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If you want to search for a phrase or parts in a module, you can search for them. For instance if you want to find a verse that you can half remember or you want to find references to the Kingdom of God, you can search for them.

To start a search press Command-F or select Find from the View menu. Type in the word or phrase you are looking for, select the module form the pop-up button and click find.

Searching requires that you index a module first, this can take a few minutes the first time you search, but only happens once.

When searching MacSword uses a special format so that you can search for particular phrases or combinations similar to how Google works. Simply searching will search for the occurence of those words within verses in the bible, and you can make use of more complicated operators to perform more complex searches.

Rules for Search Requests

- Default
  All single words are searched for, jesus wept finds verses containing both words.
- Phrases
  Phrases are used to search for an exact phrase, this is useful for phrases like "kingdom of god".
- OR
  The OR operator links two terms and finds a verse with either of the terms. For example jesus OR god will find verses with either "jesus" or "god" in them.
- Fuzzy
  Fuzzy searches using '~' at the end of a term, search for similar words. For example hezikia~ will find "Hezekiah", useful for those impossible to spell Biblical names.
- Single wildcard
  To perform a single character wildcard search use the "?" symbol.
- Multiple wildcard
  To perform a multiple character wildcard search use the "*" symbol. king* will find kingdom and kings.
- Proximity
  Proximity searches find words that are a within a specific distance away. "jesus love"~4 finds verses where "jesus" and "love" are withing 4 words of each other.
- NOT
  The NOT operator excludes documents that contain the term after NOT. For example cain NOT abel
- Grouping
  You can also group terms with brackets. Such as (jesus OR god) AND love.
- Strong's
  Strong's numbers can also be searched in Bibles that contain them. To search for a particular number prefix the number with a strong tag, for example strong:G1234. Strong's numbers are also prefixed by a G or H, for Greek or Hebrew. This can be combined with normal terms, love strong:G25 searches for αγαπαω translated as love.