Bible software comparison
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BibleWorks 5 |
Logos Scholar’s Library (Series X) |
Accordance Library 5 |
Accordance Scholar’s Collection-3 |
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Installation |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
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Ease of Use Are basic
and advanced
functions easy to learn and easy to use? |
8 |
8 |
10 |
10 |
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Layout/Design Does the program make good use of pull-down menus, button/task bars, hotkeys, etc.? Is the interface uncluttered? Customizable? |
8 |
5 |
10 |
10 |
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Expandable Library |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Print Manual |
Yes |
Available |
Available |
Available |
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Digital Manual (PDF) |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Video Instructions |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
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Help Files |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Web Update |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Primary Bible Sources & Research
Capabilities |
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Basic Search Can you search
by words, phrases, verses, etc.? Boolean Operators (AND, OR, etc.)?
Can you narrow and broaden searches? |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
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Advanced Search Can you construct
complex morphological, grammatical and syntactical searches? Can you
diagram complex searches? Link searches? Merge searches? |
9 |
N/A |
10 |
10 |
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Reporting/Analysis Tools Can you get
statistics, compile reports & data? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Hebrew & Greek Texts for the OT & NT MT, LXX and
GNT |
Yes |
Yes |
Available |
Yes |
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Grammatical Tagging Are basic
original language texts tagged? |
Yes |
Yes |
Available |
Yes |
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Hebrew Cantillation Marks |
Yes (Fully-Integrated) |
No |
Available (Separate Text) |
Available (Separate Text) |
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Additional Tagged Bible Texts with Exclusives |
Yes: Robinson-Pierpont’s Majority Text (GNT), Scrivener’s Textus Receptus (GNT), Stephanus’ Textus Receptus (GNT) |
No |
Available |
Available |
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Old Testament Lexicons with Exclusives |
Yes: Foreign Language Versions of Abridged BDB, Unabridged BDB |
Yes More Available |
Available |
Yes: Jenni-Westermann More Available |
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Septuagint Lexicons |
No |
No |
Available |
Available |
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New Testament Lexicons with Exclusives |
Yes: Foreign Language Versions of Abridged Thayer’s, Friberg’s, Unabridged Thayer’s |
Yes: BAGD More Available |
Available |
Yes More Available |
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Manuscripts with Exclusives Qumran? Amarna?
Others? |
No |
Yes: Amarna Letters (Translation) |
Available |
Available |
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Tagged Manuscripts Are the Qumran,
Amarna and/or Other Manuscripts Tagged? |
N/A |
N/A |
Available |
Available |
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Parallel/Synoptic Databases |
1 (Editable) |
1 (Not Fully Integrated) |
6 |
7 (incl. MT/LXX) |
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Concordances, incl. Strong’s, with Exclusives |
Yes: Foreign Language Versions of Englishman’s |
Yes |
Yes |
Available |
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Latin Vulgate |
Yes |
Yes |
Available |
Available |
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Foreign Language Bibles |
Yes (56) |
Available |
Available |
Available |
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Hebrew & Greek Grammars |
Yes (Only Wigram’s TVM) |
Yes |
Available |
Yes |
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Bible & Biblical Language Dictionaries with Exclusives |
Yes: Faussett, ISBE (1st Ed.), UBS Greek |
Yes: Harper’s, New Bible, DBL Aramaic, Greek & DBL Hebrew, Unabridged TDNT More Available |
Yes: Bible Names, Dictionary of Words from the KJV More Available |
Available |
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Outlines, Text Notes & Cross-References |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Maps & Photographs |
No |
Yes |
Available |
Available |
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Secondary Sources Sources |
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Number of Secondary Sources in Package |
2 |
apx. 200 |
20 |
Available |
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Areas of Strength in Package |
None |
Lay and Devotional Study Aids, Fundamentalist Works |
None |
N/A |
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Areas of Strength in Available Library |
None |
Commentaries, Lay and Devotional Study Aids, Fundamentalist Works |
Church Fathers, Church History, Jewish Studies, Reformation Fathers (esp. Calvin) |
Church Fathers, Church History, Jewish Studies, Reformation Fathers (esp. Calvin) |
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