
Unit 1 - Lesson 1 Intro and Tour of the main screen. This tour will take you through the features along the top-edge of the main screen. This lesson includes a downloadable quick reference guide.
Settings (Gear icon)
Backup to cloud - Settings must allow app to use iCloud, then backup regularly using gear in BLB app
More on settings after you see the main features
Search using magnifyingglasses (differences between Passage search and Word/Phrase search)
Top-Center Button: QuickNav - Go to book, chapter and verse
Manage Bibles (more detail later, but the basics for now)
Arrows on top-right - Next/Previous chapter (or tap in white margins)
Part 2 of the main screen tour - focus on the features across the bottom-edge of the main screen.
Unit 1 - Lesson 3 Finding a verse using the chapter/verse reference:
quicknav, and settings, or
use magnifying glasses (differences between them)
Unit 2 Lesson 1 Powerful tools for searching and research - Searching words and phrases
Basic search
operators - Grace AND Truth
OR operator: Believe OR believed
love OR loved OR loves
Wildcards
Unit 2 Lesson 2 Using Multiple Techniques to Search
follow* AND me
follow* AND (me OR him OR Jesus)
lov* AND Perfect*
(Righteous* OR justif*) AND sin*
Partial search : only the O.T.
Unit 2 - Lesson 3 - Digging in by tapping on a verse, Part 1
Interlinear/Concordance - more on this next
Translation comparison
Cross-references (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge)
Text commentaries from notable Bible teachers on the area of Scripture you're in
Audio/Video from the same Bible teachers
Dictionaries - Several Bible dictionaries online - context-sensitive to where you're reading
Unit 2 Lesson 4 Digging in by tapping on a verse, Part 2
Add Note, Bookmark we've already covered
Share Verse
Copy to clipboard - very handy if you're preparing and organizing in another app like MS Word or Evernote
Audio Bible will read to you
Highlights - very nice way to visually categorize things
Unit 3 Lesson 1 - Using the powerful Interlinear features Part 1
Overview of interlinear screen - columns - May not render in your version of the Bible
Reverse interlinear normal view
Unit 3 Lesson 2- Using the powerful Interlinear features Part 2
Tap English words to search on them, or PHR to look up that English phrase used elsewhere
Tap Strong's number
Brings up the exact word in original text, etymology, how many times used + how translated, Where each instance is in the Bible
Practice: Analysis of John 21:15
Unit 3 Lesson 3 - Analysis of Pruning -- John 15:2; Heb 10:2
Unit 3 Lesson 4 - Analysis of "New" -- Rev 14:3 vs Heb 10:20
Unit 4 Lesson 1 - Greek Verbs
How "Parse" is for verbs (Download "Verb Quick Reference Guide")
Unit 4 Lesson 2 - John 19:3 - Demonstration of the Imperfect tense
Unit 4 Lesson 3 - John 19:30 - Demonstration of the Perfect tense
Unit 5 Lesson 1 - Settings Part 1
Font/text
Color settings (how text looks looks, Grouping of books - change color of Torah books as a group)
Highlights - only on mobile version - gets backed up so you'll always have them
Themes - How screen looks
Gestures
Other settings - End navigation with chapter/verse
Help
Unit 5 Lesson 2 - Settings Part 2
Backup/restore - make backups regularly
Manage Bibles - Adding, reordering, what does the asterisk mean, recommended essentials
Copyright info
About BLB, donate
Unit 6 Lesson 1 - Unique to mobile (not available in the Web version):
Using clipboard
Highlighting
Side-by-side
What does it look like on the Phone?
How we got the answers to the 10 quiz questions
BlueLetterBible is a free Bible study app for the devotional Bible reader as well as the seasoned Bible study expert. After taking this course you will be proficient in navigating through the app, reading and searching for content, as well as mastering the basic skills to perform deep and insightful word studies in the original languages - without knowing the languages themselves.
This course takes you through all of the important features of the app, from basic navigation through the features to using the app for actual research and study. The course will not only demonstrate features of the app, but it will show you examples and techniques for detailed Scripture searching and word studies.
The course also provides you with free downloadable files, including a quick reference guide that outlines all the most important BlueLetterBible features, and a Greek Verb tense reference that takes some of the complexity and mystery out of New Testament Greek word study.
Apple iOS devices are recommended, and are used throughout this course (both table and phone). The Android version of the BlueLetterBible app is not identical to the iOS version, but both versions offer similar functionality. This course demonstrates the BlueLetterBible app using the Apple iOS device.