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Search any word across all five volumes of Latter-day Saint scripture. See every occurrence with full context, frequency data by volume, word-by-word etymology breakdowns, Strong's concordance lookups, and analysis of translator-added filler words.
The Word Explorer is a comprehensive word study tool that lets you search for any word or phrase across the entire Latter-day Saint scriptural canon -- the Old Testament, New Testament, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price. Unlike a simple text search, the Word Explorer shows you not just where a word appears but how it is distributed across volumes, how frequently it occurs, and in what context each occurrence sits. This turns a basic word search into a genuine study experience.
The tool includes four distinct study modes. The Search tab lets you find every occurrence of any word or phrase across all scripture, with results showing the surrounding verse text and color-coded volume indicators. The Deep Dive tab goes further: select any word and see its complete etymology traced from ancient roots through Old English to its modern form, along with its Hebrew and Greek source words, pictographic letter meanings, and semantic range. It is a full autopsy of a single word.
The Strong's tab provides direct access to the Strong's Exhaustive Concordance numbering system. Enter a Strong's number (like H2617 for 'hesed' or G26 for 'agape') and see the full lexical entry with definition, pronunciation, part of speech, every KJV translation variant, derivation notes, and related words. The Filler tab takes a different approach entirely, analyzing words that were added by King James translators to smooth the English but do not appear in the Hebrew or Greek source text -- typically printed in italics in the KJV.
For Latter-day Saints, the Word Explorer is particularly powerful because it searches all five standard works as a unified corpus. You can see at a glance how the word 'covenant' appears 319 times and is most concentrated in the Doctrine and Covenants, or how 'grace' shifts in frequency between the Old and New Testaments. This cross-volume perspective is unique to Restoration scripture study and reveals patterns that studying any single volume in isolation would miss.
Select from four tabs: Search (find every occurrence), Deep Dive (word etymology and autopsy), Strong's (concordance lookup), or Filler Analysis (translator-added words).
Type any English word, phrase, or Strong's number. Results appear instantly with frequency counts, volume distribution, and verse-level context.
Browse results by volume, read each verse in context, trace word origins through etymological timelines, and follow links to related Hebrew and Greek roots.
Search across all five volumes of LDS scripture simultaneously, with results showing volume distribution and frequency breakdown.
Select any word for a complete etymological autopsy -- ancient roots, Hebrew and Greek sources, pictographic meanings, and semantic evolution.
Look up any Strong's number to see the full lexical entry with definition, pronunciation, KJV translation variants, and derivation.
Identify words added by KJV translators that do not appear in the original Hebrew or Greek, highlighted with analysis of how they affect meaning.
Open the Word Explorer and type any word or phrase into the search bar on the Search tab. The tool searches across all five volumes of Latter-day Saint scripture -- Old Testament, New Testament, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price -- and returns every occurrence with the surrounding verse text, book and chapter reference, and volume indicator.
Etymology is the study of a word's origin and how its meaning has evolved over time. For scripture study, etymology matters because English words in the King James Version often carry layers of meaning from their Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and Old English ancestors. The Word Explorer's Deep Dive tab traces each word through these layers, revealing the original concept behind the familiar English term.
Filler words are English words that KJV translators added to make the text read more smoothly in English but that do not have a direct counterpart in the Hebrew or Greek source text. In most printed KJV Bibles, these words appear in italics. The Word Explorer's Filler Analysis tab identifies these additions and shows how their presence or absence affects the meaning of a verse.
Yes. The Strong's tab lets you enter any Strong's number (for example, H7225 for the Hebrew 'reshit' or G5485 for the Greek 'charis') and see the complete lexical entry including definition, pronunciation, part of speech, every English word the KJV uses to translate it, derivation notes, and links to related root words.
Yes. The Word Explorer searches all five volumes of the Latter-day Saint scriptural canon as a unified corpus: the Old Testament, New Testament, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price. Results include a volume breakdown showing how many times your search term appears in each volume, making it easy to see cross-volume patterns.
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