ElderB

I have typically had a good experience using the Module Converter available near the bottom of this page:  https://www.e-sword.net/extras.html

It mentions Apple and Android, but newer versions of e-Sword for Windows PC can also use the resulting modules.

     ElderB

Have had to reinstall e-Sword onto a new laptop.  Want to download early English Bibles from Bible Support direct to e-Sword.  Bible Support recognizes me but I can't download the required files as indicated.  Help!

If by chance you are using Google Chrome to download the files, Google Chrome requires you to manually click on "Keep" for each download at BibleSupport.com because Google Chrome identifies BibleSupport.com as a less secure website because it is an http:// instead of an https:// website. To click on "Keep" you may need to go near to the top right corner of Google Chrome and find the download icon (looks like a downward arrow pointing into a tray).

ElderB

I have looked and Eliran's e-Sword modules using DB Browser but they are not set up the way you outlined. 

Sorry Tj, I meant to write modules or UniqueBible modules, not e-Sword modules.  I don't think Eliran Wong has made any e-Sword modules in a long time.  A lot of his tools and resources are available at:  https://github.com/e...b=repositories 

His UniqueBible Bible modules can also be viewed using DB Browser for SQLite, but they do have quite a number of structural differences when compared to an e-Sword Bible module.

     ElderB

Of all the tools available for the creation of e-Sword modules, there is one aspect that is lacking and that is the ability to create bible modules with Strong's Numbers. 

e-Sword Tooltip NT does not have the function to add Strong's Number's with relative ease while it does provide the functionality to properly format Strong's Numbers. This particular function when used formats Strong's Numbers so that when an e-Sword user mouse over the number the Strong's number in a bible module, the Strong's information appears in a Pop-Up. 

Formatting the Strong's Numbers is very important but first the numbers have to be added to the bible text which there is no simple easy to do, The only option in Tooltip is to use find and replace for each Strong's number. This means doing a find and replace such as replacing the word God with GodH430.
 

Tj,

     Having used UniqueBible by Eliran Wong, I believe that he creates e-Sword modules with added Strong's numbers by approaching the problem from a different direction.  My greatly over-simplified explanation of how this method appears to work is:

Decide which Greek and/or Hebrew your Bible version will be based on.

Create a database index in numerical order for each Greek and/or Hebrew word, starting in Genesis 1 and/or Matthew 1 as entry 000001.

Add the correct Strong's Number to the database as a record for each Greek and/or Hebrew word indexed.

Finally add the English language translation as another record for each Greek and/or Hebrew word indexed.

Take for example a database starting with Matthew 1:1.  The Index and records would start out looking something like this:

000001    Βίβλος   G976   [The] book

000002    γενέσεως  G1078    of [the] genealogy

000003    Ἰησοῦ   G2424   of Jesus

000004    Χριστοῦ   G5547     Christ

The numerical index doesn't change.  The Greek word order doesn't change.  The Strong's numbers don't change.  The only thing that really changes is your English translation.  You don't need to completely re-invent the wheel as you can reuse open source data that is already out on the Internet.  You may choose to combine some Strong's numbers to make better sense in English, for example the word "throughout" in the verse below has both H5704 and H7097 Strong's numbers:

Psa 46:9  He brings an end to H7673 wars H4421 throughout H5704 H7097 the earth H776; he shatters H7665 the bow H7198 and breaks H7112 the spear H2595; he burns H8313 the shields with fire H784. 

The programs that you can use to manipulate the data could vary.  Notepad++ is quite powerful and accepts regex expressions.  Microsoft Excel with .csv files may be useful.  Probably want to finish the module using DB Browser for SQLite

I'm not saying that any of this is easy or fast, or that I'm an expert.  I'm just saying that if you want to get to the finish line, this may be a way to go about it.

     ElderB

I had installed John Gill's Body of Practical and Doctrinal Divinity, all volumes, in previous versions of e-Sword, but in e-Sword version 13, it doesn't seem to want to install.

Is there any way around this? I've downloaded the module installer, which works with most everything, including some old e-Sword 8 modules, but the John Gill top.exe (and that's all I can find) doesn't open module installer and even though the exe. file is installed to the proper e-Sword file, it simply doesn't show in anything, including reference library.

Any help will be appreciated. Thank you.

My personal opinion is that it would be easiest to download the entire John Gill library here at BibleSupport.com:

http://www.biblesupp...l-john-library/

This library is available both as a single .topx file and as a single .refi file.  Bill Huff went to a lot of effort to create these library files.

This library includes not only John Gill's Body of Practical and Doctrinal Divinity (all volumes of both), plus a lot of additional writings from Dr. Gill.

I installed the library .topx file using the eSword Module Installer, which dropped the file in the appropriate folder on my Windows 11 PC.

I access the library .topx file using the e-Sword (version 13.0.0) Reference Library icon.

The Body of Doctrinal Divinity (7 volumes) shows up in the library .topx file as entries identified with a preceding 02

The Practical Divinity (5 volumes) shows up in the library .topx file as entries identified with a preceding 08

     ElderB