Ichthus Bible + Note, is a multi-window and multi-tab software, that aims to make all the study tool features from physical bible available digitally offline and most of all free and expandable. The app includes Concordance, Topical Indexes, Bible Dictionary, Study Notes, Reverse Interlinear and Cross references. Such tools are very crucial for any people who is going back to the faith or just starting with the faith.
This app contents is not a replacement to any new or recent academic researches but rather a supplementary tool. The main objective of this application is to be a good Bible reading application, a great noting application(there will be a massive update that is going to be implemented on the notes soon) and the best thematic tool out there. For any quick studies, this app will surely be beneficial to you, combined with the quick tools that are available at your very fingertips, and if you have a really great hermeneutical interpretations this app will get you very far in your studies.
Features:
Different reading format (Verse by Verse, or Reading Mode)
- Perfect for casual reading, there is a unique function in the app where it removes all the verses in order to have a much smoother reading experience without the distraction of the verses.
16, 923 Study Notes (Tyndale Open Study Notes)
- Explanatory, historical-contextual, and application-focused resource.
46,592 Topical Indexes with Topic of the Day Feature
- You can treat this indexes as a directory of verses to a particular topic. For example, "Trinity" It will show you all the verses related to it.
- Combined with Topic of the Day Feature, it ensures that you are not just stuck on just one verse but rather every connected verses related to that topic.
- Great for thematic studies, to train your spiritual discernment, as we are called to learn how to discern such things.
31,103 Cross References
- Aside from the topical indexes you can also use cross references.
Concordance (Word and Strongs for Greek and Hebrew)
- Searches particular word, and shows the results by book.
- The app includes Strongs Concordance to enrich your word study, combined with BSB translation Breakdown. (This is found in the dictionary section as the strongs also work as a lightweight dictionary)
6,013 Dictionary (Tyndale Articles for particular book, doctrines, or character)
- Contains a hefty amount of doctrinal information, and reference materials out of the box.
Journaling Feature
- This is not just a normal journal note, markings that you made such as heading acts as keynote, and acts as a summary tool for you, with just a touch of a button.
Reverse Interlinear
- The BSB translation used on the app also includes the original translation reference. This is very helpful as it is being used in combination of the Strongs Concordance (found in Dictionary Tab).
Fuzzy Verse Lookup Function
- When getting a particular verse, you can just type the abbreviation of the book and it will immediately recognize it.
- It is also able to extract verses like this "Gen 1:1; Col 1:16; Job 33:4; Ps 148:5; Jn 1:3; Job 26:13" and upon entering it will now spew all the verses that you requested.
- Great when you want to get all the verses from a particular reading text, for example group of verses in an article that you are reading, just copy and paste it to the text input and it will display all those verses.
Module
- Contains external Bible Translation modules provided by ph4. (Devotionals, Dictionaries, and Commentaries will be provided in the future)