Berea
“Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.”
Acts 17:11
A complete Scripture study platform with 59 Bible translations, Strong’s concordance, cross-references, and 10 Bible dictionaries.
Study Tools
59 Bible Translations
Read Scripture in 38+ languages. From the King James Bible to the Latin Vulgate, Chinese Union Version, and Norwegian 1930 — all fully searchable with parallel reading.
393,828 Cross-References
Discover connections between passages across the entire Bible. Every verse links to related scriptures, revealing the unity of God’s word.
10 Bible Dictionaries
Easton’s, Smith’s, Fausset’s, Nave’s Topical Bible, Torrey’s Textbook, Hitchcock’s Names, and more. 201,949 entries for deep study.
Strong’s Concordance
Tap any word to see the original Hebrew or Greek. 8,594 Hebrew and 5,523 Greek lexicon entries with full definitions, transliterations, and usage context.
Full-Text Search
Search across all 59 translations simultaneously. Find every occurrence of a word or phrase, filter by testament or book, with instant results.
Projector Ready
Large configurable fonts up to 72px, fullscreen mode, seven premium reading fonts, and clean presentation for church services and Bible study groups.
What is Berea?
Berea is a self-contained Bible service that packs 59 translations, 393,828 cross-references, Strong’s Hebrew and Greek concordance, and 10 Bible dictionaries into a single binary. Named after the Bereans of Acts 17:11 who “examined the Scriptures every day,” Berea provides everything needed for serious Bible study — with zero external dependencies.
Built by Publifye in Norway, Berea powers the scripture infrastructure behind our mobile apps, AI integrations, and church services. Berea Web is available as a free platform at berea.publifye.pro — always free, no account required. Berea API is the engine behind it: 17 MCP tools for developers building Bible apps, church tools, or AI-powered study experiences. View API pricing.
For Churches
Projector Display
Large configurable fonts up to 72px, fullscreen mode, and clean presentation — designed for displaying scripture during services and Bible study groups.
Sermon Preparation
Compare any two translations side by side. Cross-reference every verse to find supporting passages. Prepare sermons grounded in the original Hebrew and Greek.
Berea Web is Free
The full Berea web platform is always free for everyone. No account required, no limits, no paywalls. Access all 59 translations and every study tool at no cost.
For Developers
Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Berea supports MCP natively, giving AI assistants direct access to scripture data. 17 MCP tools let you search verses, look up Strong’s definitions, retrieve cross-references, browse dictionaries, and compare translations — all with structured, machine-readable responses.
Perfect for building AI-powered Bible study apps, church chatbots, or seminary research tools. Every response is sourced from scholarly texts — not generated by AI — giving your application hallucination-proof scripture data it can trust.
17 MCP Tools
Search Bibles, get verses, compare translations, look up Strong’s numbers, retrieve cross-references, browse dictionaries — all via JSON-RPC.
Self-Hosted Binary
Run Berea on your own infrastructure. A single Go binary, zero external dependencies, no database required. Download, run, and you have a complete scripture API.
Structured Data
Every verse tagged with book, chapter, and verse IDs. Strong’s numbers linked to lexicon entries. Cross-references mapped bidirectionally. Clean, consistent data for any application.