Features

List of features you will come across using Baibul 1.0. Click the features for more info & usage.

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Easy chapter and verse navigation

You can easily navigate to the verses by selecting the book name (abbreviation), chapter and verse with the Book selection popup and Chapter and Verse selection popup.

When you select the book name, the chapters of the book will popup. By selecting the chapter, you will be shown the verses numbers.

The App displays one chapter per page. You can scroll up and down within a chapter. And also swipe left or right between previous and next chapters.

  • Select Book
  • Select Chapter
  • Select Verse

Searchable Bible text

If you remember the text of the Bible but forgot the book/chapter/verse, you can lookup by searching the whole Bible using the search feature provided by the App.

  • Search
  • Search Box
  • Search Result

Jesus’ words in Red

The text of only those spoken by Jesus Christ, during his corporeal life on Earth, are in red.

You can turn off this feature by unchecking it through the menu > settings options.

  • Jesus’ Words in Red
  • Baibul Settings
    Baibul Settings

Footnotes, references and cross-references in a popup window

The footnotes are superscripted as a, b, c, … while the references and cross-references are in formatted by the bookname abbreviation and punctuation. Eg:

  • Chapter/Verse: Mt 1:23
  • Range of Verses: Mt 1:1-5
  • List of Verses: Mt 1:1,3,9
  • Range of Chapters or Books: Mt 1:2-3:9
  • List of Chapters: Mt 1:2; 3:4
  • List of Books: Mt 1:2; Lk 3:4

When you click on the hyperlinked (marked as underlined) footnotes or references, a popup info window will be displayed.

  • Footnotes Indicator & Popup Info Window
  • Cross References
  • Cross References Popup

Swipe between books and chapters

You can smoothly swipe left or right between books and chapter when you are at the beginning or end of the books.

History of viewed Bible texts

The History feature lists the Bible verses you previously viewed. To access the list, tap on the menu icon denoted by 3 horizontal bars located at the top-left corner. Then tap History.

To reread the verse, tap on any in the list to go to the verse. To clear the History list, tap on the bin icon located at the top-right corner of the screen.

  • Menu
  • Baibul Menu List
  • History List

Bookmarkable Bible text

You can use the Bookmark feature to mark the verse(s) for later uses or readings.

To bookmark, single tap on the verse(s) and click on the bookmark icon that is displayed on the bottom of the screen when you tap the verse. When a verse is bookmarked, a red ribbon will be displayed at the start of the verse.

To access your Bookmarked verses, tap on the top-left corner menu bar denoted by 3 horizontal bars and click Bookmarks. A list of Bookmarked verses will be displayed.

You can View, Share or Delete these, by tapping on the 3 vertical dots to the right of the bookmarked verse(s).

You can also sort the list based on the ascending order of the Bible books OR by the date on which they were bookmarked through the 3 horizontal bars located on the top-right corner of the Bookmarks window.

  • Bookmakrs Icon
  • Bookmarks
    Bookmarks
  • Baibul Menu List
  • Bookmarks List

Highlightable Bible text with different colours

With this feature, you can highlight selected Bible texts with 5 different background colours, apart from the default white background.

  • To highlight a verse, tap on the verse. Tap on the pen icon displayed at the bottom and select any one of the 5 different colours displayed.
  • To turn off the highlighted verse, select the verse, tap on the pen icon and select the white colour.
  • To see the list of highlighted verses, go to menu > Highlights.
  • Highlists Icon
  • Highlights Options
  • Highlighted Verses
  • Baibul Menu
  • Baibul Menu List
  • Highlights List

Changeable text size, colour scheme

The default text size too small or large? You can set your own text size by tapping on the ᴀA icon located on the top-right corner of the App screen. Use the scroller – left to decrease the size and right to increase the text size.

In the same Text Appearance options, you will also see 3 colour schemes – white, sepia and black. You can use any to apply the scheme to the App.

  • Text Appearance Icon
  • Text Appearance Options
  • Change Text Size
  • Light Theme
  • Sepia Theme
  • Dark Theme

Addable notes to Bible text

This feature let you add any notes on the verses of the Bible text. To add notes:

  1. Single tap any verse. The verse will be underlined. And more options will be displayed at the bottom of the screen.
  2. Tap on the Speech balloon .
  3. A window will popup where you can type your notes.
  4. To save your notes, click on the Check mark located at the top-right-corner.
  5. To identify that a note has been added to the verse, a Speech balloon will appear in front of the verse.

To view the list of Notes:

  1. Tap the menu denoted by the 3 horizontal bars located at the top-left corner of the screen.
  2. Tap on the Notes to view the Notes list.
  3. You can View, Edit, Share or Delete your notes from the Notes options by tapping on the 3 vertical dots located at the right-corner of each listed notes.
  4. You can also sort the Notes List by References or Dates by tapping on the 3 line sorting icon located at the top-right corner of the Notes window screen.
  • Notes Speech Bubble Icon
  • Notes Input
  • Notes Icon
  • Baibul Menu
  • Baibul Menu List
  • Notes Listing
  • Notes Options
  • Notes Sorting

Pinch zoomable

This feature let you pinch the screen and zoom in (to increase the text size) or zoom out (to decrease the text size) with your fingers.

Shareable Bible texts on social media and email

Do you want to share the Bible texts you read with your friends? The App let you share it directly to your social media friends and followers – either through your status updates or as private messages!

  • To share, single tap on the verse(s).
  • Tap on the share icon displayed at the bottom of the screen.
  • Share