Tap Bible Help

📖 Reading the Bible

When you open Tap Bible you land directly in the reader. Text is displayed verse by verse for easy reading. Scroll continuously through the text — previous and next chapters flow in seamlessly as you scroll up or down, in both Bible and commentary documents. Use the navigator at the top to jump anywhere in the Bible.

The app remembers your position, and all tabs are synchronised — navigating to a new passage in one tab moves all tabs to the same location.

🧭 Navigating Books & Chapters

Tap the book/chapter reference shown at the top of the screen to open the navigator. From there:

• Select a book from the list — Old or New Testament sections are shown separately
• Then pick a chapter from the grid

Press Back to close the navigator without changing your position.

🕐 History

Every passage you visit is recorded in your history, making it easy to return to a previous verse or pick up where you left off in a reading plan.

• Open history from the navigation menu
• Tap any entry to jump straight back to that passage

🗂 Using Tabs

Tabs let you keep multiple documents open at the same time — for example, two different Bible translations, or a Bible alongside a commentary.

• Tap the tab bar at the bottom to switch between open tabs
• Use the tab edit button (pencil icon) to add, remove, or reorder tabs
• All tabs stay synchronised — switching tabs shows the same passage in each document

⬇️ Downloading Bibles & Commentaries

Tap Bible uses free modules from the CrossWire and eBible catalogs — there are hundreds of Bible translations and commentaries available across most languages.

1. Open the catalog from the tab edit screen or the navigation menu
2. Browse or filter by language
3. Tap a document to download it
4. Once downloaded, it is available offline

🔍 Search

Full-text search is available for any downloaded Bible translation or commentary.

• Open search from the toolbar or navigation menu
• Type a word or phrase and tap the search key (or press Enter) to run the search
• Results show the verse reference and a snippet — tap any result to jump to it
• Previous searches are saved in a history list below the search box

Search is scoped to the translation in the current tab.

🔖 Bookmarks

Save any verse or passage with a bookmark so you can return to it later.

• Long-press a verse to select it, then tap the bookmark icon
• When a verse is bookmarked the icon appears filled — tap it again to remove the bookmark
• View all bookmarks from the navigation menu
• Tap a bookmark to jump straight to that verse

Bookmarks are stored locally on your device and are never sent anywhere.

🔤 Word & Verse Popup

Long-press any word in the text to open a tabbed popup with two views:

• Word tab — shows the Strong's concordance entry for the word you pressed, including the original Hebrew or Greek word, its definition, and how it is used across the Bible. Useful for deeper word studies.
• Verse tab — temporarily highlights the whole verse and shows a list of cross-references, helping you find related passages across the Bible.