The first Tab in the Master Control Panel is Advanced Bible Search.
To make a search, enter a word, words, or phrase into the entry box in the Search
Control, select the search method, and click Search or hit Enter.
There are two different Search Methods available in the control:
Every Word Instance
This method will find every instance of a word or partial word in the translation selected.
First Instance
This method will display the first verse in each version that contains the word or partial
word you enter.
The Search Ranges available for Every Word Instance are,
Entire Bible
The whole selected Bible is searched for a match.
Old Testament
Only the Old Testament is searched.
New Testament
Only the New Testament is searched.
Red Letter
Only the Red-Letter words of Christ are searched.
Selected Books
Only the book range between the selected Bible books are searched. If the same
book is selected in both lists, only that book is searched.
The Search Options available are,
Word/Exact Phrase
This option will search for exactly what is entered. Entering born will find every
verse that has the word. Entering born again will find every verse with the
phrase.
Find Every Word
Each word entered must be found in a verse to get a result. If joy and bless are
entered, separated by a single space, both words must be found in a single
verse to get a result. This is also known as a Boolean AND search.
Find Any Word
Any word entered will bring a match at the exclusion of any other words. Bible
Analyzer will list a result if ANY of the words entered are found. This is also
known as a Boolean OR search.
Find Character String
An entered partial word character string will bring a match if the string is found
anywhere within a word. This option does not search for words but strings of
letters. For instance if right is entered it will match right, bright, righteous,
unrighteous, etc.
Word Options
If the Case Sensitive option is checked Bible Analyzer will search considering case. For
instance entering Lord will only find the capitalized Lord and ignore the lowercase lord.
If the Whole Word option is checked using the first three above Search Methods, Bible
Analyzer will only find the exact words entered as opposed to a string making up the
beginning of a longer word. Unchecked entering right will find right and righteous, etc.
Checked it will only find right.
The Words Button will bring up a Dialog with a list of all the words found in the current
Bible to aid in word entry. Simply begin typing a word and the list will scroll to the
corresponding entry. Either press Enter or click a word to append the word to the Search Entry Box and close the Dialog.
Wildcards
A powerful new search feature of Bible Analyzer is the addition of wildcards. Wildcard
characters can be used to search for words where certain letters are in doubt or multiple
matches are desired. A ? in an entry will represent any single character. A * in an entry
will represent a string of characters.
For Instance, entering hel? will find help, helm, held, hell, etc. Entering he* will find the
above plus helped, helen, helmets, etc.
Grouping
With the Find Every Word and Find Any Word options, word grouping can be used.
Words grouped with double quotes (") are treated as one word. That is, if except "born
again" is entered with Find Every Word, only verses will be returned that match except
and "born again," not except and born and again.
Right Click Menu
An alternative method of searching the Bible texts is to Right-Click on a Bible word in the
Bible Window Panel and select Search for "word" in Current Bible in the menu.
Bible Analyzer will show the results normally.
