Tim Butterfield

If you are worried about loosing your modules, back up your C:\program files (X86)\esword directory onto a flash drive or CD/DVD disk.  I haven't had any problem with loosing modules when uninstalling e-sword for a fresh install, but I always back up anyway.  Then other directory that contains modules is C:\Users\Your Name\documents\esword. 

That is how most of us learn the importance of backing up certain directories. 

I use an 8 gig flash drive for my e-sword and document files.  It isn't so much backup as syncing my lap top and my desk top, but it serves the same function.

You do know that you can recover your product keys for the premium files you purchased don't you?

What if I only have this one?...C:\Users\your name\Documents\e-Sword

Then you have a weird install.  The C:\program file (X 86) \e-sword directory is where windows stores the e-sword executable file as well as all the bblx, cmtx, dctx mapx refx files as well as other "overhead" files.  The C:\users\yourname\e-sword\ directory stores the topx files as well as journal list files, mark up files and so on.

Be sure you are looking in the Program files (x86) directory as that is were the programs that run under 32 bit architecture are kept.  The Program Files directory with out the (X86) is for 64 bit architecture programs.

There is also the possibility that you are running an older version of windows that doesn't "do" 64 bit architecture.  

But either way there has to be a C:\Program Files\ e-sword directory.

Hello everyone. I am wondering if there is an easy way to reinstall e-Sword and all of the books I've downloaded. It is tedious work downloading everything one thing at a time. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

If you have backed up your e-Sword and Document e-Sword directories,

Install e-Sword then copy all of the backed up files to the directories you took them out of for the back up.

(The two directories you need to copy are C:Program Files (x86)\e-Sword and

C:\Users\your name\Documents\e-Sword.)

Fairly fast and simple IF you backed up those two directories before you lost access to the hard drive you had them installed on.

Ah ha!

Thank you very much sir and hopefully you will have a good day (or night depending on your timezone upon reading this).

No problem, it is easy to forget the vast disparities in the level of e-Sword and computer skills we find here.  As a result,some of us  (myself especially) talk in "short hand" when detailed and basic explanations are needed.

Adam Clarke commentary

Matthew Henry commentary

 

I've looked in the Commentary section but didn't see it.

I do not understand what is the sense of having that search bar in the top right if it does not search for related stuff on this website..

 

The search for this site is pretty bad, primarily because

If you look at the menu tabs at the top of your e-Sword window the third tab from the right says Download, this takes you the built in download area of the e-Sword site. 

You will find both the Clark and the Henery commentaries there.  This site doesn't offer modules that are on that site partially because several of the modules there are distributed by special arrangement only.  The e-Sword site also lists premium modules (where the copy right holders demand payment).

The search for this site is pretty lame, in part because the default for it is set to search Google, NOT the site itself.  So if you hit where it says Google next to the "magnifying glass" icon you can set it to e-Sword downloads.  It will revert to default after the search, but that is the way the program was written.

The search feature is not something that is provided by the person who owns/runs the site, but by the company that sells/rents the internet access to the site. 

One thing I learned using e-Sword is to go to download and look for any book available, they also post in there any new one. Just click the Download button in the application and check what they have.

 

Blessings,

 

Moises

The e-sword downloader doesn't list the book (modules) that are stored here, so it is also a good idea to check what is here...now if only the search function of this site worked better.

Don't know how long Is the Bible True...Really? by Josh McDowell will be last, but its FREE today.

Thank you...it is a great booklet.  I have a dead tree edition of F. F. Bruce's"The New Testament Documents Are The Reliable"  which I am afraid to lend out lest someone forget to return it.  This will be a good "primer" on the subject, and since you can now "lend" Kindle books I won't need to worry about not getting it back.

Hey everyone! Well I coudn't load this sample on my website unfortunately, but your mission--should you chose to accept--is to review this sample of my commentary on Galatians: (see attachment below) and tell me what you think! I would appreciate any suggestions on how to improve my commentary and my commentary series. I would also GREATLY appreciate it if one of you scholars volunteered to double check all the Greek. Thanks in advance!

 

Yours faithfully, Tony Stark

 

Galatians Sample (1.1-5).pdf

Commentaries can (and are) written for many different reasons and audiences, each type requires a different approach as to what material is presented and in what depth.

As an example I write commentary for my adult Sunday School class.  Most of them have been believers for some time, but I quickly learned that detailed coverage of history and especially etymology and the translation from the Greek/Hebrew tended to glaze their eyes.

This bothered me because I enjoy such things. 

The Spirit grabbed me and pointed out that I was the teacher of the class *I* NEEDED to study these things, *I* was responsible for the in depth study so I could explain to and instruct them, they didn't need to study the way I did, or The Spirit would have given them the same hunger that He gave me.

I also recalled what I had read long ago, that the true sign of understanding a something is to be able to explain the essentials of the matter (no matter how complex) to a sixth grader.  Notice, not explain it in depth but the essentials.

I have read your commentary...it would cross the eyes of my class, but I enjoyed it.

Here is the commentary I wrote for the same verse when my class studied Galatians a year or so ago, perhaps it will help you see from another perspective. It covers Galatians 1:1-4, as yours covered verses 1-5 there should be grounds for comparison.

Note also that the general message/bent of the commentary is shaded by the over all direction the study of Galatians I did, since there is no way to cover Galatians in 13 weeks without selecting which of the many possible ways the information is to emphasize.

https://dl.dropboxus...ians sample.doc

You only need the lxx.bblx. (The x at the end designates modules that work in e-sword 9.X or higher) it should show up in your Bible tabs as lxx+.  The + after the Bible name indicates that it has the Strong's numbers embedded (you can hover your mouse over the number and see the definition) Unfortunately the interliniar (translation follows Greek/Hebrew) Bible modules are few and far between, and the lxx isn't one of them.

You might consider changing your dictionary to this one

http://www.biblesupp...one-dictionary/

This TVM dictionary module combines the following works:
Brown-Driver-Briggs -> Hebrew word definitions
Thayer - Greek word definitions
Strong's definitions
KJC - King James Concordance
TVM: Strong - TVM info and explanations OT H8675-H8853 / NT G5625-G5944

The TVM allows you to see how the conjegation of the verbs effects the meanings (even more than in Engliush in some cases)

It works best with the KJV TMV Bible module as it is one of the to have the TMV numbers embedded.

You might also concider some of the Dictionary modules that cover Morphological Analysis Codes for use with the Greek New Testaments containing parsing or declension codes.
 

Here is an example of Strongs and the Morphology tags (the lxx+ has them...so I'll cite from it):

Mal 1:1  λημμαN-NSN λογουG3056 N-GSM κυριουG2962 N-GSM επιG1909 PREP τονG3588 T-ASM ισραηλG2474 N-PRI ενG1722 PREP χειριG5495 N-DSF αγγελουG32 N-GSM αυτουG846 D-GSM θεσθεG5087 V-AMD-2P δηG1161 PRT επιG1909 PREP ταςG3588 T-APF καρδιαςG2588 N-APF υμωνG4771 P-GP

You might have some luck finding lxx modules here:  http://www.foranansw...ord_Modules.htm

Hope this helps.

E-sword itself needs to be installed on the hard drive not the flash drive (as far as I know, I'm sure someone will correct me if there is another way.  However, the resources can be on the flash drive.

Select the Options tab up top of the e-Sword window, select resources, at the bottom of that window is a location option so you can "tell" e-sword the directory where it can find the resources which would include your personal documents.

If you select the Download tab at the top of the e-Sword window and select Bibles, you can scroll down to the “Premium” bibles (the ones you have to pay for) and find the NLT, Likewise if you select Commentaries, scroll down to find the premium section and the Life Application Study Notes are there.

As for dictionaries if you dl this one it combines Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew, Thayer’s Greek, Strong’s, the King James Concordance as well as Tone Mood and Voice indicators. 

http://www.biblesupp...one-dictionary/

As long as the Bible has embedded Strong’s numbers, it will work with them, but it works best with this Bible as it is the only one that has the embedded Tone Mood and Voice numbers.

http://www.biblesupp...one-voice-mood/

Both of those are free.

Welcome to e-Sword.

Hi 

 

Does anybody know what this mean..  Example:

Citing in TDNT: 2:284, 186

 

There is a lot of citing in TDNT from Thayer Lexicon dictionary.  what does the numbers 2:284, 186 ... many other mean. or how does it work?

 

Thayers.JPG

 

thanks

From the Information area of Thayers:  "Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in the ten-volume Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT), edited by Gerhard Kittel. Both volume and page numbers cite where the word may be found."
 

So the number you cited would refer you to Volume 2, Page 284 of the TDNT.  I'm not certain what the 186 refers to.

A friend of mine is an Anglican priest from Malawi, who is currently studying evangelism at Carlile College (Church Army Africa) in Nairobi.

 

I recently introduced him to e-Sword; he loves it and has shared it with other students there.  After considerable trouble, he was finally able to download the Chichewa Bible .bblx module.  (Thanks a million for both fantastic tools.) 

 

However, when he is in Malawi, his parish spans 10 different stations, and is spread across about 40 km, which he accesses on a bicycle.  Therefore, taking his laptop computer on his rounds is not feasible.  However, he does have a Nook Color (running a non-Nook Android OS) which is far more portable and has longer battery life. 

 

Question:  Is there a version of the Chichewa Bible which is usable on an Android device?  (.bbl file, e-pub, pdf, etc.)?

 

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

God's Blessings,

-Pete

Youversion  runs under android, it offers access to a great many translations one is listed as chachi. I am not at all certain if that is what you are looking for, but as Youversion is a free download it might be worth checking.   http://www.youversion.com/mobile

The program is good for reading, but offers nothing in the way of commentaries or dictionaries.

Personally, I'd like to see the 1973 NIV made into a module.  It was the version that came out that caused quite a few folks to get royally upset and threatened to boycott it if they didn't change some things in it...  Specifically Acts 2:38.  By the 1984 release, it was changed in order to sell more copies.

I remember hearing about the controversy, but can't remember what it was exactly.  I'm not wild about the NIV,  prefer the word for word translations like the  NASB, ESV or KJV.