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Search lets you find anything across your captures and notes in a single query. It’s useful when you remember studying something but can’t remember exactly what you wrote or where it landed — type a topic, a phrase, a scripture reference, or a person’s name, and Selah will surface what’s relevant.

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What search covers

Every search runs across:
  • Captures — the quick thoughts and observations you’ve saved to your stream
  • Notes — your structured study notes, including their titles and content
  • Knowledge graph — your theological concepts inform the results, helping surface content connected to a topic even when it doesn’t contain your exact words

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How results are found

Selah looks for matches in two ways at once: by the exact words you type, and by the meaning behind them. This means you can find a capture even if you used different language when you wrote it — for example, searching for forgiveness can surface a capture you wrote about being pardoned or releasing a debt. You don’t need to remember your exact phrasing. Search for how you’re thinking about something now, and Selah will find what you wrote then.
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Open Search

Click Search in the sidebar, or navigate directly to /search.
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Type your query

Enter a word, phrase, scripture reference, or name in the search bar. There’s no minimum length.
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Submit

Press Enter or click Search. Results appear immediately below.
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Filter by type

Use the All, Captures, and Notes tabs to narrow results to one content type.

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Reading and navigating results

Each result shows:
  • A type badge — either Note or Capture — so you know what kind of content it is
  • The title (for notes)
  • A snippet of the content
  • The date it was created
Click any result to go directly to it. Notes open in the note editor. Captures take you to the Capture stream where the item lives.

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Tips for better searches

Typing a reference like Romans 8 or John 3:16 will find notes and captures where you discussed that passage, even if the exact text of the verse isn’t in your content.
Terms like justification, sanctification, covenant, or atonement work well — especially if you’ve been building up notes around those doctrines.
Looking for something you studied about Paul, Moses, or another biblical figure? Their name is a strong search term.
A 2–4 word query often works better than a long question. Spirit suffering Romans will find more than what did Paul say about suffering and the Holy Spirit.
If a search returns no results, try a synonym or a different angle on the topic. The empty-results message will prompt you to do this as well.
Search does not currently cover your Prayer Board. To review your prayers, visit the Prayer Board directly.
  • Capture — add content that search will find
  • Notes — write structured notes that show up in search results
  • Knowledge Graph — browse concepts that inform your search
  • Companion — the Companion uses a similar search internally when answering your questions