Reina Valera 1909 (RVR09)
• Greek and Hebrew Strong's Dictionaries
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names
• Nave's Topical Bible
• Maps Sampler
• Timeline Sampler
• Chronological Readings
• Devotional Readings
• Classic Passages
• Parables & Miracles
What is available for purchase?
Accordance offers an extensive library of materials including everything from Christian classics to Jewish publications to high-end reference works to the Dead Sea Scrolls in Hebrew! Whatever your Bible study needs, Accordance offers the Bible texts and tools to meet them.
What's New in Version 1.4.3
• Updated graphics for Retina display on the iPad
• Minor bug fixes
What's New in Version 1.4.2
• Added support for the latest Accordance bible and dictionary releases and the associated linking between them.
• Improved ability to select superscripts and display the corresponding instant details information.
• Improved reliability when editing and saving right to left text in user notes.
What's New in Version 1.4.1:
• Searches can no longer be performed with empty search fields.
• Improved ability to select superscripts and display the corresponding instant details information.
• Amplifying a verse reference to a non-English text module now works correctly.
• Fixed a text display issue when highlighting text selections contained within long paragraphs.
• Stability improvements.
What's New in Version 1.4:
Feature Improvements
• A long press gesture within a text pane now brings up a magnifying glass that can be released to display Instant Details for the selected word, verse reference or hyperlink.
• Instant Details view now includes up to four action buttons.
- Copy: Copy at the word level.
- Highlight: Highlight at the word level.
- Search: Search the current module for the selected word.
- Amplify: Search the top dictionary or tool for the chosen word. In English texts, this will search the top English Tool in the Library window. The corresponding case is true for Greek and Hebrew texts. From the newly opened search window, you can return to the previous view with a two-finger swipe to the right.
• Added the Devotional view which opens devotionals to the correct date and time.
• Added the Grid Style GoTo View which can be selected from Display Settings.
• Added a Search History icon next to the search bar
• Updated the Library View to include hierarchical organization, and added Recent Modules and Devotionals.
• Support for Accordance module packages like the new “Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar: 3rd Edition” that contain audio clip hyperlinks.
Search View Changes
• Long Press Gesture added to Search Magnifying Glass Button that brings up the search history view
• Reading Button replaced by selecting the first row in the Search History view.
• Wider left and right margins to improve readability.
• Improved Hyperlink Support for Tool Modules
• Improved Parallel Module Chooser (Text Search View Only)
Instant Details View Changes
• Revamped color scheme and interaction
• Expanded context-based information
• Actions buttons added to view as described above
Other Changes
• Amplifying from a verse selection will search the list of installed reference tools for the verse reference.
• User Note File Creation Added to the Choose User Note File View
• Improved Persistence Between Application Sessions.
Bug Fixes
• Prevents purging of Installed Modules on iOS 5.0.1 or later.
Customer Reviews
Simply excellent!
Great program for Bible study and research, the best there is.
ONE REQUEST...please!!
I love the updates and am so thankful to have a team that works hard on making their products more user friendly.
However, I have ONE REQUEST:
1) Please allow the top and bottom bars to disappear.
They take up too much space on an already small screen. And there's really no need for this for they can be reactivated by the touch of the screen.
See Olive Tree on this user-friendly feature.
Interface needs help
Overall, the app has one of the fastest search functions I've seen in any app. The interface isn't quite intuitive though and it took me a few guesses to figure how to just read a specific section rather than searching for specific versions. Also, there doesn't appear to be anyway to "in-app" purchase individual modules. Of course, you can purchase a module through the website and it can be "sync'd" to the mobile devise but this isn't explained or always convenient.
- Free
- Category: Reference
- Updated: Apr 02, 2012
- Version: 1.4.3
- Size: 79.7 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: OakTree Software, Inc.
- © 2011 OakTree Software, Inc.
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 4.2 or later.
