OliveGrove is built on a combination of original ministry writing and responsibly sourced third-party resources. This maintained registry identifies the principal external source families used across public OliveGrove surfaces, the license or usage status recorded for each source, and where readers may encounter it.
Registry reviewed: September 9, 2026
OliveGrove uses third-party data under each source's stated license. Original OliveGrove writing, editorial synthesis, ministry commentary, and page design remain the work of Aamir Din Ministries. This registry makes source roles, licenses, and attribution responsibilities visible. It does not claim ownership over third-party material.
Where a public surface displays source-derived material, OliveGrove records the source here and provides contextual attribution within the relevant surface when a license requires it or when the source identity helps readers understand the material. The site footer keeps this registry available throughout the study experience.
Default Scripture text and BSB word-table source-word alignment used for Bible reading, study pages, and English rendering range on lexicon pages.
The Berean Standard Bible text and BSB word-table source data are published as CC0 Public Domain. No attribution is required for use or redistribution.
Used in: Bible reading pages; Study pages; Lexicon entry pages - English rendering range
Alternate Scripture text available across OliveGrove Bible reading and study surfaces.
The World English Bible is a public domain translation. No permission required for use or redistribution.
Used in: All Bible and study pages
Greek lexical definitions and glosses drawn from Abbott-Smith's Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), structured by the STEP Bible project.
Abbott-Smith original text (1922) is public domain. The STEPBible structured encoding is CC BY 4.0.
Used in: Lexicon entry pages (/lexicon/)
Hebrew lexical definitions from the Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon (1906), structured by OpenScriptures.
BDB original text (1906) is public domain. The OpenScriptures XML encoding is CC BY 4.0.
Used in: Lexicon entry pages (/lexicon/)
Hebrew morphological tagging (part of speech, stem, person, gender, number) for every word in the Hebrew Old Testament.
Morphological tagging data is CC BY 4.0. Underlying WLC text is public domain.
Used in: Lexicon entry pages (morphology display); Chapter language tab
Greek morphological tagging (part of speech, tense, voice, mood, case, number, gender) for every word in the Greek New Testament.
MorphGNT tagging data is CC BY-SA 3.0.
Used in: Lexicon entry pages (morphology display); Chapter language tab
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Greek dictionary data structured as XML.
Marked as public domain with CC0 distribution.
Used in: Lexicon entry pages
Word-level morphological tagging of the Greek New Testament compiled from NA27/28, TR, SBL, Tyndale House GNT, and other major editions. Includes disambiguated Strong's codes, grammar codes, English glosses, and textual variant data. Used by OliveGrove to extract discourse connective data for chapter and passage study.
Data created by STEPBible.org based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge. CC BY 4.0; attribution required. Local sparse checkout covers TAGNT Mat-Jhn and TAGNT Act-Rev only.
Attribution text: “Discourse data: STEPBible TAGNT (CC BY)”
Used in: Chapter language tab — discourse connectives section
These two Textus Receptus datasets are managed together. The Scrivener data supplies the proof-layer rows currently shown on selected lexicon pages. The Robinson/byztxt data stays beside it as a comparison check for the same witness layer.
Proof-layer source
Primary machine-readable TR proof data with Greek surface text, Strong's tagging, morphology, transliteration, and English glosses. OliveGrove currently uses a proof subset for the Greek Textual Witness block on selected lexicon pages.
The repository README states that all data files are provided free of charge without limitation on use, while associated software is licensed under GPL version 3 or greater. OliveGrove ingests data files only for the proof layer.
Attribution text: “Greek textual witness proof data: Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus via honza/textus-receptus”
Used in: Lexicon entry pages - Greek Textual Witness proof layer
Comparison check
Dr. Maurice A. Robinson's TR Greek New Testament data with morphological parsing and Strong's numbers. OliveGrove uses it for byztxt-native proof artifacts and as a comparison check for the Textus Receptus witness layer.
The repository README states: Public Domain. Copy freely.
Attribution text: “Textus Receptus authority data: byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus”
Used in: Lexicon entry pages - Greek Textual Witness proof comparison report; Textus Receptus byztxt-native proof artifacts
A dataset of approximately 340,000 Bible verse cross-references aggregated from public domain sources including the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, scored by scholarly consensus. Used to surface related passages in Bible and study views.
Cross-reference data © OpenBible.info. Scripture quotations from the ESV are noted on their site, while OliveGrove uses its separately governed Scripture text. Attribution is required wherever cross-references are displayed.
Attribution text: “Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC BY)”
Used in: Bible reader classic cross-reference links; Study passage view — 'See also' section; Passage companions
These records are managed together because they support the doctrine and confessional-boundary layer. Creeds.json supplies structured public-domain confession and creed text; OliveGrove-authored council summaries provide a narrower historical support layer.
Structured confession and creed data
Structured public-domain JSON source for historic Reformed confessions and ecumenical creeds, including the Westminster Confession of Faith, Westminster Shorter and Larger Catechisms, Heidelberg Catechism, Belgic Confession, Canons of Dort, Nicene Creed, Apostles' Creed, and Athanasian Creed.
The Creeds.json data is released as public domain via The Unlicense. The underlying historical texts are all pre-20th century and are themselves public domain.
Used in: Doctrine artifact confessional boundaries; Future doctrine detail pages
Council summary support
OliveGrove-authored summaries of the four ancient ecumenical councils: Nicaea 325, Constantinople 381, Ephesus 431, and Chalcedon 451. The historical content is public domain; the summary text is original OliveGrove writing.
All council texts and decisions are ancient documents in the public domain. The OliveGrove summary text is original writing.
Used in: Doctrine artifact confessional boundaries; Future doctrine detail pages
Expanded Hebrew morphology labels used to explain verbal forms and grammatical categories in Hebrew language panels and lexicon resources.
Data created by STEPBible.org based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge. Attribution is required.
Attribution text: “Hebrew morphology labels: STEPBible TEHMC (CC BY 4.0)”
Used in: Chapter and passage language panels; Lexicon morphology explanations
Word-level syntactic role annotations, semantic frame slots, participant referents, and morphology for the Greek New Testament. Used by OliveGrove to derive clause-level verb prominence data. Component sources include SBLGNT text, Cherith Glosses, and Berean Interlinear Bible glosses.
MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets are CC BY 4.0. SBLGNT underlying text is CC BY 4.0. Cherith Glosses are CC BY 4.0. Berean Interlinear glosses are public domain.
Attribution text: “Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)”
Used in: Chapter and passage language panels; Lexicon verb-aspect summaries
Openly licensed translation notes used as a supplementary aid for selected textual, grammatical, cultural, and translation questions in the study workspace.
Attribution and ShareAlike requirements apply to source-derived material.
Attribution text: “Translation notes: unfoldingWord Translation Notes (CC BY-SA 4.0)”
Used in: Study workspace translation-notes lens
Verse-level Greek commentary used as a supplementary language aid for Matthew through Colossians. OliveGrove's current dataset is limited to volumes 1 through 4, published in 1930 and 1931.
The current OliveGrove dataset uses only the public-domain scope approved for volumes 1 through 4. Later volumes are not included.
Attribution text: “A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930-31), public domain”
Used in: Bible chapter pages; Passage study language lens; Selected lexicon entries
Verse-level Old Testament commentary used as a supplementary historical commentary lens in Bible chapter and passage study surfaces.
The source work was published from 1861 through 1891. OliveGrove uses a normalized public-domain edition.
Attribution text: “C.F. Keil and F. Delitzsch, Commentary on the Old Testament (1861-91), public domain”
Used in: Bible chapter pages; Passage study commentary lens
Structured people, places, names, relationships, original-language forms, Scripture references, and source-provided descriptions used to build the biblical-world indexes and detail pages.
Data created by STEPBible.org based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge. Attribution is required. The upstream repository states that TIPNR's brief, short, and article descriptions were created with Claude 3 AI; OliveGrove treats those descriptions as attributed source material, not pastor-authored copy.
Attribution text: “Biblical-world data: STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0)”
Used in: Biblical world persons; Biblical world places; People groups
Historical encyclopedia articles used as supplementary background on selected biblical people, places, peoples, and periods.
OliveGrove uses the 1915 edition edited by James Orr through the CrossWire SWORD distribution.
Attribution text: “James Orr, ed., The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), public domain”
Used in: Biblical world persons; Biblical world places; People groups; Biblical periods