A new interlinear translation was created by ScriptureDirect. Prof Johannes Louw did the translation and was assisted by Dr Bennie Wolvaardt.

Prof Johannes Louw was one of the most prominent NT Greek scholars of the 20th century and the editor (with Dr Eugene Nida) of the Greek-English Lexicon of Semantic Domains, published by the United Bible Societies. This has become a standard reference work.

Dr Bennie Wolvaardt is the Founding President of Veritas College International and developer of ScriptureDirect.

The ScriptureDirect user interface is currently only available in English.

The ScriptureDirect text of the New Testament follows its own conventions re punctuation, casing and formatting. It should be kept in mind that the original Greek New Testament manuscripts as written by the authors had no punctuation, casing nor spaces and were not formatted at all. All this was done later by editors.

To take the user to the original text as directly as possible, ScriptureDirect has chosen to follow these conventions:

Punctuation: No punctuation is used, except question marks where it was deemed necessary. Users can judge for themselves the variations in punctuation used by different translations of Greek texts.

Casing: Capital letters are only used to refer to proper names.

Formatting: The text has been divided into lines to make it easier to analyse. Further, these lines have been grouped into sections according to meaning or thematic coherent units, making it easier to work on a defined piece of text.

Text critical notes: The text does not contain any text critical notes as it was not judged to fall into the scope of ScriptureDirect.

Greek words: For the sake of comparison, basically the same Greek wording has been used as that by Nestle-Aland 26 & 27 and UBS 3 & 4.

The interlinear translation of the New Testament used by ScriptureDirect is a completely new translation commissioned by us. It was not a printed publication that we made available in electronic format. To do a similar translation for the Old Testament would also be an enormous project. At this stage we do not plan such a project.

ScriptureDirect continuously improves the Android and iOS app as we receive feedback from users and makes this available in updates.

However, we are aware of issues on some of the latest Apple Mac computers but are unfortunately not able to update the PC/MAC applications as the software used to develop this cross-platform application is not supported anymore.

You are welcome to submit any questions through the contact form on the Support page or via the email address provided there.

The ScriptureDirect Interlinear Greek Bible for PC and Mac is also available for free. The program for Windows PCs and Apple Mac is where it all started and it includes the same Unique Greek-English interlinear text found in the App.

It also features creative tools for textual analysis and facilitates natural exegetical workflow. One of the standout features is the meaning sensitive search facility that finds words or phrases based on their meaning(s).

We are aware of issues on some of the latest Apple Mac computers but are unfortunately not able to update the PC/MAC applications as the software used to develop this cross-platform application is not supported anymore. However, we maintain the Android and iOS apps.

Please note that we do not provide technical support.

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The numbers are from the Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament Based on Semantic Domains. 

All the Greek meanings for the New Testament are listed in 93 domains or groups of meanings as indicated by the numbering. The number to the left of the decimal period indicates the semantic domain (1-93).

• earth (1.39) is the 39th entry in the 1st domain: Geographical Objects and Features
• world systems (41.38) is the 38th entry in the 41st domain: Behaviour and Related States

The following list shows all 93 domains:

1. Geographical Objects and Features
2. Natural Substances
3. Plants
4. Animals
5. Foods and Condiments
6. Artifacts
7. Constructions
8. Body, Body Parts, and Body Products
9. People
10. Kinship Terms
11. Groups and Classes of Persons and Members of Such Groups and Classes
12. Supernatural Beings and Powers
13. Be, Become, Exist, Happen
14. Physical Events and States
15. Linear Movement
16. Non-Linear Movement
17. Stances and Events Related to Stances
18. Attachment
19. Physical Impact
20. Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill
21. Danger, Risk, Safe, Save
22. Trouble, Hardship, Relief, Favourable Circumstances
23. Physiological Processes and States
24. Sensory Events and States
25. Attitudes and Emotions
26. Psychological Faculties
27. Learn
28. Know
29. Memory and Recall
30. Think
31. Hold a View, Believe, Trust
32. Understand
33. Communication
34. Association
35. Help, Care For
36. Guide, Discipline, Follow
37. Control, Rule
38. Punish, Reward
39. Hostility, Strife
40. Reconciliation, Forgiveness
41. Behaviour and Related States
42. Perform, Do
43. Agriculture
44. Animal Husbandry, Fishing
45. Building, Constructing
46. Household Activities
47. Activities Involving Liquids or Masses
48. Activities Involving Cloth
49. Activities Involving Clothing and Adorning
50. Contests and Play
51. Festivals
52. Funerals and Burial
53. Religious Activities
54. Maritime Activities
55. Military Activities
56. Courts and Legal Procedures
57. Possess, Transfer, Exchange
58. Nature, Class, Example
59. Quantity
60. Number
61. Sequence
62. Arrange, Organize
63. Whole, Unite, Part, Divide
64. Comparison
65. Value
66. Proper, Improper
67. Time
68. Aspect
69. Affirmation, Negation
70. Real, Unreal
71. Mode
72. True, False
73. Genuine, Phony
74. Able, Capable
75. Adequate, Qualified
76. Power, Force
77. Ready, Prepared
78. Degree
79. Features of Objects
80. Space
81. Spacial Dimensions
82. Spacial Orientations
83. Spacial Positions
84. Spacial Extensions
85. Existence in Space
86. Weight
87. Status
88. Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behaviour
89. Relations
90. Case
91. Discourse Markers
92. Discourse Referentials
93. Names of Persons and Places