I’ve got both a list of Raycast quicklinks and am working on a more robust full extension in the works. I’ll get something up on my blog and add it here when I do. Let me know if you’re interested!
@@vmitchell85 Chris did do this! He sent it to me, but I've been traveling and I haven't been able to share it yet! I need Chris' permission to share his video, though. Chris? Care to share the link here?
@@vmitchell85 Happy to have your help fixing any gaps between this and the Alfred ones you did. I'm working on an actual Raycast Extension eventually for Logos that will be more robust, require no setup, use the Raycast API for building out the UI, etc., but it may be a bit since I haven't had the time :)
Nice! Thanks for this. It's a great hack. I have always thought Logos needs much more built-in flexibility with the keyboard. Many software developers use a text editor called vim that essentially allows you to edit text files without ever lifting your fingers from the keyboard to touch the mouse. If you watch someone who is experienced using it, it can look like magic as the code rapidly transforms. It takes years to master (the manual is hundreds of pages long), but with mastery comes a tremendous amount of efficiency. I can think of so many ways Logos would benefit from something like vim keybindings. One other thing I wish Logos would do is offer Linux support (or at the very least make the web app more fully-featured). When I want to do something mildly advanced in Logos, I have to run Windows in a virtual machine. I know Logos + Linux users are in the minority, but Linux isn't just for computer nerds. Many Christians in the majority world use Linux because they can't afford a Windows license or to be in the endless hardware upgrade cycle of the Apple ecosystem. Linux can run quite fast on decade old machines because it doesn't come with a lot of the bloat that comes with each additional Microsoft/Apple upgrade. One thing would solve both these issues: making Logos open source. The Christian world would so benefit from a company supported open source library application that programmers around the world could contribute to. Much of the world's best software today follows this kind of model. One can only hope... :)
Oooh this is beautiful. I've stopped using bibleworks because I had to change computers and haven't figured out how to get it to work. I love logos, but I usually find myself using Google to search instead of Logos. This is awesome.
This is great! You've really taken these scripts to the next level! I've loved using some similar scripts in Accordance and it saves me so much time! I'll definitely share this video with my Logos friends! P.S. In Accordance scripture references you should be able to use a period in place of a colon.
This is HUGE for me...I know I've already commented but jeez this is just so great. Added benefit to using the L4 links when copying is the ability to link them in your digital notes. I'm an avid Obsidian user and as such I'm able to link things straight from my notes to Logos. Incredible stuff!
I tried Obsidian as part of my workflow; it didn't quite meet my specific needs, but I've observed that it is highly extensible. That sounds great! I KNEW there would be people who needed this! I'm told we're a small minority of Logos users, however.
@@wardonwords I'll trust the expertise of your fellow Logos peers but I'm not sure how we are a minority target for this 'feature'. If you open Bibles, execute searches, etc. in Logos why wouldn't you want this functionality? Fortunately I'm a Mac user who also loves Alfred.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I'm a big Alfred fan and to tie it to my favorite application is a huge win. I was working with my daughter just last night on an assignment she had searching for scripture references to the names of God. Boy o boy did I put some mileage on the search shortcuts.
I love this idea, but as a pc user I need help! Can this be done wit Wox or any other Alfred alternatives? If so, how? Hopefully other commenters can help. Thx
I've been able to get most functionality on Windows through Keyprinha. The Search function is a little wonky but I got all bible translations up and running. I'll update as I make progress.
Mark, this is fantastic! Thank you. Presently Alfred replaces the Bible tab I have open. Is there away to have Alfred open the Logos commands in a NEW TAB? Thanks a ton!
newby Thanks so much for this. I am a Windows user, and I am looking at alternatives to Alfred. But I was a Bibleworks user for many years before using Logos. I am very excited to see how to do this in Windows. I think it should be possible.
Speaking of Bibleworks, does Logos have the equivalent of BGT (a single file combination of the LXX and GNT)? I have not seen a convenient way of searching for a Greek word across both testaments with single result set.
EXCELLENT question. I remember the BGT well. The way I do this is just to use the Bible Word Study tool constantly. It's not precisely the same idea, but it gives the same result.
I am posting this here because I failed to find a point of contact elsewhere: I think I found a phrase in the KJV that might be of interest At the beginning of the "eulogy" in Isaiah 14:4-21, in 14:4 to be exact, the KJV reads "The Golden City Ceased", modern translations universally read something along the lines of "insolence" (the Septuagint also has this reading!) I think it might interesting as something along the lines of the tambourine in Job because I have no idea how the KJV translators came to the reading of "Golden City"
The modern translations typically follow the Dead Sea Scrolls here. The Masoretic text is deemed incomprehensible due to the presence of a hapax legomenon (a word that appears only once). It contains the consonants for the Hebrew word for "gold," which explains the KJV's interpretation. The Vulgate may have influenced Coverdale to go in this direction, as it uses the word "tributum" (i.e. tribute, a payment that may come in the form of gold). Both the KJV and the RV/ASV offer "exactress" as an alternative gloss to "city" in their marginal notes. Young uses the masculine form, "exactor," in his translation. These ideas of "city," "tribute," and "exactor" come together in the Geneva Bible's attempt at making sense of the Masoretic text: "gold thirsty Babel." The NKJV and MEV stick with "golden city," while just about every other major translation follows the RSV in emending the text by one letter.
Hey Mark. Thank you for this hack. Very cool. Love logos. I use it every day. This definitely adds to the functionality for sure! Will be using this. Just wanted to say also thank you for all of your other content as well. I wouldn’t say that i am KJV only necessarily. I do love my KJV but you have inspired me to try other translations and have eased my mind about a lot of the things KJV only people say about other translations. I’ve found that the NASB and ESV are pretty nice to use.
@@wardonwords well after using this hack for a while now after watching your video I have to say it is an amazing hack. Very useful! I find that I use it a lot! Thanks once again for all your content. Very much appreciated!
i live in central america in a very small and poor country out in the boonies so i canot fork out tons of money i would love to but i canot so i have been using the Esword since the early 2000s i got a tablet in 2010 that i have been using and i downlowded the olive tree cause it was free then in 2015 i think i found the blue letter bible app wich was a bleasing and last year in agust or september i found the logos bible app from faithlife or vice versa sadly i am poor in 2018i found the crossway bible app i do not have money sadly so i get by with free stuff were a very poor country specially with the politicians that come into power are a bunch of croocks well thank you Brother Mark im praying for you
Julio, have you tried Logos 9 Basic? It's free. (Unfortunately for me, l use Linux and there is no Linux version, and the web version seems to not work very well, or, maybe it's just because l don't know what I'm doing!)
Mark, I want to move forward with a Logos software platform purchase. I am a layperson seeking to study deeper and to prepare things such as an expository Men’s Bible study on occasion. I would very much appreciate some advice in getting started. I’m sure you get many such requests but if you can assist it would be a great help. The online analysis tool suggests I would be a candidate for a Silver or Gold package. Although a bronze package would be an affordable option at this time. If I were to start at Bronze can adding to it be a reasonable approach? Would it cost me much more in the long run? What about starting with Logos 10 Disciple Premium as I saw you mentioned but in a TH-cam video? Frankly the website didn’t showcase this without your link so it is hard to compare the options. Thank You, Brother in Christ, Kevin
Thank you for this great tip (hack)! I’m actually thinking of purchasing a Mac Mini M2. I use Logos more than I do Olive Tree and I’m not an author or Pastor. Logos ia amazing and Logos mobile app is the first thing I open every morning.
Hi Mark, I was wondering who the PhD scholar who is working on a edition of the TR that compare's 100 different versions is? I always wanted a complete list of all TR differences but usually online people only mention Scrivener vs one edition of Stephanus and Beza and leave it at that, when I know there's over 20 versions. You mention the scholar at 39:50 here th-cam.com/video/qxkSifAEeL0/w-d-xo.html. Thanks for any assistance.
This work is years from possible completion and not yet public. :( But several people have done some of this work. Am traveling. Will try to remember to give links.
I was one of those who was very disappointed after spending a large sum of money on Logos. I'm trying to find ways continually to justify everything I spend on it.
He tends to recommend the following lexicons: 1. The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, Volume 1-2 (HALOT) 2. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd Edition (BDAG) Unfortunately, the first one is extremely hard to track down in print, so you may have to go for The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon (BDB) instead.
@@wardonwords In that case, I suppose you are (indirectly) recommending the Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament based on Semantic Domains by Johannes Louw and Eugene Nida.
I’ve got both a list of Raycast quicklinks and am working on a more robust full extension in the works. I’ll get something up on my blog and add it here when I do. Let me know if you’re interested!
Nice!! Yes!!!
Let me know if I can help at all. I was planning to work on a Raycast one but didn't get to it yet.
@@vmitchell85 Chris did do this! He sent it to me, but I've been traveling and I haven't been able to share it yet! I need Chris' permission to share his video, though. Chris? Care to share the link here?
Thanks, Chris! Great stuff
@@vmitchell85 Happy to have your help fixing any gaps between this and the Alfred ones you did. I'm working on an actual Raycast Extension eventually for Logos that will be more robust, require no setup, use the Raycast API for building out the UI, etc., but it may be a bit since I haven't had the time :)
I only have the Logos free version and should use it more than I do. Thanks for sharing your passion for Logos!🙌 Praying for you upcoming trip!
One feature I really wish Logos had is the ability to integrate one's Kindle library into their Logos library.
Alas, me too!
Nice! Thanks for this. It's a great hack. I have always thought Logos needs much more built-in flexibility with the keyboard. Many software developers use a text editor called vim that essentially allows you to edit text files without ever lifting your fingers from the keyboard to touch the mouse. If you watch someone who is experienced using it, it can look like magic as the code rapidly transforms. It takes years to master (the manual is hundreds of pages long), but with mastery comes a tremendous amount of efficiency. I can think of so many ways Logos would benefit from something like vim keybindings.
One other thing I wish Logos would do is offer Linux support (or at the very least make the web app more fully-featured). When I want to do something mildly advanced in Logos, I have to run Windows in a virtual machine. I know Logos + Linux users are in the minority, but Linux isn't just for computer nerds. Many Christians in the majority world use Linux because they can't afford a Windows license or to be in the endless hardware upgrade cycle of the Apple ecosystem. Linux can run quite fast on decade old machines because it doesn't come with a lot of the bloat that comes with each additional Microsoft/Apple upgrade.
One thing would solve both these issues:
making Logos open source.
The Christian world would so benefit from a company supported open source library application that programmers around the world could contribute to. Much of the world's best software today follows this kind of model.
One can only hope... :)
This is great. Works fast on intel macs too! I got Alfred as soon as I got a mac to enable me to create new files in finder.
Oooh this is beautiful. I've stopped using bibleworks because I had to change computers and haven't figured out how to get it to work. I love logos, but I usually find myself using Google to search instead of Logos. This is awesome.
Great insight here. We see you, Mark!
;)
This is great! You've really taken these scripts to the next level! I've loved using some similar scripts in Accordance and it saves me so much time! I'll definitely share this video with my Logos friends!
P.S. In Accordance scripture references you should be able to use a period in place of a colon.
Exactly what I was going to say about Accordance's periods instead of colons 😊
Am very grateful, have used Alfred for years. Appreciate this time-saving info!
I knew someone would appreciate this!
This is HUGE for me...I know I've already commented but jeez this is just so great. Added benefit to using the L4 links when copying is the ability to link them in your digital notes. I'm an avid Obsidian user and as such I'm able to link things straight from my notes to Logos. Incredible stuff!
I tried Obsidian as part of my workflow; it didn't quite meet my specific needs, but I've observed that it is highly extensible. That sounds great!
I KNEW there would be people who needed this! I'm told we're a small minority of Logos users, however.
@@wardonwords We’re fortunate that there are so many different tools for us to tinker with until we find one (or two or three!) that suits our needs.
@@wardonwords I'll trust the expertise of your fellow Logos peers but I'm not sure how we are a minority target for this 'feature'. If you open Bibles, execute searches, etc. in Logos why wouldn't you want this functionality? Fortunately I'm a Mac user who also loves Alfred.
Hi Tyler, I’m Obsidian/Logos user too and would like to see how you use those or any tips you can give. God Bless
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I'm a big Alfred fan and to tie it to my favorite application is a huge win. I was working with my daughter just last night on an assignment she had searching for scripture references to the names of God. Boy o boy did I put some mileage on the search shortcuts.
Fantastic!
I love this idea, but as a pc user I need help! Can this be done wit Wox or any other Alfred alternatives? If so, how? Hopefully other commenters can help. Thx
I am currently investigating this. I believe this will require a custom plug-in for wox. I’ll share if it pans out.
@@lukeburgess3364 Let me know if I can help at all.
I've been able to get most functionality on Windows through Keyprinha. The Search function is a little wonky but I got all bible translations up and running. I'll update as I make progress.
Mark, this is fantastic! Thank you.
Presently Alfred replaces the Bible tab I have open. Is there away to have Alfred open the Logos commands in a NEW TAB? Thanks a ton!
Really? Hmm. That doesn’t happen to me. It’s always a new tab. I have a new video coming out on Raycast as a better method of doing this than Alfred.
So glad someone else likes this!
How fun is that! I love shortcuts. Not a mac guy. Never made the jump :)
newby Thanks so much for this. I am a Windows user, and I am looking at alternatives to Alfred. But I was a Bibleworks user for many years before using Logos. I am very excited to see how to do this in Windows. I think it should be possible.
Yes!!
@@wardonwords how?
@@laelfernandez8030 I don't know! Hopefully others will comment here!
OMG I bought Alfred just for this. Thank you thank you thank you!
So delighted to hear this!
You just made my day, Mark. BibleWorks4Lyfe!!! 😅
Now I just have to figure out what Alfred is... 😅
Speaking of Bibleworks, does Logos have the equivalent of BGT (a single file combination of the LXX and GNT)? I have not seen a convenient way of searching for a Greek word across both testaments with single result set.
EXCELLENT question. I remember the BGT well. The way I do this is just to use the Bible Word Study tool constantly. It's not precisely the same idea, but it gives the same result.
I am posting this here because I failed to find a point of contact elsewhere: I think I found a phrase in the KJV that might be of interest
At the beginning of the "eulogy" in Isaiah 14:4-21, in 14:4 to be exact, the KJV reads "The Golden City Ceased", modern translations universally read something along the lines of "insolence" (the Septuagint also has this reading!)
I think it might interesting as something along the lines of the tambourine in Job because I have no idea how the KJV translators came to the reading of "Golden City"
The modern translations typically follow the Dead Sea Scrolls here. The Masoretic text is deemed incomprehensible due to the presence of a hapax legomenon (a word that appears only once). It contains the consonants for the Hebrew word for "gold," which explains the KJV's interpretation. The Vulgate may have influenced Coverdale to go in this direction, as it uses the word "tributum" (i.e. tribute, a payment that may come in the form of gold).
Both the KJV and the RV/ASV offer "exactress" as an alternative gloss to "city" in their marginal notes. Young uses the masculine form, "exactor," in his translation. These ideas of "city," "tribute," and "exactor" come together in the Geneva Bible's attempt at making sense of the Masoretic text: "gold thirsty Babel." The NKJV and MEV stick with "golden city," while just about every other major translation follows the RSV in emending the text by one letter.
Hey Mark. Thank you for this hack. Very cool. Love logos. I use it every day. This definitely adds to the functionality for sure! Will be using this. Just wanted to say also thank you for all of your other content as well. I wouldn’t say that i am KJV only necessarily. I do love my KJV but you have inspired me to try other translations and have eased my mind about a lot of the things KJV only people say about other translations. I’ve found that the NASB and ESV are pretty nice to use.
Right on! I use this hack a hundred times a day or more! Glad to hear that you're enjoying the ESV and NASB!
@@wardonwords well after using this hack for a while now after watching your video I have to say it is an amazing hack. Very useful! I find that I use it a lot! Thanks once again for all your content. Very much appreciated!
@mark53123able Awesome! I have the same thing going on Raycast now-planning a video soon.
i live in central america in a very small and poor country out in the boonies so i canot fork out tons of money i would love to but i canot so i have been using the Esword since the early 2000s i got a tablet in 2010 that i have been using and i downlowded the olive tree cause it was free then in 2015 i think i found the blue letter bible app wich was a bleasing and last year in agust or september i found the logos bible app from faithlife or vice versa sadly i am poor in 2018i found the crossway bible app i do not have money sadly so i get by with free stuff were a very poor country specially with the politicians that come into power are a bunch of croocks well thank you Brother Mark im praying for you
Julio, have you tried Logos 9 Basic? It's free. (Unfortunately for me, l use Linux and there is no Linux version, and the web version seems to not work very well, or, maybe it's just because l don't know what I'm doing!)
Mark, I want to move forward with a Logos software platform purchase. I am a layperson seeking to study deeper and to prepare things such as an expository Men’s Bible study on occasion. I would very much appreciate some advice in getting started. I’m sure you get many such requests but if you can assist it would be a great help. The online analysis tool suggests I would be a candidate for a Silver or Gold package. Although a bronze package would be an affordable option at this time. If I were to start at Bronze can adding to it be a reasonable approach? Would it cost me much more in the long run? What about starting with Logos 10 Disciple Premium as I saw you mentioned but in a TH-cam video? Frankly the website didn’t showcase this without your link so it is hard to compare the options. Thank You, Brother in Christ, Kevin
Hey, can you contact me through my website? Byfaithweunderstand.Com/contact
Done
Thank you for this great tip (hack)! I’m actually thinking of purchasing a Mac Mini M2. I use Logos more than I do Olive Tree and I’m not an author or Pastor. Logos ia amazing and Logos mobile app is the first thing I open every morning.
Glad it was helpful!
Does this work with apple shortcuts
Yes!
Hi Mark, I was wondering who the PhD scholar who is working on a edition of the TR that compare's 100 different versions is? I always wanted a complete list of all TR differences but usually online people only mention Scrivener vs one edition of Stephanus and Beza and leave it at that, when I know there's over 20 versions. You mention the scholar at 39:50 here th-cam.com/video/qxkSifAEeL0/w-d-xo.html. Thanks for any assistance.
This work is years from possible completion and not yet public. :( But several people have done some of this work. Am traveling. Will try to remember to give links.
Good morning Mark (Australian time)… It is a pity that I was already invested in Olive Tree when our ‘on-line’ paths crossed… otherwise… :)
I was one of those who was very disappointed after spending a large sum of money on Logos. I'm trying to find ways continually to justify everything I spend on it.
I’m not! I love it. Use it constantly. I’m about to do a video showing how to do this on Raycast.
I loved BibleWorks!
Me too! Sigh.
Are you in Skagit County?
Yup. Love it!
What would you recommend for a Greek and a Hebrew dictionary
He tends to recommend the following lexicons:
1. The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, Volume 1-2 (HALOT)
2. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd Edition (BDAG)
Unfortunately, the first one is extremely hard to track down in print, so you may have to go for The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon (BDB) instead.
@@MAMoreno Thank you
M.A. is right! I'm now beginning to recommend semanticdictionary.org, too!
@@wardonwords I'm looking for something more in depth than Strong's but not like Kittles TDNT
@@wardonwords In that case, I suppose you are (indirectly) recommending the Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament based on Semantic Domains by Johannes Louw and Eugene Nida.
I had to stop watching halfway through - complete brain overload!!
WINDOWS PEOPLE! Teach us please!
Alfred?
Yes-used it for years, till I got Raycast, which is better. I do plan a video.
@@wardonwords What is it?
@@rossjpurdy It's an Alfred alternative. It's much better.
@@wardonwords But who is Alfred?
@@wardonwords What is Alfred?
First!