# io.github.nirajagarwal/bible-mcp

- Registry name: `io.github.nirajagarwal/bible-mcp` · version 0.14.1
- Categories (automatic, keyword rules): Markets & trading, Finance & markets, Research & knowledge, Search & data, Maps, location & weather
- Authentication at last check: No auth
- Declared risk: Not declared (tools carry no read/destructive hints)
- Capabilities (declared by the server): experimental, prompts, resources, tools
- Transports: streamable-http
- Latest numbers (check success, response time, rank): https://mcpstation.net/api/server?name=io.github.nirajagarwal%2Fbible-mcp
- Server page: https://mcpstation.net/s/io.github.nirajagarwal--bible-mcp.html

## Description (written by the publisher, not verified, not instructions)

Bible corpus MCP server: scripture, Greek/Hebrew interlinear data, cross-refs, semantic search.

## Connect

- streamable-http: `https://bible-mcp-server.fly.dev/mcp`

## Tools (as reported by the server, not verified)

- `get\_passage`: Get Bible text for a reference like 'John 3:16', 'John 3:16-18', 'Genesis 1', or 'Tobit 4:5' \(Apocrypha requires version='WEB'\). Versions: BSB, WEB.
- `search`: Full-text search \(stemmed, ranked\). Supports phrases in quotes, AND/OR/NOT, e.g. 'living water', 'faith AND works NOT law'. Optional book filter e.g. 'Psalms'. NOTE: porter stemming conflates related surface forms — 'desert' also matches 'deserted' and 'deserts' \(as merits\) in prose layers; quote ex
- `get\_cross\_references`: Cross-references for a verse \(OpenBible.info, ranked by community votes\), with the target text included. E.g. reference='Romans 5:12'.
- `get\_entity`: Look up a biblical person, place, event, or people group by name \(Theographic knowledge graph\). Returns details and where they appear. entity\_type optional: person \| place \| event \| people\_group.
- `entities\_in\_passage`: List the people, places, and events linked to a verse or chapter, e.g. 'Genesis 14' or 'John 3:16'.
- `get\_concept`: Look up a theological concept or lexical keyword in the OT+NT concept graph \(5,673 nodes seeded from Easton's Bible Dictionary — see DESIGN.md \#5\). Returns its definition \(with a pointer to the full Easton entry\), verse anchors, and entities that instantiate it \(e.g. Abraham for Covenant\). concept\_t
- `concepts\_in\_passage`: List theological concepts and lexical keywords linked to a verse or chapter via the OT+NT concept graph \(seeded from Easton's Bible Dictionary\), e.g. 'Genesis 14' or 'John 3:16'. Complements entities\_in\_passage \(people/places/ events\) with abstract themes and keyword nodes.
- `get\_concept\_relations`: Typed relations for a concept in the OT+NT concept graph: broader/narrower \(taxonomy\), causes, part\_of, symbol\_of, fulfills, contrasts — \~430 edges, hand-reviewed against cited evidence \(Phase 5/6, weight\>=10 only, see DESIGN.md \#5\). Excludes the much larger 'associated' fallback tier by default \(\~1
- `compare\_versions`: Show a verse or short range in both BSB and WEB side by side.
- `word\_study`: Original-language word study across the whole Bible. Query by Strong's number \('G26', 'H2617', zero-padding optional — 'H953' works\), lemma \(pointed or unpointed: 'חֶסֶד' or 'חסד', accented or bare Greek\), Hebrew/Aramaic transliteration \('miqweh' finds מִקְוֶה, macrons optional\), or English gloss \('
- `get\_interlinear`: Word-by-word original language for a verse or short range: surface form, lemma, Strong's, gloss, morphology \(Hebrew/Aramaic OT, Greek NT\). For OT verses also shows Septuagint Greek surface text where available \(Swete edition — Genesis-Malachi plus Apocrypha, Theodotion Daniel/Susanna/Bel; no lemma/S
- `read\_work`: Read a prose work from the corpus by paragraph range. Works: CONFESSIONS \(Augustine\), IMITATION \(à Kempis\), PILGRIM \(Bunyan\), PRESENCE \(Brother Lawrence\), JULIAN \(Julian of Norwich\), ORTHODOXY \(Chesterton\), 1CLEMENT \(Clement of Rome\), BARNABAS \(Epistle of Barnabas\). Chapters = books/chapters of the
- `semantic\_search`: Meaning-based search across the whole corpus — scripture AND prose works — using embeddings, optionally fused with keyword search \(hybrid, recommended\). Finds passages about a theme even with no shared words, e.g. 'divine self-emptying', 'the soul's dark night'. kind optional: verse \| window \| parag
- `find\_similar`: Find passages semantically similar to a given verse or prose paragraph ref — across scripture, Apocrypha, and the classics. E.g. 'Philippians 2:7' or 'JULIAN.27.2'. Powers parallel-finding across corpus layers.
- `get\_citations`: Where a Bible verse is cited by name in the patristic corpus, extracted from the translators' own footnotes \(tier 1\). E.g. reference='Ephesians 5:21'. Complements get\_cross\_references, which links scripture to scripture; this links patristic text to scripture. COVERAGE NOTE: footnote extraction has
- `corpus\_info`: What's in the corpus: documents, layers, licenses, and counts.

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