Biblical languages for life
Read the Word as it was written.
Free Biblical Hebrew and Koine Greek instruction and resources for the global Church, taught through stories and comprehensible input.
100% free · 501(c)(3) nonprofit · serving students worldwide
The course
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Koine Greek
Read the New Testament in its own words.
Stories, pictures, and recorded audio from the first lesson — not paradigms to memorize.
Biblical Hebrew
Three quarters of the Bible was written in Hebrew.
Six levels available today, with illustrated readers and free live online classes.
Read aloud to you
Hear every word and line spoken before you have to produce it yourself. The early Greek chapters have studio recordings, with more being added.
Practice built in
Fill-in-the-blank readings, checkpoints at the end of each week, and review that brings words back before you forget them.
Progress is saved
Words you meet come back on a schedule, and the map shows exactly where you left off.
Every course, reader, and class is free. Lingua Deo Gloria is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with no fees, no ads, and no paywalls — the work is paid for by people who give.
Support the workHow we teach
Learned like a language
Our teaching stands on comprehensible input: you acquire Hebrew and Greek by understanding messages — stories, pictures, conversation — not by memorizing paradigms first.
Stories before charts
Illustrated narratives introduce the language in context. Grammar comes later, once the patterns are already familiar.
Spoken from day one
You speak, listen, read, and write from the first lesson.
Paced to be sustainable
Illustrated books and steady pacing keep the workload manageable, so students keep going past the first few weeks.
From the course · chapter 3
ἔχεις καλῶς;
The language carries the story.
Chapters are illustrated panel by panel, and the story is read aloud as you go. You understand the picture before anyone explains it — a brother asking his sister whether she is well — so the Greek is understood rather than translated. Recordings and artwork are still being added to the later chapters.
Lingua Deo Gloria Publishing
Books for reading Hebrew and Greek
Visual readers, storybooks, and children's books in Hebrew and Greek — every page illustrated, every book free to read.
Free live online classes
Learn together, taught in the language
Twelve-week online cohorts, one evening a week, conducted primarily in Hebrew or Greek. Small classes, real conversation, and no cost.
Applications are open for upcoming cohorts
Testimonials
What our students say
I went from knowing words and slowly translating sentences to thinking, hearing, and speaking Biblical Hebrew — without constantly translating in my head or reaching for a book. Anyone with even a small desire to learn a biblical language should put in the time with Lingua Deo Gloria.
An amazing opportunity to learn New Testament Greek with outstanding teachers who love Jesus — Scott is kind and patient when we make mistakes, and prays in Greek at the beginning of each lesson. You will need to set aside a large amount of time to study.
I had tried to self-study Biblical Hebrew before, and I loved the idea of learning it as a living language. The teaching and content are incredible, and Scott brings the language to life in a way that is so motivating.
Watch and listen
Keep learning between lessons
Free video lessons on YouTube, and a podcast on learning and teaching the biblical languages.
Co-laboring
Everything we make is free.
We view your support not merely as a donation, but as co-laboring with us in the advance of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Give only if you can do so joyfully and willingly — and if you can, know that every gift funds new readers, new curricula, and free classes for students around the world.