Bible Dictionary Offline

BibleDelve

About this app

BibleDelve is a newly-written, offline, Bible dictionary specifically designed as an app, with an emphasis on conciseness and interconnectedness, in order to provide immediate access to information, whether reading the Bible, listening to a sermon, or attending a Bible study.

The BibleDelve dictionary contains nearly 2000 full entries, with a further 3500 'stub' entries, plus brief notes on every chapter in the Bible. These are interlinked with over 35000 cross-references, and also link to over 25000 bible passages in the integrated Bible, which itself links back to the dictionary with more than 80000 cross-references.

There is also an integrated concordance (currently only available for the New Testament).

Freely downloadable Bibles, available in hundreds of different languages, may be imported into the app and displayed in interlinear format alongside the app Bible.

The dictionary entries also link to zoom in on over 600 locations on large scrollable maps, and the text on the maps is linked back to their dictionary entries.

The user can switch between dual-pane and single pane modes to optimise their use of the screen area.

The app occupies less than 30Mb of storage, and typically requires less than 100Mb of memory when in use, increasing to a maximum of 350Mb when displaying maps. Note that Android System Webview must be enabled (the default) to use this app.

Ratings and reviews

This is an encyclopedic and informative app that makes it easier to understand the vocabulary in the Bible. The split display makes the explanations very accessible. There are many entries and some go into a lot of detail. I liked the generous references to Bible verses that mention the word / concept). Very helpful tool to help gain some context and clarity on Bible verses and books! I took one star away because I would have liked the maps to have more detail as you zoom in.

Wow! This app is incredibly good! The amount of obscure things that are covered is amazing, whilst the entries themselves are simple (in a good way) and clear. I haven't found anything yet that isn't included! Thanks Justin's dad! You should make a 'buy me a coffee', or some way to pay just a little something to say thanks for the huge amount of time it must have taken to make this! The translation is not one I have come across before, what is it?

This Bible Dictionary app is a really useful tool for studying and understanding the Bible more deeply. The entries are concise and helpfully linked to other Bible passages and entries. The maps are a real highlight - they're incredibly detailed and really helpful in having more understanding about the Bible's world.

What’s new

Improved NT concordance, enhanced Android 15+ compatibility, and bug fixes