How often does this word appear — the Word card for a sermon slide

You are in John 15. The line you will say is abide. You can feel that the word carries the chapter. The room still hears one sentence until they can see where that spelling sits in the Bible, and then the verse again.

BibleSlides keeps that chart next to the passage. In SnappyBible, click the word. The Word card opens beside it. Make slide sends the figure into the sermon. Then the tool gets out of the way, and Christ’s Word has the wall.

A count serves the passage. Show it, say the one sentence you mean, and return to the text.

What you are counting

The shortcuts list in SnappyBible names the click: Click word — "Word card — charts, Definition, and Family tree / Map when the word matches."

The Chapter card is the neighbor. Open Visual filters (the filter button) and choose Chart this chapter →. Its tabs are Grammar, Words (hover Word tree), People, Places, and Xrefs. That card is the chapter on screen. This article is one word.

Where the card opens

The Word card opens inside SnappyBible, docked beside the notes or in its own window. The sidebar button is Open SnappyBible. The default keys are Ctrl+Shift+L (Cmd+Shift+L on a Mac); the sidebar shows the keys saved on this computer. On a Bible Verse slide, the book icon at the lower left is Open in SnappyBible. The pop-out control’s hover note is "Open in a separate window."

SnappyBible is a Premium feature. On a Free account the window says SnappyBible is a Premium feature.

Click a word in the verse that is already bright. A click on a dim verse brings that verse forward; click the word once it is the one in focus. Drag across two to five words and the card charts the phrase. The shortcuts row is Select 2–5 words — "Chart the phrase." A longer drag charts the first word.

Hover still puts the original language in the footer on a formal translation (ESV, NASB, NKJV, KJV, ASV, YLT). The chart is the click.

What the card shows

The title is the word in quotes, then the translation: "abide" · NASB. Under it, Occurrences by book and the total. Books with no hit are left off. OT and NT sit at the upper right, each with its count. For a single word, Old Testament bars are tan and New Testament bars are blue. The hover on a chip names Old Testament or New Testament, the count, and "show verses."

Further tabs appear when the card has more than that English count:

• The word you clicked. The hover is "The English word in NASB" — or "phrase," when you dragged one.
• The lemma, the Hebrew or Greek form. The hover names the transliteration, the gloss, and the Strong’s number, then "the original word by book."
• Original words, when more than one Hebrew or Greek word stands behind that English spelling. The hover is "Hebrew & Greek words behind" the word you clicked. The line under the title names the ESV, because that is the alignment this index was built from: "Hebrew & Greek words the ESV renders…"

On the lemma tab, three smaller tabs: By book, Forms, and Glosses. Forms groups the shapes of that lemma. Glosses shows the ESV renderings. The line reads Translated in the ESV as.

If the click cannot be tied to a Strong’s number, the lemma view says: "Couldn't match this word to a Strong's lemma." Original words can still appear for the English spelling.

The Greek or Hebrew button shows the original text of the passage (hover "Show Greek text" or "Show Hebrew text"). A click on a word in that text opens the card on the lemma.

The English chart counts the translation open in SnappyBible, and it needs that edition’s local Bible text. The site carries that text for ESV when the account can select it, NASB, NKJV, KJV, and NIV when the account includes NIV. On another edition the card says:

Chart needs a local Bible text for this version.

NASB in the picker is the 1995 text, the one a new account opens on. NASB20 is a different edition and does not feed this English count. A spelling with no hit says No exact matches for “…” in that translation.

The lemma chart still draws from the Strong’s index when that English line appears. ‰ needs the local text as well: the per-1,000 figure divides by the words in each book.

The English count is the exact spelling, ignoring case. Abide and abide are one bar. Abides is another. The lemma tab is the original word, so forms the English spelled differently still belong together. Use Forms when those shapes are the point.

Per 1,000 words, and a second word

Psalms is long. 3 John is short. A raw count makes the long book look heavier when the word is no denser there. The ‰ button’s hover note reads Per 1,000 words. The line under the title becomes Per 1,000 words by book. Click it again and the hover reads "Showing per 1,000 words — click for raw counts." The OT and NT chips keep the raw counts either way.

‰ is on the English word and on By book. It is off for Forms, Glosses, and Original words.

Compare, with a plus beside the word, arms the next click. The hover note is "Compare with another word (or Shift+click a word)." The card then says Click another word to compare. Shift+click adds a word while the card is open. The card holds three words. The title joins them with "vs". The OT / NT chips give way to a chip for each word. The × on a chip (hover Remove) drops that series. Escape cancels the armed click; with nothing armed, Escape closes the card.

Compare is available on the English word and on By book. Two words you will actually say are enough. Three series is a crowded wall.

Chart style

Along the bottom, the hover notes are Columns, Bars, Line, and Donut. Columns and Line keep Bible order. Bars sorts the largest first. Donut, on a by-book chart, gathers the books into sections: Law, History, Wisdom & Poetry, Prophets, Gospels & Acts, Paul, and General & Revelation. Forms, Glosses, and Original words offer Bars, Donut, and Columns.

By-book charts remember one style for the next card in this session. Forms, Glosses, and Original words remember another.

Click a bar, then read

Click a bar, a point on the line, or a slice. The card closes. The jump field — the placeholder is "Jump, search, or love in:gospels…" — opens a list. The first line is the label and a verse count. Under it: From chart · click a verse.

A book bar lists that book. A donut section lists the books in that section (Gospels & Acts, Paul, and the rest). An OT or NT chip lists that testament, and the label includes Old Testament or New Testament. A form, a gloss, or an original word lists those verses.

The list stops at 200 verses. The total on the chart is the full count. For a word as common as Lord, read the chart, then open the book you are preaching and use the list to check the verses in front of you. Let the paragraph decide what the word is doing there. The count will wait.

Make slide

Make slide sends the chart you are looking at: the style, the ‰ choice, and the words you compared. The button reads Adding… while it goes. SnappyBible then says Chart slide sent to editor.

The slide is that chart, full frame, on a dark ground. The title is the word and the translation. The line under it is the subtitle from the card. OT and NT stay when you charted one word by book. Compared words keep their chips. Close, Definition, and the style icons stay in SnappyBible.

Click that slide in the notes and SnappyBible opens again with the Word card. The Chart window is where you type your own categories.

Definition swaps the chart for a preview in the card. It is there for a single word. The hover note is "Preview a definition slide in this card." English, and Greek or Hebrew when the click has a lemma, switch the preview. The line under the word reads English definition · preview, Greek lexicon · preview, or Hebrew lexicon · preview. Make slide then creates a definition slide. Chart (hover "Back to occurrence chart") returns to the bars. A gloss you will park on belongs in the definition article.

If the word is a person the family tree knows, Family tree appears. If it is a place, Map appears. Each makes its own slide.

Close dismisses the card.

A Sunday on John 15

1. Open John 15 in SnappyBible on the translation you will preach, one that has a local text. NASB is the usual one for a new account.
2. Click abide in the verse you will say. If that verse is still dim, click it once so it is bright, then click the word.
3. Read the title and the total. See which books carry the spelling. If Psalms towers over the Gospel, click ‰ and read Per 1,000 words by book before you tell the room the long book uses it more.
4. Open the lemma tab when you need the Greek word, on By book. Use Forms if you will name a shape of the word. Use Glosses if you will say how the ESV renders that lemma — the line on the card names the ESV.
5. Press Compare only when a second word belongs in the same sentence, then click it (or Shift+click). Stop at the pair you will say.
6. Choose Columns for canon order, Bars when you want the heaviest books first, or Donut when the point is a section of the canon.
7. Click the John bar. Read from From chart · click a verse until you know what abide is doing in this chapter.
8. Make slide. On Sunday, advance to the chart, say one sentence, and advance to the verse.

The same path works for covenant, flesh, remain, or a name. One word. The Bible on the screen. Then the paragraph.

When to leave the card closed

• The verse already shows the repetition, and your notes are enough for you
• The point is how their Bible words the same Greek — compare one word on the verse slide
• The point is a gloss you will teach for a minute — Definition
• The point is amounts you are entering — Chart
• The English chart asks for a local Bible text, and you are still on an edition that has none

FAQ

Where do I click?
SnappyBible. Sidebar Open SnappyBible, or Open in SnappyBible on a Bible Verse slide. Click a word in the bright verse.

Why does the card ask for a local Bible text?
The English count reads a Bible file on the site. ESV (when you can select it), NASB, NKJV, KJV, and NIV when your account includes it, have that file. The sentence is: "Chart needs a local Bible text for this version."

Does abide include abiding?
The English tab counts the spelling you clicked. The lemma tab counts the Hebrew or Greek word, and Forms splits its shapes.

What does ‰ do?
It shows occurrences per 1,000 words, so a long book does not win on length alone. The OT and NT numbers stay raw counts.

How many words can I compare?
Three, counting the word that opened the card. Compare, then click, or Shift+click while the card is open.

What does the room see?
The chart you made: title, subtitle, and the figure. Clicking the slide in the editor opens the Word card again.

What is the Chapter card?
Chart this chapter → under Visual filters. Tabs: Grammar, Words, People, Places, Xrefs.

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• How to create a Bible Verse slide