Biblical Languages - Biblingo

Biblingo

About this app

Learn the biblical languages with Biblingo - the only language-learning app that provides everything you need to go from zero knowledge of Koine Greek (New Testament), Biblical Hebrew (Hebrew Bible), and Latin (Vulgate) to reading the Bible in its historic languages — all in one place.

Imagine rediscovering the Torah like Josiah in his day. Or reading Paul's letter to the Galatians like it just arrived in the mail.

Embark on your biblical language learning journey today! You’ll learn Greek/Hebrew/Latin vocabulary and grammar through interactive lessons that immerse you in the biblical world.

As your fluency develops, you will be able to read more and more texts from Scripture in your language of choice. The Bible reading tab of Biblingo gives you the full Hebrew Bible or Greek New Testament (Latin Vulgate coming soon) indexed by the percentage of words you know in each book or chapter. This allows you to identify which sections of the Bible are most readable so you can dive in.

Biblingo’s proven methodology is based on the latest research in linguistics and second language acquisition. Students can learn to not only read the Bible, but to interpret God’s Word more faithfully through developing exegetical skill. The curriculum covers four semesters worth of university content, including:

Biblical Greek 1 & 2
Greek Exegesis 1 & 2
Biblical Hebrew 1 & 2
Hebrew Exegesis 1 & 2
Latin 1 & 2
Latin Exegesis 1 & 2 (coming soon)

Biblingo is as academically rigorous as it is fun to use!

WHO IS BIBLINGO FOR?

Biblingo is perfect for:

- Seminary/university students who want to succeed in their studies
- Biblical language teachers who want their students to benefit from the best, cutting-edge second-language acquisition methods
- Pastors who want to learn/retain the biblical languages for use in ministry
- Lay teachers who want to glean better insights
- Self-learners who want to experience the Bible at a deeper level
- Homeschool families who want to give their children a world-class biblical education

FEATURES INCLUDED:

Alphabet Lessons — Videos explaining the names, sounds, and characteristics of the letters in whatever pronunciation you choose, paired with custom flashcard decks.

Super-Powered Flashcards — Decks for popular Greek, Hebrew, and (soon) Latin textbooks (see below), personalized daily review, and generated decks of Bible chapters; many words include pictures and audio.

Video Lessons — Many hours of video content explaining insights into Greek and Hebrew grammar.

Lesson Activities — Interactive drills pairing practice sentences with thousands of reconstructed ancient scenes.

Lesson Guides — Short guides giving an overview of the grammar you'll learn in each lesson.

Graded Reader — Reading comprehension texts on your level as you progress toward the biblical text.

Paradigm Drills — Develop fluency with the different forms by practicing paradigms in the context of a sentence.

Tagged Biblical Text — Morphologically-tagged Bible in Greek, Hebrew, and (soon) Latin.

Personalized Biblical Graded Reader — View all the books and chapters in the Bible according to how well you know the vocabulary.

Built-in Dictionary — Dictionary of every word in the Greek New Testament and Hebrew Bible tagged with semantic domains.

*Available textbook vocabulary flashcard decks:
Greek: Mounce, Black, Plummer, Lawall and Balmer, Black, Machen and McCartney, Campbell and Gibson, Decker, and Duff.
Hebrew: Seow, Pratico and Van Pelt, Futato, Kelley, Barrett and Bell, Ross, and Simon, Motzkin and Resnikoff, PLUS Aramaic vocab decks.

Ratings and reviews

I really like the app, the concept and my progress. I am not new to biblical languages but not an advanced student. In 10 days of trial I almost finished 10 full lessons of Greek. I decided to subscribe (just Greek). In just a little less than 2 weeks I saw a substantial improvement in my overall language comprehension. Reading becomes less strenuous. I literally understand more. I am unsure how that would be without my previous knowledge, but in my case, this app works extremely well so far.

App is fine, lessons are very poor. I have a one year membership, trying to learn Greek. It starts off easy with vocab, but soon becomes too difficult when you get to sentences. Grammar is not explained well and the app allows you to progress when you're not ready. Eventually you get to where you can't progress. There are notes and videos as but they don't explain things in enough detail. I bought a book and learned more in the first short chapter than in 3 chapters using the app.

The convience of having access to my review material without the need for my laptop can't be overstated. Being able to break up my learning instead of having one large block of time keeps my mind fresh and is far more accessible. I am looking forward to the the learning module and other updates in the coming months. Also, I just need to point out how responsive the support team is. I love the program and love that they are bringing the platform to mobile for easker use.

What’s new

Introducing Friends & Classes!

• Follow fellow learners and share your progress to keep each other motivated
• See everyone who follows you, follow them back, and remove or block anyone
• Join a class with a code and accept invitations from your teacher
• See your classmates and how you're all progressing
• Teachers: create a class, add students by email, and track their progress
• Family members connect automatically

Thank you for learning with Biblingo!