Stand-Alone Commands

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Stand-alone commands are used to define an expression rather than to link two expressions together. They can be used combined with connecting commands to form a single expression. They are enclosed in square brackets.

LINK, CONTENTS, HITS, INFER, and MERGE are all used to link tabs together for searching. The command in one tab refers to another source tab. When you enter one of these commands:

Stand-Alone Command	How Used
LINK	[LINK ?] substitutes the arguments from the source tab. This lets you perform the same search simultaneously in different texts or with different search settings. For Word searches, you can link between Search, Construct, Search All, or Tool tabs. For Verse searches, you can link between Search, Tool, and Search All tabs; in this case, the correct field must always be selected.
CONTENTS	[CONTENTS ?] substitutes the list of verses from the source tab. A Search tabThe core tab used to search Bible texts, it consists of a search entry area and a search results area can use the contents of another Search tab or a Reference List or Text tab. This command is used in combination with other arguments and commands to perform a search within a set of verses in another tab, or to compare the contents of two search results. A Reference tools tab can use the contents of a Search tab or another Reference tools tab. For example: [CONTENTS KJV] <AND> power finds power only within the verses currently displayed in the tab titled KJV.
HITS	[HITS ?] substitutes the list of words from another Search tab. This powerful command allows you to compare the vocabulary of different passages, different translations, or even different texts. This command is also an item in the Construct tab.
INFER	[INFER 6 ?] lets you find allusions or inferences between passages in two tabs, from the same or different texts.
FUZZY	[FUZZY 1] can be entered before a phrase to allow the number of words specified to be dropped from the search. This helps you find phrases that are similar but not identical.
MERGE	[MERGE ?] is unique to the Tools tab, and has two different functions – to allow searching of two fields in the same tool, and to import both the contents and the search argument from a Bible text. In each case you are merging the search results from one tab to another.
RANGE	[RANGE ?] lets you enter any set of verse references as a temporary range. This command acts like the CONTENTS command in that it limits the search to the specified verses, and can be modified by connecting commands. Entering [RANGE Gen] <AND> Adam searches for Adam within the book of Genesis. Use quotation marks to specify the name of a range previously defined in the Range pop-up menu. Thus [RANGE "tor"] <AND> Adam searches within the defined range Torah. Note: The results with this command are identical to those obtained when the range is set in the Range pop-up menu, except for the following COUNT command. Those Analytics tabs which display the results across a range always display the range from the menu although the results are limited to the RANGE command.
COUNT	[COUNT ?] searches only for the words that occur the specified number of times in the search range. For example, [COUNT 1-2] finds all the words that occur only once or twice in the current range.
KEY	[KEY ?] lets you enter and search for the Key number of a word in a Keyed Bible text.
STYLE	[STYLE ?] lets you enter a color highlight style to search.
FIELD	[FIELD ?] works together with the WITHIN command to specify the range from the beginning or end of the current search field. Thus Adam <WITHIN 2 Words> [FIELD begin] finds each case where there are less than 2 words from "Adam" to the beginning of the verse. Choosing FIELD opens a dialog box that lets you select Begin or End.

Stand-Alone Command

How Used

LINK

[LINK ?] substitutes the arguments from the source tab. This lets you perform the same search simultaneously in different texts or with different search settings. For Word searches, you can link between Search, Construct, Search All, or Tool tabs. For Verse searches, you can link between Search, Tool, and Search All tabs; in this case, the correct field must always be selected.

CONTENTS

[CONTENTS ?] substitutes the list of verses from the source tab. A Search tabThe core tab used to search Bible texts, it consists of a search entry area and a search results area can use the contents of another Search tab or a Reference List or Text tab. This command is used in combination with other arguments and commands to perform a search within a set of verses in another tab, or to compare the contents of two search results. A Reference tools tab can use the contents of a Search tab or another Reference tools tab.

For example: [CONTENTS KJV] <AND> power finds power only within the verses currently displayed in the tab titled KJV.

HITS

[HITS ?] substitutes the list of words from another Search tab.

This powerful command allows you to compare the vocabulary of different passages, different translations, or even different texts.

This command is also an item in the Construct tab.

INFER

[INFER 6 ?] lets you find allusions or inferences between passages in two tabs, from the same or different texts.

FUZZY

[FUZZY 1] can be entered before a phrase to allow the number of words specified to be dropped from the search. This helps you find phrases that are similar but not identical.

MERGE

[MERGE ?] is unique to the Tools tab, and has two different functions – to allow searching of two fields in the same tool, and to import both the contents and the search argument from a Bible text. In each case you are merging the search results from one tab to another.

RANGE

[RANGE ?] lets you enter any set of verse references as a temporary range. This command acts like the CONTENTS command in that it limits the search to the specified verses, and can be modified by connecting commands. Entering [RANGE Gen] <AND> Adam searches for Adam within the book of Genesis.

Use quotation marks to specify the name of a range previously defined in the Range pop-up menu. Thus [RANGE "tor"] <AND> Adam searches within the defined range Torah.

Note: The results with this command are identical to those obtained when the range is set in the Range pop-up menu, except for the following COUNT command. Those Analytics tabs which display the results across a range always display the range from the menu although the results are limited to the RANGE command.

COUNT

[COUNT ?] searches only for the words that occur the specified number of times in the search range.

For example, [COUNT 1-2] finds all the words that occur only once or twice in the current range.

KEY

[KEY ?] lets you enter and search for the Key number of a word in a Keyed Bible text.

STYLE

[STYLE ?] lets you enter a color highlight style to search.

FIELD

[FIELD ?] works together with the WITHIN command to specify the range from the beginning or end of the current search field. Thus Adam <WITHIN 2 Words> [FIELD begin] finds each case where there are less than 2 words from "Adam" to the beginning of the verse. Choosing FIELD opens a dialog box that lets you select Begin or End.

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