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Xiphos

Xiphos is a dictionary, available on Windows and Linux: tabbed interface and read-aloud.

  • Completely free
  • Windows and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

Xiphos is a dictionary, available on Windows and Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing: tabbed interface and read-aloud.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Fully integrated, tabbed interface with Bible+commentary+dictionary” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “text-to-speech support” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “It uses Sword to display Bibles, commentaries, dictionary, and other texts and images.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Xiphos is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (GPL-2.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Xiphos is a program for high-grade Bible study using the modules and underlying engine support of The Sword Project. Sword modules provide the widest language coverage of any Bible software anywhere: 400+ Bibles in 150+ languages, with major support for original languages (a dozen each in Hebrew and Greek) plus major support in e.g. English, Russian, German, Portuguese, and French. Fully integrated, tabbed interface with Bible+commentary+dictionary User content support: hierarchical bookmarks, personal verse annotations, journals, prayer lists Interface translated into 26 languages Power search capability; footnotes and xrefs; detached windows; text-to-speech support Strong's and morphology support, including pseudo-interlinear display BibleSync shared multicast navigation in personal or speaker/audience modes Supports Linux and Windows including active support in IRC and mailing lists

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 7 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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