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title: "Not Just Words - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store"
description: "It&#039;s so frustrating when you think you remember a verse, but you have one or two words which are not quite right, and so you just can&#039;t find it. Perhaps you learned it in a different version. Perhaps "
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# Not Just Words — United States
> Bible Search + Thesaurus

![Not Just Words App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/ca/77/05/ca770500-e9ad-d754-ed89-e7875155408f/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-8-0-85-220.jpeg/400x400bb.jpg)

**Developer:** [Paul Stevenson](https://apptail.io/developer/paul-stevenson-Bwvb) (Australia)
**Category:** Reference
**Rating:** 4.6/5 (13 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** Dependency.Not-Just-Words
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** United States
**Version:** 5.2 (released 2026-08-15)
**Original Release:** 2011-12-02

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id483270916)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/not-just-words-gseg/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/not-just-words-gseg/united-states)

## Not Just Words Description
It&#039;s so frustrating when you think you remember a verse, but you have one or two words which are not quite right, and so you just can&#039;t find it.
Perhaps you learned it in a different version. Perhaps you only vaguely remember it at all.
Either way, if you don&#039;t know the right words to look for then you won&#039;t be able to find the verse.

But Not Just Words is smarter than your average Bible Search app.
As well as being able to search for combinations of words it also automatically searches for other forms and synonyms of your search words.
So when you search for “pray”, it also looks for “prays”, “praying”, “prayer”, “prayers”, “prayed”... 

And then it uses a thesaurus to broaden the search even further. So search for “speak” and it also find verses with “talk”, “uttered”, etc... 

All that in a fraction of a second.

You can also search for references like “rom 1:4” or “Gen 1:1;Ex 12:1”, or you can combine these with other searches to restrict them.
For example you can search for “pray in Romans” to find the references to prayer in the book of Romans. Or “forgive in NT” to find the new testament references to forgiveness.

You can also search for phrases like “holy spirit”. And those searches will also use the thesaurus for each word in the phrase.

And you can combine searches with “and”, “or” or “not”. Or “near” to find words within a couple of verses of each other.

This app includes the ability to search
AMP     Amplified Bible
ASV     American Standard Version
CCB     Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
CCB     Chinese Contemporary Bible (Trandiational)
CEB     Contemporary English Version
CEV     Contemporary English Version
CSB     Christian Standard Bible
CUV     Chinese Union Version (Traditional)
CUVS    Chinese Union Version (Simplified)
DARBY   Darby&#039;s Version
ESV     English Standard Version
GNT     Good News Translation
ICB     International Children’s Bible
JCB     Japanese Christian Bible
JCOL    Japanese Colloquial Bible
JLB     Japanese Living Bible
KJV     King James Version
MSG     The Message
NASB    New American Standard Version
NIV     New International Version
NIV1984 New International Version (1984 Version)
NKJV    New King James Version
NLT     New Living Translation
NRSV    New Revised Stanard Version
TLB     The Living Bible
WEB     World English Bible
WEBLWT  World English Bible with Little Watchman Translation New Testament
WYC     Wycliffe Bible
YLT     Young&#039;s Literal Translation

It also includes the Japanese Colloquial Version using the advanced search features, including the ability to find all the forms of the words you searched for.
This version also includes settings which allow you to specify which kanji (if any) you recognise. Unknown kanji will then be replaced by your choice of furigana, hiragana, or romaji. You can also insert spaces between Japanese words to make reading easier for beginners.

Similarly for the Chinese Union Version. Both traditional and simplified versions. And you can search either by Chinese characters or pinyin. 

And if you’re not interested in either Japanese or Chinese, you can just turn them off and never see them again.

We also let you set up a daily reading plan, and you can have your phone read it to you each day (using Siri&#039;s voice) while you&#039;re commuting if that fits your lifestyle. We won’t nag, but we will politely remind you if you get behind. You can turn that off too if you don’t like it.

All Bible data is stored locally and does not require an internet connection for reading or  searching.

Find the verse you’re looking for and make the most of every opportunity.

## Not Just Words Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/30/ff/0c/30ff0c27-35ce-4e2a-25db-2434b99cc5a4/pr_source.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple123/v4/6a/81/aa/6a81aaa1-4915-bb92-169d-8e1fc9f8dbb0/pr_source.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple124/v4/04/97/22/04972231-c56b-78b4-ffd4-a04a14e2847d/pr_source.png/1242x2688.png)
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## Not Just Words Rating Breakdown in United States
- 5 stars: 11 (85%)
- 4 stars: 1 (8%)
- 3 stars: 0 (0%)
- 2 stars: 0 (0%)
- 1 stars: 1 (8%)

## Not Just Words Reviews in United States

### ***** "Not just Words"
The best verse finder ever1
-- Simcha2, 2025-05-16

### *---- "Frustrating"
Trying to find a Bible thesaurus. Not user friendly for me to be able to just search a word (logical) and have the thesaurus give me choices. Instead I search a word and the screen goes blank.  Feel free to give any instructions as to what I’m doing wrong.  It shouldn’t be that difficult.
-- Butternur, 2023-07-23

### ***** "Best bible app I have used"
4 reasons Very fast, has the 1984 niv version I grew up reading and memorizing, quick search engine, parallel Bibles. Keep up the good work.
-- Denis Mutaka, 2022-08-06

### ***** "I like it overall....."
This is a great app. Although, they can make a few adjustments like changing the audio voice which sounds like a robot. However, I would still recommend this app because it is free, easy to search, and it helps you with your Bible vocabulary.
-- rrrhw, 2020-03-07

### ***** "Love this app"
The title says it all, when you&#039;re looking for a verse and only can think of a few disjointed words in it, this app will find it for you. Update as of 7/4/16 - this app will do a much better search than any other Bible software. Also on two occasions I&#039;ve gotten in touch with the developer and his response was terrific. I contacted him about adding a new Bible version and then again about phrase searching and both times he responded quickly and both times the changes were made. I have a lot of Bible and other software and it&#039;s extremely unusual for the developer to go above and beyond to be so accommodating. Very good app and even better developer.
2/24/20 10:05 pm ct
I&#039;M ADDING TO THIS HOPING THE DEVELOPER WILL SEE IT. I&#039;VE GOT THE LATEST UPDATE AND I BELIEVE THERE TO BE BUGS INCLUDING THAT THE LINK TO EMAIL THEM DOES NOT WORK. THE BIBLE WON&#039;T STAY ON THE THE BIBLE YOU CHOOSE AND I DON&#039;T SEE A WAY TO COPY THE VERSE OR VERSES THE SEARCH FINDS.
-- Davebiddle, 2020-02-25

### ***** "Easy to maneuver"
I really like how easy it is to find scripture in the language version I want quickly. Other Bible apps either offer limited versions or are difficult. I would recommend the app to anyone who doesn&#039;t like to be steered toward a certain way but likes to explore their own way.
-- tjhead, 2016-09-21

### ***** "Great Bible App"
This is one of the greatest Bible apps I have found for what I wanted. I wanted a App that could search out bible scriptures and I give this App a 10 !!  If you are a Teacher or just study the Bible you need this App
-- Jakeclim, 2016-09-10

### ***** "Awesome"
This app is great 5 plus
-- Jjjoepowell, 2015-06-21

### ***** "I Really Love"
I really love this app, I use often. Very quick, and useful. I can find anything wrong with it. Enjoy
-- iullah, 2015-03-30

### *---- "Amplified"
I liked this app because it had the amplified bible for my study time. When I got my iPad Air and loaded not just words I saw that the amplified bible has been removed, so I deleted this app off my phone and my iPad Air maybe you could add that bible back for me.
Then I will rate this app a 5 but right now it a zero.
-- Baby thanks, 2015-03-04

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## Not Just Words In-App Purchases
| Item | Price |
|------|-------|
| Buy Us a Coffee? | $1.99 |



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