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The cross dial.

Press and hold any verse in BibleLectio and everything you can do with it opens under your finger: save Bible verses to your library, link and cross-link verses, bookmark and highlight them, share them and underline words. One move, one gesture, no menus.

How it works.

  1. One gesture, multiple options.Press and hold for the cross dial, with four options to choose from.
  2. Slide for more.Slide to any of the four, or press it, and it splits into two more options.
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Add or send

Save Bible verses and words to your library. Slide up to the brain.

Add to library

Saves the verse to your library, into the cortex you have open, and a brain appears before the verse. Pull the page from its handle at the screen’s edge to see it in your library, tap it to open it, and pull the page back to the Bible. Or tap the brain before the verse to go straight to it in your library.

Send verse

Choose which cortex in your library the verse goes to, or make a new cortex as you send it. To see it there, pull the page into your library, tap the half brain at the top right and tap that cortex.

Dictionary

Save the word under your finger to your Dictionary. Hold a few words and they become one new word of yours. Tap the word in the Bible and its card opens with what each dictionary says of it, such as Strong’s, Easton’s and Webster’s: tap one to read it.

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Link verse

Link and cross-link Bible verses. Slide left to the link.

Pin verse

Pin a verse at the top of your library, with every verse linked to it, and stay where you are in the Bible. It is only pinned, not kept: tap Add verse to keep it.

Link verse

Link a verse to any other verse, in any book: tap as many as you like, then Done.

Linked

See every verse linked to this one, listed under it with its words.

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Colour

Colour, highlight, share and copy Bible verses. Slide right to the colour.

Share verse

Turn the verse into a shareable card, ready to send to anyone.

Colour

Highlight a word in a colour of your own, across the whole Bible or just in this verse.

Copy verse

Copy the verse’s words with where they are from and which Bible, ready to paste anywhere.

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Bookmark verse

Bookmark verses and underline words. Slide down to the bookmark.

Underline

Draw a line under the words you hold.

Bookmark verse

Keep your place: the verse glows so you find it again.

Many bookmarks

A pen for bookmarks: tap verse after verse, or drag over a few to make them one.

Questions about the cross dial.

What is the cross dial in BibleLectio?

The cross dial is how you do everything with a Bible verse in BibleLectio. Press and hold any verse and four circles open under your finger: save it to your library, link and cross-link verses, colour and share them, bookmark and underline. Slide to a circle and lift, and it is done, with no menus.

How do I bookmark a verse in BibleLectio?

Hold the verse, slide down to the bookmark and lift. The verse glows so you find it again, and once you sign in your bookmarks are on every device.

How do I link two Bible verses together?

In BibleLectio, hold a verse, slide left to the link and lift on Link verse. Then tap any other verse, in any book, and the two are joined. Every verse joined to it is listed under it.

How do I save a Bible verse into a cortex?

Hold the verse in BibleLectio and slide up to the brain. Add to library puts it in the cortex you have open, and Send verse lets you choose another cortex or make a new one.

Can I colour a word everywhere it appears in the Bible?

Yes. In BibleLectio, hold the word, slide right to Colour and pick a colour. It can colour that word in the whole Bible or only in this verse.

More of BibleLectio.

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