# Traverse Bible — Offline Study, Greek & Hebrew

> Offline Bible study tool with multiple translations, original languages, and audio. (iPhone/iPad app by Nathan Noom.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/traverse-bible/id6762169876 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Nathan Noom](https://appshunter.io/developer/1705664096)
- Category: Books, Reference
- Price: Free
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 5 App Store ratings · 2 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.1 · 238 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-06-12
- Data updated: 2026-07-29
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/traverse-bible/id6762169876/reviews.md

## What is Traverse Bible?

Traverse Bible is a free Bible study app for iPhone. Read Scripture, compare translations, study Hebrew and Greek, follow cross-references, explore trusted reference works, and keep your notes together in one place.

The built-in study library works offline. Recorded audio, commentaries, and biblical place photographs are available as optional downloads and remain accessible offline after installation.

Features:

• Bible Translations: Read 12 English translations spanning the 1599 Geneva Bible to the 2023 Berean Standard Bible. Switch editions without losing your place or compare a verse across the translations that contain it. Book coverage varies by edition.
• Audio Bibles: Download seven recorded readings covering the KJV, ASV, WEB, Douay-Rheims, Berean Standard Bible, 1 Enoch, and Jubilees. Verse highlighting follows the recording as it plays. Includes lock-screen controls, adjustable speed, and a sleep timer. Recorded coverage varies by reading. On-device text-to-speech is also available for every bundled English Bible text.
• Hebrew and Greek: Study the Westminster Leningrad Codex for the Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament, the Greek Septuagint, and your choice of the SBL Greek New Testament or Byzantine Majority Text. Transliteration, meanings, and grammatical details are shown where available.
• Strong’s and Lexicons: Tap linked Hebrew and Greek words to see definitions, related forms, grammatical information, and occurrences throughout Scripture. Sources include Strong’s, Thayer’s, Brown-Driver-Briggs, Abbott-Smith, and LSJ.
• Commentaries: Download nine commentary and study-note sources tied to the verses they discuss. The collection includes Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, John Gill, Keil and Delitzsch, Jamieson-Fausset-Brown, Spurgeon’s Treasury of David, Haydock’s Catholic Commentary, Tyndale Open Study Notes, and R. H. Charles’s notes on 1 Enoch and Jubilees. Coverage varies by source.
• Cross-References: Follow more than 340,000 links between related passages. You can also see which other passages point back to the verse you are reading.
• People, Places, and Maps: Explore more than 4,000 biblical people and places. Entries can include name meanings, family relationships, Scripture references, and material from biblical dictionaries and encyclopedias. Selected places can be opened in Apple Maps and have optional downloadable photographs.
• Topics: Browse thousands of subjects from Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. When available, you can also open topics connected to the verse you are reading.
• Search: Search every bundled English Bible text at once, along with lexicons, people, places, topics, and your own notes. Matching terms are highlighted in verse results.
• Bookmarks, Notes, and Tags: Create color-coded bookmarks, formatted notes, and custom tags. Saved items remain on your device. When iCloud is available, they can sync through your private iCloud account. You can also create a backup file or export your notes to Markdown.
• Reading History: Retrace your reading and return to recently viewed passages.
• Enoch, Jubilees, and Baruch: Read English editions of 1 Enoch, Jubilees, and the Rest of the Words of Baruch. The Ge’ez texts of 1 Enoch and Jubilees are included with transliteration, along with the ancient Greek text of the Rest of the Words of Baruch.
• Apocrypha: Read editions containing the traditional 14-book KJV Apocrypha, the Douay-Rheims deuterocanonical books, Brenton’s Septuagint, and the 81-book World English Bible edition.

Traverse Bible has no ads, subscriptions, in-app purchases, tracking, or separate app account. A connection is needed only for optional downloads, iCloud sync, and opening locations in Apple Maps.

## Key features

- Twelve Bible translations
- Audio Bible narrations
- Original Hebrew and Greek languages
- Strong's concordance and lexicons
- Verse-by-verse commentaries
- Extensive cross-references
- Biblical people, places, and maps
- Offline functionality

## Recent user reviews (2 of 2)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/traverse-bible/id6762169876/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Packed with content

*2026-06-18*

Has every Bible resource you could ever need.

### 5/5 — One stop resource for all your Bible study needs including areas to tag and make notations.

*2026-06-15*

Kerry

## Frequently asked questions about Traverse Bible

### What translations does Traverse Bible offer?

Traverse Bible includes twelve translations, ranging from the 1599 Geneva Bible to the 2023 Berean Standard, and also features the KJV, ASV, and WEB. Users can switch between them or compare any verse across all twelve simultaneously.

### Can I use Traverse Bible offline?

Yes, Traverse Bible is designed to work completely offline. Audio Bibles and commentaries can be downloaded once and then accessed without an internet connection.

### Does Traverse Bible have ads?

No, Traverse Bible is ad-free. The app is built for serious study without clutter and does not contain advertisements.

### What original language features are available in Traverse Bible?

Traverse Bible allows users to view the Hebrew Old Testament and Greek New Testament alongside English. It provides word-by-word transliterations, meanings, and access to lexicons like Strong's.

### How does Traverse Bible handle notes and bookmarks?

Users can create color-coded bookmarks, format notes, and add custom tags within Traverse Bible. These are synced privately via iCloud and can be exported at any time.

### What is the update frequency for Traverse Bible?

The latest version of Traverse Bible is 1.1.1, last updated on June 25, 2026. While specific update frequency isn't detailed, the app has received recent updates.

### What is the age rating for Traverse Bible?

Traverse Bible has an age rating of 4+. This indicates it is suitable for young children and up, with no mature content.

### What devices does Traverse Bible support?

Currently, Traverse Bible is supported on iPhones. Information regarding iPad or other Apple devices is not specified.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.1.3 — 2026-07-27

This update focuses on accuracy, reliability, and polish:

• Restored thousands of missing Nave’s Topical Bible references.
• Expanded the Ge’ez text of Jubilees to cover nearly every English verse.
• Corrected Geneva verse mapping, Hebrew dictionary headwords, figures-of-speech citations, commentary placement, and cross-references.
• Fixed rapid verse skipping occasionally leaving audio silent.
• Improved reader and cross-reference navigation.
• Made backups, downloads, storage reporting, and app recovery more reliable.
• Improved Study performance and resolved numerous selection, annotation, and navigation edge cases.
• Additional bug fixes and refinements throughout the app.

### 1.1.2 — 2026-07-21

This update improves accuracy and reliability throughout Traverse Bible:

• Improved Audio Bible timing, chapter transitions, playback, and download recovery
• Corrected and refined commentaries, cross-references, original-language resources, biblical names and places, location photos, and search results
• Improved bookmarks, notes, tags, reading history, backups, and iCloud syncing
• More accurate translation comparison and navigation when editions use different verse numbering
• More reliable Continue Reading, widgets, Shortcuts, and app restoration
• Performance improvements and fixes throughout the app

### 1.1.1 — 2026-06-25

• Redesigned the Saved filter bar — cleaner toggles, filter by bookmark color or tag
• Long-press Bookmarks or Tags to filter right from the bar
• Export your bookmarks and tags
• Reworked the Translations screen with clearer original-language notes
• Fixed Saved → Notes opening the wrong verse
• Smoother, snappier verse actions
• Various bug fixes and refinements

### 1.1.0 — 2026-06-21

• Smarter, natural-language search
• Export your bookmarks and tags
• Optional downloadable photos for biblical places
• Reorganized in-app reference guides
• Expanded Bullinger's Figures of Speech references
• Cleaner Enoch & Jubilees commentary
• Smoother app reopen — no more reader jump
• Various bug fixes and refinements

### 1.0 — 2026-06-12

No release notes.

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