Hebrew & Greek, made readable

See past the translation.
Read the Word itself.

A translation is one faithful person's choice of words. DeepWord puts the original Hebrew and Greek one tap away — made readable — so you're studying Scripture, not someone's rendering of it.

DeepWord Study screen — Genesis 1:1 laid out as a grid of original Hebrew word cards in English reading order
The idea

Every translation is a choice.

Open Genesis 1:1 in ten English Bibles and you'll read it ten slightly different ways. Most say "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." The Bible in Basic English says "At the first God made the heaven and the earth." Every translator was faithful. Every one of them still had to choose.

ASVIn the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. BBEAt the first God made the heaven and the earth.

Those choices are good and necessary — but they sit between you and the text. The word Moses wrote was בְּרֵאשִׁית, reshit: beginning, yes — but also firstfruits, and the chief or choicest part. One word, carrying more than any single English word can hold.

"The words of the LORD are pure words" (Psalm 12:6) — and the words David sang were Hebrew. DeepWord doesn't hand you a thirty-first translation. It gives you the pure word underneath all of them — the Hebrew and the Greek — restructured from the great scholarly lexicons into plain English, one tap from any verse.

You don't go around the translation.
You go through it — to the source.

A live demonstration

See it work.

Tap one Hebrew or Greek word. Every English rendering — across every translation — lights up. This is synonym-mapped highlighting, and no other Bible app does it.

One verse, all the way down

Genesis 1:1 — the whole tour.

You saw the verse rebuilt in the original up top. Here's what happens when you start tapping.

The verse, rebuilt

Every word, in the language Moses wrote it.

Genesis 1:1 laid out as a grid of cards in English reading order — bereshit, bara, Elohim — each with the original word, its Strong's number, the transliteration, and a plain-sense gloss. The English you've read your whole life, mapped card-by-card to the Hebrew underneath it. Flip to Hebrew layout with one tap.

Genesis 1:1 Study screen — Hebrew word cards with transliteration and glosses
One verse, ten choices

The same verse. Ten faithful renderings.

Read Genesis 1:1 across all ten translations at once. ASV: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." BBE: "At the first God made the heaven and the earth." Same Hebrew. Different English. Now you can see exactly where the choices were made — and go beneath them.

Genesis 1:1 shown side by side in ASV, BBE, BSB, Darby and KJV
The scholar's lexicon

A scholar's dictionary — in plain English.

Tap reshit and the Brown-Driver-Briggs entry opens, rebuilt into clean readable notes instead of a wall of abbreviations: how the word carries both beginning in time and chief or choicest in rank, with a plain etymology tracing it to the root for "head." Real depth, no jargon — the one thing the free apps never made readable.

Restructured BDB scholarly notes and etymology for reshit
The shades of a word

One word holds many meanings.

Not just the one your translation chose. Reshit means the beginning — the starting point of a time or course of action; the firstfruits — the first and dedicated portion of a harvest; and the first, chief, or choicest — the best and most prominent part. Each meaning laid out with its own Scripture references, every one tappable.

Meanings and related words for reshit — beginning, firstfruits, chief or choicest
Greek, the same way

"Christ" isn't a name. It means "anointed."

The Greek works exactly like the Hebrew. Tap Christos and read it plainly: the anointed one, from chriō, "to anoint" — with its Hebrew equivalent mashiach right there beside it. Hebrew and Greek, decoded the same readable way, so a familiar word opens up into what it actually says.

Word study for Christos — anointed one, from chriō, Hebrew equivalent mashiach
Every occurrence

Follow a word everywhere it's used.

Elohim appears 2,246 times across 35 books — and DeepWord shows you the whole footprint, book by book, ranked at a glance. Deuteronomy, Genesis, the Chronicles, the Psalms. Tap any book and jump straight to every verse where the word appears.

Where it appears — Elohim distribution across 35 books, 2,246 occurrences
In context

Then read every verse — the word lit up.

Tap a book and each occurrence opens in context, the word highlighted in every verse so you can read it the way it was used, not just count it. The footprint becomes a reading list.

Concordance view — every occurrence of the word shown in context with the term highlighted
The connections

344,799 cross-references, built in.

Follow any thread across both Testaments. Tap a reference and the reader opens to that verse; tap a word inside that verse and keep going. The back button walks the chain in reverse, so you can drill as deep as you like without ever losing your place.

Cross-references for Genesis 1:1 spanning both Testaments
Names & places

Every name and place, explained.

A built-in Bible dictionary for the people and places of Scripture. Tap Eden — "Delight" — and read who they were and where it was, the same plain-English way as the lexicon. The story behind the names, without leaving the verse.

Bible dictionary entry for Eden, meaning Delight
Make it yours

Your own study — and you own it forever.

Save verses to color-coded lists with tabs, so your study stays organized at a glance. No subscription, no ads, no account, no tracking — and it all works fully offline. Yours to keep.

Reader with a saved verse marked by a colored study-list tab

One verse. A few minutes.
Depth you didn't know was a tap away on your phone.

Everything inside

One app, the whole study desk.

Translations, the original languages, lexicons, cross-references, and tools that let you trace a single word all the way down — in your pocket, fully offline.

Genesis 1:1 shown across translations
10 English translations
Original Hebrew word cards with glosses
Hebrew & Greek — all 66 books
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Strong’s on every word
Search all of Scripture
find any word, phrase, or reference
Plain-English BDB definition of a Hebrew word
19,570 word definitions
BDB, Thayer’s & Strong’s, rewritten to read plainly
DeepWord interlinear reader showing John 1 in Greek with glosses and linked pronouns
Go to the source.
Hebrew & Greek study, made readable.
Cross-references listed for Genesis 1:1
344,799 cross-references
trace a theme across the whole Bible
NEW Greek words with English glosses beneath, interlinear
Interlinear reading
read the original, word by word
NEW A pronoun underlined and linked to the word it refers to
66,744 word connections
see what each pronoun points to
Word study panel for the Greek word Christos
Tap any word to study it
Grammar of the form, explained in plain English
Grammar in plain English
Bible dictionaries
Easton’s & Smith’s, fully linked
Bar chart of where a word appears across books
Where each word appears
A verse marked with a colored saved-list spine tab
Save & color-code verses
Works fully offline
no account, no internet needed
An honest comparison

Where DeepWord lands.

Other study tools are good. They're also expensive, desktop-shaped, or stuck in 2013. Here's the honest picture.

DeepWordLogosOlive TreeBlue Letter
One-time price$19.99$9–200/moÀ-la-carte modulesFree, dated UI
Synonym-mapped highlighting
Mobile-first designDesktop-first2013
Hebrew/Greek + Strong's + BDB + Abbott-Smith + Thayer'sAdd-on
Lexicons restructured for readability
Cross-references included344,799
Works fully offline

What about expanded translations like The Pure Word?

Some readers find us while looking for The Pure Word, a New Testament that expands each Greek word's meaning and grammar into the English text itself — John 3:16's "believeth" becomes "continuously by his choice committing." We share its conviction that a translator's word choices sit between you and the Greek. We simply take the other road: rather than writing one more English rendering for you to trust, DeepWord leaves your Bible's text alone and shows you the Greek word itself — πιστεύω, its lexicon entry, its grammar, and every verse where it appears — so you can weigh the fuller meaning for yourself.

Both begin from the same verse: "the words of the LORD are pure words" (Psalm 12:6). We just believe the surest way to the pure word is to look at it directly.

Pricing

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FAQ

Common questions.

Everything you'd want to know before buying.

Do I need to know Hebrew or Greek to use DeepWord?
No. DeepWord is built for serious students who read English. Tap any word in your translation and the Hebrew or Greek behind it appears with its meaning, lexicon entry, and every other verse where the same root shows up. The original languages do the work — you stay in English.
Why only ten translations instead of dozens?
Because a thirty-first English rendering doesn't get you closer to Scripture — the original language does. The ten translations in DeepWord are solid and varied, and rather than padding the list, we put the Hebrew and Greek beneath every word, one tap away, made readable. Going to the source is the whole point of the app.
Which translations are included?
Ten: KJV, ASV, WEB (World English Bible), BSB (Berean Standard), NHEB (New Heart English Bible), YLT (Young's Literal), BBE (Bible in Basic English), Darby, RNKJV (Restored Name KJV), and LEB (Lexham English Bible). All public domain or freely licensed. No subscription or in-app purchase to unlock more.
Is there an Android version?
Not yet. iOS only for now. Shipping one excellent experience beats shipping two compromised ones. Android may come later.
How is this different from the free Bible apps I already have?
Free apps give you the text. DeepWord gives you the structure beneath it. Tap any word and see the original Hebrew or Greek, the full lexicon entry — BDB for Hebrew, Abbott-Smith and Thayer's for Greek, restructured into clean labeled sections instead of dense walls of reference-work prose — every verse where the same root appears, and how different translators rendered it. The synonym-mapped highlighting is the part no other Bible app does.
What is "synonym-mapped highlighting" exactly?
Translators don't always agree on which English word to use. KJV says "raiment"; BSB says "clothes." DeepWord knows these came from the same Greek word and treats them as one — so when you tap that Greek word, every place it appears across every translation lights up, regardless of how the translator phrased it.
Will I keep getting updates after I buy?
Yes. $19.99 once, lifetime updates. New features, expanded data, bug fixes — all included. No "Pro" tier, no future paywall.
Can I read it offline?
Yes. Everything ships inside the app — Hebrew, Greek, Strong's, BDB, Abbott-Smith, Thayer's, all ten translations, the Bible dictionary, and 344,799 cross-references. Once installed, it works fully offline.
Is DeepWord the same as DeepRoots Bible?
No — DeepRoots Bible (deeprootsbible.com) is an online Bible curriculum for Christian schools. If you're a student or teacher looking for your school's DeepRoots login, you'll find it at deeprootsbible.com/login. DeepWord is something different: an iOS Bible study app that puts the original Hebrew and Greek one tap beneath every verse. Similar names, different tools — though if you're curious about the words beneath your translation, we'd be glad to have you look around.
Is DeepWord "The Pure Word" Bible?
No — The Pure Word is a separate New Testament translation from One Path Publishing. But if what you're looking for is the pure word of Scripture — the words as they were first written, before any translator chose English for them — that is exactly what DeepWord is built for. Instead of another English rendering, DeepWord puts the actual Hebrew and Greek beneath every verse, one tap away, made readable. "The words of the LORD are pure words" (Psalm 12:6), and they were written in Hebrew and Greek.
Is this affiliated with any denomination or theological tradition?
No. DeepWord is a study tool, not a curriculum. The translations and lexicons included represent a range of traditions. Whatever you bring to the text, the original languages and cross-references are there to help you go deeper.