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Xiphos is a Bible program which runs under almost any Linux and is focused on the GNOME window manager rather than KDE (as BibleTime is). It is included as a component of ChristianUbuntu.

Part of Sword

Xiphos is a sub-project of the Sword Bible access project, which provides the basic library files, assorted free Bible texts, access to not-so-free Bible texts, Bible access programs ("clients") for Linux, Macintosh, Windows and other platforms.

The Xiphos sub-project is hosted at SourceForge.

Ethos

“For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” — Hebrews 4:12 (ESV)

Xiphos (Greek: ξίφος) is a double-edged, single-hand sword used by the ancient Greeks.