Ebed Doulos

The current acid test of Biblical Software, is the ability of the software to complete all five criteria laid out in the 2009 SBL Biblical Software Shootout.  By using custom created resources, that are not legally re-distributable, and some auxiliary tools, e-Sword can complete all of those functions.

As I understand it the criteria for the 2009 SBL Biblical Software Shootout is as follows:

Give the parsing of a word and its meaning from a standard source.
Show all the occurrences of a word in the NT and LXX and show the Hebrew word which corresponds with the Greek in the LXX (if there is a correspondence).
Find all the occurrences of οἰ δὲ in Matthew’s gospel followed by a finite verb within the clause.
I want to study a part of speech, e. g., demonstrative pronouns or interjections. How do I get all of the lemmas for that part of speech, get all the occurrences of those lemmas, and the results organized in such a way that I could write an article/monograph on that part of speech from the data?
I want to study the inflections of the Hebrew middle weak verb, and I want to see what the range of possible variations are for each of the conjugations (perfect, imperative, etc.) person, number, gender, stem. This means I need to find all the middle weak verbs, find all their occurrences, and organize them in such a way that the variation of their inflections are immediately apparent. The goal of the data organization would be to allow me to write an article about the variations of the Hebrew middle weak verb.

I personally would like to see a training video on how to accomplish those tasks using e-Sword.  Truth be known, I do not understand half of what all that means.  Therefore, I personally would find it to be quite educational.  That accomplishing some (many?, all?) of the criteria would be depenant on "custom created resources, that are not legally re-distributable" should not be troubling since they would only be demononstrated and not distrubuted.

Are you up for the challenge, Jonathon? or anyone else for that matter?  Come on!  Show us the stuff of which e-Sword is made.

Does anone know if/when MySword will be ported over to the iPad?

or if eSword is planning to go there?

or is there an acceptable alternative in the IPad's future?

As mentioned earlier, Christian Book has a large variety of wide margin Bibles, ranging from looseleaf to leather-bound and from KJV to CEV.  Prices are reasonable as well - starting in the mid $20s.

Here is the link:
http://www.christian..._search=1&cms=1

I love history. Traditions tend to overlap and merge from one generation to the next.  What motivated the ancients still motivates today.  For centuries, Greek was the international language of diplomacy, literature, commerce, etc.  Then the Roman Legions conquered, subjugated and policed the then known world ... including Greece.  About the time of Christ, Latin began to supplant the Greek; hence the reason that the titulus attached to Christ's cross was written in Greek, Latin and Hebrew (Luke 23:38, John 19:19).  By the time of Jerome, Latin was definitely in the superior position.  This is why the Vulgate was the international Bible for over a thousand years right up to and following the time the King James began it assendancy.  Everything of any importance was written in Latin, be they diplomatic treaties, literature, scientific papers, philisophical arguments or military histories.  Today, Latin for all practical purposes is extinct and yet it lives on.  Julius Caesar coined the phrase Veni, Vidi, Vici converning his success in the war with Pharnaces.  The phrase, translated as I came, I saw, I conquered, is the Motto of the US Snipers.  Emporer Constantine went into battle with the signature phrase In Hoc Signo Vinces.  It means By this sign you will conquer, which he did. A very effective Norwegian battalion also uses this motto.  One of the most used Latin phrases worldwide is Semper Paratus, which is the thunderous response given by the Legions to their commander's challenge "Es vos paratus"?  Are your ready?  We are always ready!!  Today this Latin motto lives on with the Australian Army's 6th Battalion Royal Victoria Regiment, the British 1401 Squadron Air Training Corps, Canada's Royal Hamilton Light Infantry among others.

There is a joker in every deck.   Hopefully it will not be implemented in that fashion.  As I said above:

If it were my choice, the number of posts would have no bearing on the matter. Some people, take me for example, can talk a lot. Others rarely speak but when they do, it is rich in wisdom. Therefore, rather than having the position title correspond soley to the number of posts, IMHO it should decribe what they contribute to their fellow e-Swordites, to coin a phrase.

In short, to get a position title, IIMHO one should contribute to the community in some manner other than just blatherin'.

Did you know that the chivalric sense of duty can be traced to our times and at least back to to the Roman Empire and the time of Christ? All of the positions I listed have direct counterparts in the armies of the ancients.  Some of the position titles are the same as those of the ancients.  Others I translated to something a bit more understandable. This would include your "Swordsmith" which I overlooked. Thanks for that nice catch.  I added it to the illustration.  If it does not appear, hit your browser's refresh button or the [F5] key.

Now all we need to do is convince Josh to adopt our idea.

NOTE: This process has been automated with an e-Sword utility. You can still follow the instructions below, or you can use the e-Sword Module Renamer.

I have found that the module names that appear on e-Sword’s tabs are not always as helpful as they could be. Almost a year ago, with the encouragement and advice of LarryG and bible.study.software (aka Jonathon) I found a way to change the names of a module tab into something more appropriate and meaningful. Now for example, all four of my Septuagint files are clustered together and the tabs read:


LXX^ – Standard Septuagint with apocrypha
LXX+ – Septuagint keyed with Strong’s numbers
LXX= – Transliterated Septuagint
LXX-Br – Brenton’s English translation


What follows are the steps you need to follow to accomplish the same thing:

1. Download and extract SQLite Database Browser from http://sourceforge.n...sqlitebrowser/.

2. Because it does not have an installer, make a shortcut for your desktop so you do not lose track of it.

3. I would suggest that for at least the first few times you do this that you save a copy of the file you will be working on. Jonathan's "recommendation is to always make a copy of the file, and make changes to the copy." I concur. In my case I saved a bblx file of my Brenton translation of the LXX as Brenton1. That was just to be safe while I messed around doing something I'd never done before.

4. Open the SQLite Database Browser program.


5. Click on the Open File icon


and chose the file you are going to work on.


6. When it is open you will notice that SQLite Database Browser has three tabs: Database Structure, Browse Data, Execute SQL.

7. Click on the Browse Data tab because it has a field labeled Abbreviation.


8. Double click on the Abbreviation field. This will open a popup window within which you will do your work.

9. Change the text to be what you want it to read. In my case I changed Brenton to read LXX-Br. NOTE: A word of caution. Carlos (aka Ebulardo) says not to use apostrophes when you make your changes. "If the module abbreviation contains parenthesis, you will not be able to mark or highlight or underline words. Well, you can, but e-Sword will not remember what you marked."


10. Click on the Apply Changes button at the bottom lower right. This will close the popup window.


11. Then save your work by clicking on the Save File icon.



One thing you need to do is to go into Windows Explorer and change the name of the file you just modified. e-Sword places the files in alphabetical order based on the File Name, not the tab name abbreviation found in the database. So this was an important step in getting e-sword organized in the way I wanted. I used the new tab names as the new file names. Worked like a charm.

One other thing you may need to know is how to go from  multi-rows to single rows.  To change from multi-row tabs to single-row to tabs, click on [Options].  From the drop-down menu click on [Resource...]. A pop-up menu will appear.  In the lower left corner is a checkbox with "Display tabs in a single row." Clicking on the box allows you to select either  multi-row tabs or single-row tabs.

Anyway, that is how I did it, and among a lot of other changes I made to e-sword, now my LXX related Bibles are all grouped together. I am most pleased.

Patchworkid

You are such a good guy.  Know that I appreciate you.

A Guide to BB Codes
or How to Make Your Messages Look Distinctive
^{By Ebed Doulos}

I wrote this some time ago for an online game forum which I moderated. I thought I would file the serial numbers off, give it a quick paint job and put it back out on the road. Perhaps you can use this guide to help you add some flair to your posts. I hope you find it useful.

Bulletin Board Codes (BB Codes for short) allow you to customize your signature and put that certain flare into your messages. With the BB Code, you can italicize, bold, underline, change the color of text, link other websites, add images to your text and much more.

Individual BB commands are called tags. Tags come in pairs and each is enclosed in brackets: [tag].  The closing tag only differs from an opening tag by the addition of a forward slash mark [/tag].  Tags are generally used in this manner:

[tag]Stuff  goes here[/tag] 

or

[tag=blah]Stuff goes here[/tag]

They can also be nested to be used in combination

[tag1=blah][tag2]Stuff goes here[/tag2][/tag1]

How to add color: To change the color of text, add the bb tag color:

[color=colordesignation]text[/color]

You can use the standard color names to designate the color you want

This is [color=blue]your text[/color] in blue.

Will yield: This is your text in blue.

How to italicize: Italicizing is simple. Just add this code to your text

This is [i]your text[/i] italicized

You will get this effect: This is your text italicized

How to bold: To bold your text is quite similar to italicizing your text.

This is [b]your text[/b] bolded

You will get this effect: This is your text bolded

How to change the text size: To change the size of your text use the following code:

This is your text normal size
[size=5]This is your text enlarged[/size]
[size=1]This is your text size made smaller[/size]

You will get this effect:
This is your text normal size
This is your text enlarged
This is your text size made smaller

Experiment with the number to increase and decrease the font size

How to underline: Underlining is another really simple trick. Just use this code:

This is [u]your text[/u] underligned

You will get this effect: This is your text underligned

How to center your text: Centering text is not difficult

[center]This is your text centered[/center]

This will get you this effect:

This is your text centered

How to indent: To indent  your text use this code:

[indent]This is your text indented[/indent]

You will get this effect:

This is your text indented

.

How to subscript: To subscript or make your text smaller and lower, just follow this code:

This is [sub]your text[/sub] subscripted.

You will get this effect: This is _{your text} subscripted.

How to superscript: To superscript or make your text smaller and higher, follow this code

This is [sup]your text[/sup] superscripted.

You will get this effect: This is ^{your text} superscripted.

How to strike out your text: To put a strike through your text, follow this code

This is [s]your text[/s] struck through.

You will get this effect: This is your text struck through.

How to make a list: The list tag can be used for outlines, lists,  bullet points for instructional posts, etc. Experiment with this code to see a linear list works as well as how nesting your tags gives a cascading list:

[LIST]
Non-bullet Item
Non-bullet Item
Non-bullet Item
[/list]

[list]
[*] Bullet Item
[*] Bullet Item
[*] Bullet Item
[/list]

[list=A]
[*] Capital Item A
[*] Capital Item B
[list=1] 
[*] Numeric Item 1
[*] Numeric Item 2
[/list]
[/list]

Non-bullet Item
Non-bullet Item
Non-bullet Item

• Bullet Item
• Bullet Item
• Bullet Item

• Capital Item A
• Capital Item B
  
• Numeric Item 1
• Numeric Item 2

How to leave a link: Links are one of the most common things found in forum threads. You can link to you’re a thread, url, picture or graphic, etc. To leave a link, follow this code

[url]http://www.biblesupport.com/[/url]

You will get this effect: http://www.biblesupport.com/

You can also give you link a name to refer to it by using this code

[url=http://www.biblesupport.com/]Bible Support[/url]

You will get this effect: Bible Support

Leaving a link for an email address is similar.

[email=ebed_doulos@yahoo.co.uk]My email[/email]

My email

Please do not email me to test this out.

How to insert an image: BibleSupport allows you to insert images to your posts. Images must be appropriate and follow the forum rules. Images are displayed using this code:

[img]www.yourimageurl.com[/img]

Result:

I would like a NKJV with Strong's.  I have a v9 module but it is lacking the "G" & "H" prescripts to the Strong's numbers.  I may have a v8 module as well.