Xiphos

Xiphos is a comprehensive software application with some advanced options designed to help you easily browse the Bible, study passages and extract text deemed as important. It lets you create sermons or personal notes on selected passages, compare translations, and so on.

The installation procedure is a fast and easy job that requires minimal user assistance. Several configurations have to be made at startup before being able to work with Xiphos.

You have to specify at least one Bible module with the help of a module manager, and it can be installed from a local or network location (CrossWire Bible Society).

As far as the interface is concerned, the software utility adopts a normal window split into multiple frames, where you can browse dictionaries, glossaries, maps, images, along with cult or unorthodox content, among others.

You can use a search function to locate a particular block of text and apply advanced search filters to narrow down results, return to the module manager at any time to install new Bible sources or remove the current ones, preview the daily devotion, highlight the current verse, read text aloud, as well as customize colors for the background, foreground, current verse, verse number, links, and so on.

Xiphos is capable of automatically following Bible footnotes and cross-references. It features Hebrew and Greek translation, and enables you to create bookmarks.

No error dialogs popped up in our tests, and the piece of software did not hang, crash or pop up error messages. It has a good response time and minimal impact on PC performance, thanks to the fact that it needs low CPU and RAM to work properly.

To sum it up, Xiphos comes loaded with plenty of options and configuration settings dedicated to those who want to study Bible texts in a comfortable digital environment. It's not the most intuitive tool out there, but it's easy to use once you explore all its features.