GreekToMeLite
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GreekToMeLite###.apk Android application package file (APK). The Help menu (in the app's Options menu) explains where to tap to change what Bible verse is displayed, etc. See the Overview below for more information.
LATEST RELEASE:
2025-JUL-09 v3.2.6 Fixed the insets of the action bar because it was overlaying the buttons due to Android 15 changes. Eliminated Lock Orientation option. Improved handling of URLs, especially within expanded translation notes.
RECENT RELEASES:
2025-MAR-09 v3.2.5 The grammar of SRN 4328 as used in Matt 11:3 and Luke 7:19-20 was corrected from "1 pers. pl. pres. act. indic." to "1 pers. pl. pres. act. subj.". Per BAGD, improved the lexical word of SRN 2997 (used only in Acts 1:18) which now corresponds to G/K 3279 instead of G/K 3299. Per BAGD and 9 other reference books, improved the lexical word of SRN 868; the G/K number didn't change. Added (Spanish) Strongs-es.txt dictionary. Added Mounce (GK).txt dictionary. Added support for an optional "COPYRIGHT:" line in a dictionary file.
2024-JUL-21 v3.2.4 Updated for Android SDK 35. Added "Show Matching Words" menu item in Search menu. A word underlined in the Greek Area is now also underlined in the Report Area. Changed Built-In dictionary entry for SRN 4831.
2023-DEC-25 v3.2.3 Changed Built-In dictionary entry for SRN 316, 476, 991, 1249, 3004, 4108, 4976, 5306. Fixed the dictionary entry for G/K 41 which read "n/a".
GreekToMeLiteRevisionHistoryA.pdf Program revision history since v1.0.
(Many more screenshots are here).
OVERVIEW
GreekToMeLite is a simplified version of the GreekToMe program.
Life isn't about Greek. It's about knowing God's will for your life and walking in it. You don't need to know any Biblical Greek, but Greek happens to be the language God chose to record His (new) covenant with mankind. Someday you may want to access the underlying Greek text used by modern Bible translations. GreekToMeLite allows you to do that! For those who once took a Greek class, GreekToMeLite puts what you memorized for the exam at your fingertips!
The following Bible translations are included:
- BBE - Bible in Basic English
- KJV - King James Version
- LBLA - La Biblia de las Américas, 1997 (Spanish)
- LEB - Lexham English Bible
- LSG - Louis Segond, 1910 (French)
- NASB - New American Standard Bible, 1995
- NBLH - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy, 2005 (Spanish)
- YLT - Young's Literal Translation
- ~NET - Hyperlinks to resources at biblia.com
- ~biblos - Hyperlinks to resources at biblos.com
- ~interlinear - Hyperlinks to resources at interlinearbible.org
Each Greek word is grouped under a Greek lexical word. (Think of it like the words 'sing', 'singing', 'sang', 'sung' all being grouped under 'sing'.) Scholars have assigned a number to each lexical word to make it easier to look up in a Greek dictionary. There are options to display the lexical word and Strong's Reference Number (SRN) or Goodrich/Kohlenberger (G/K) number in the Report Area.
The following (English) dictionaries are included:
- Built-In - concise general meaning of each lexical word
- Strongs - James Strong's Bible dictionary
- concordances.org - Hyperlinks to resources at concordances.org
- teknia.com - Hyperlinks to Greek dictionary at teknia.com
The app's menus, dialogs, and help have been translated for French and Spanish.
Although it may be used as a springboard to access information on other web sites, once installed, GreekToMeLite does not require an Internet connection and does not use any online account. A "Reader's Greek" mode is provided for those who can read some Greek. The Greek text is UBS4 or UBS5. (The KJV and YLT are not based on these but are included for historical reasons. The BBE is included for ESL readers. The LSG was an available French translation.)
Advanced users can add their own Bible translation files and Greek dictionary files that have been formatted for GreekToMe/GreekToMeLite. Those interested should become familiar with the full-fledged GreekToMe program for Mac OS X, Ubuntu (Linux), and Windows found here. There you will find GreekToMe.pdf (English only) that describes every feature of GreekToMe, which is the basis for GreekToMeLite.
The author has endeavored to produce this software without theological bias.
Tags: Greek Bible, Biblical Greek, Polytonic Greek
Android is a trademark of Google Inc. For those interested, a comparison between GreekToMeLite and GreekToMe may be found in Section 18 of the GreekToMe.pdf document. How to find this web page again:
tinyurl.com/handynt (i.e. handy New Testament!)