Notes about Boolean searches and other options

• Wildcard searches: Vine* is an example wildcard search, finding any word starting with "Vine". (Note: Exact Match and wildcards don't mix.)
• NOT searches: Eve !Adam finds places where "Eve" appears without "Adam" in the same verse or subsection. (Works with "All the Words" or "Any Words".)
• AND/OR searches: Our "match" options help you do "AND" / "OR" searches.
  - The "All of these words" option does an AND search.
  - The "Any of these words" option runs an OR search.
• Proximity search: For "All of these words" searches, you have an option to enter a maximum number of words that separate searched-for words.
• Stemming searches are built-in. E.g. a search for 'Conjug' finds results for which Conjug is a stem.

Instructions for Regular Expression Search:

Regular expressions use a special syntax to provide powerful, flexible searching and pattern matching. Here are some brief examples:

1. To find text containing the words color, or colour, use this expression: colou?r
2. To find text ending with "gal", use this expression: .gal
3. If you want to find "spiritual angel", followed within 1 to 20 words by "celestial angel", use this expression:
(spiritual angel)\W+(?:\w+\W+){1,20}?(celestial angel)
4. To find a word beginning with "reform", followed within 1 to 20 words by a word beginning with "affection", use this expression:
(reform|reform[a-z]+)\W+(?:\w+\W+){1,20}?(affection|affection[a-z]+).

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