The search string for biblical passages in the "Basic Index" box on the BILDI search-page consists of the abbreviation of the biblical book in question (see the list below), the two-digit number of the chapter and optionally, after a comma, the two-digit number of the verse. Note: one has to use three-digit numbers to refer to every psalm in the Book of Psalms.
Examples:
"Gen 01*" lists all data-sets which refer to chapter 1 of the book of Genesis as a whole and to the single verses of that chapter (the double quotation-marks are not written in the search string of course).
"Gen 28,10 - 22" lists all titles referring to chapter 22, verses 10-22, of the Book of Genesis. Note that the space before and after the hyphen (-) is obligatory.
"Ps 002,07" lists all data-sets referring to Ps 2,7.
The abbreviations follow the system of the Einheitsübersetzung der Heiligen Schrift
| Acts of the Apostles | Apg | Kings, First | 1 Kön or 1 Kon | |
| Amos | Am | Kings, Second | 2 Kön or 2 Kon | |
| Baruch | Bar | Lamentations | Klgl | |
| Chronicles, First | 1 Chr | Leviticus | Lev | |
| Chronicles, Second | 2 Chr | Luke | Lk | |
| Colossians | Kol | Maccabees, First | 1 Makk | |
| Corinthians, First | 1 Kor | Maccabees, Second | 2 Makk | |
| Corinthians, Second | 2 Kor | Malachi | Mal | |
| Daniel | Dan | Mark | Mk | |
| Deuteronomy | Dtn | Matthew | Mt | |
| Ecclesiastes | Koh | Micah | Mi | |
| Ecclesiasticus | Sir | Nahum | Nah | |
| Ephesians | Eph | Nehemiah | Neh | |
| Esther | Est | Numbers | Num | |
| Exodus | Ex | Obadiah | Obd | |
| Ezekiel | Ez | Peter, First | 1 Petr | |
| Ezra | Esr | Peter, Second | 2 Petr | |
| Galatians | Gal | Philemon | Phlm | |
| Genesis | Gen | Philippians | Phil | |
| Habakkuk | Hab | Proverbs | Spr | |
| Haggai | Hag | Psalms | Ps | |
| Hebrews | Hebr | Qoheleth | Koh | |
| Hosea | Hos | Revelation | Offb | |
| Isaiah | Jes | Romans | Röm or Rom | |
| James | Jak | Ruth | Rut | |
| Jeremiah | Jer | Samuel, First | 1 Sam | |
| Job | Ijob | Samuel, Second | 2 Sam | |
| Joel | Joel | Sirach | Sir | |
| John | Joh | Song of Songs | Hld | |
| John, First | 1 Joh | Thessalonians, First | 1 Thes | |
| John, Second | 2 Joh | Thessalonians, Second | 2 Thes | |
| John, Third | 3 Joh | Timothy, First | 1 Tim | |
| Jonah | Jon | Timothy, Second | 2 Tim | |
| Joshua | Jos | Titus | Tit | |
| Jude | Jud | Tobit | Tob | |
| Judges | Ri | Wisdom of Solomon | Weish | |
| Judith | Jdt | Zechariah | Sach | |
| Zephaniah | Zef |
Note also:
| Azariah, Prayer of | Dan 03,24 - 50 |
| Daniel, Bel, and Snake | Dan 14 |
| Daniel and Susanna | Dan 13 |
| Esdras, First | 3 Esr |
| Esdras, Second | 4 Esr |
| Esther, Rest of | Est 01,01a - 01r |
| Jeremiah, Letter of | Bar 06 |
| Song of the Three | Dan 03,51 - 90 |