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Literal Word

A free, ad-free Bible app built around the NASB 1995 and Legacy Standard Bible, with the ESV, NKJV, and KJV also included. It carries built-in Greek and Hebrew lexicons, cross-references, notes, highlights, offline use, and free sync.

ProvisionalBible studyBroadly evangelical
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Why this is listed

Confirmed on the App Store listing: '100% free', no ads, latest version 4.4.9 released August 2026. The official site rate-limited automated fetches, so platform details come from the store listing (iOS) and the developer's published Android version.

How to start

  1. Open literalword.com (opens an external site) and read what Nicholas Honda (volunteer team) says about itself before you read anything else.
  2. Confirm the cost and level fit: free, intermediate, over ongoing.
  3. Note the tradition — Broadly evangelical. It will shape what you are taught, and that is worth knowing going in.
  4. Put the first session in your calendar now. The gap between reading about study and doing it is a calendar entry.

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