For New Testament Greek
There’s no Duolingo for Biblical Greek — so we built Kanon Greek
Duolingo doesn’t teach Koine (Biblical) Greek — only Modern Greek, which won’t help you read the New Testament. Kanon Greek is the free, gamified, daily alternative: short puzzles on a spaced-repetition engine, built for NT vocabulary, playable in your browser.
Does Duolingo have Biblical Greek?
No. Duolingo offers Modern Greek only — there is no Koine or Ancient Greek course, so it can’t take you to the Greek New Testament.
Why Modern Greek won’t get you to the New Testament
Two thousand years separate them. Modern Greek has shifted in meaning, dropped cases, and changed pronunciation. Learn it and you still can’t read John 1 — the vocabulary you need is Koine.
What a “Duolingo for Greek” should do
Short daily sessions, a streak that pulls you back, light gamification — but aimed at the New Testament corpus and built so the words actually last. That’s the gap Kanon Greek fills.
How Kanon Greek works
Each day is a small set of mini-games: group words, a Greek Wordle, read a verse, build word families, translate. One spaced-repetition engine schedules every word so you keep it — about ten minutes a day.
Kanon Greek vs. the usual options
| Kanon Greek | Duolingo | Anki decks | Biblingo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Testament (Koine) Greek | ||||
| Gamified daily ritual | Some | |||
| Free to use | ||||
| In-browser, no install | ||||
| Spaced repetition built in | Weak |
Comparison reflects each tool’s free tier and publicly available information; other products’ offerings change over time.
Frequently asked
- Is there a Duolingo for Koine or Ancient Greek?
- Not from Duolingo. Kanon Greek is the closest free, gamified, daily option built specifically for New Testament Greek.
- Is Kanon Greek free?
- Yes — the daily puzzles are free, with no account required to play.
- Do I need to install anything?
- No. It runs in your browser and can be added to your home screen if you want.
- Will it teach me to read the Greek New Testament?
- It builds and retains the NT vocabulary you need to read it, and you practice on real verses.
Start with today’s puzzle — free.
A new set of Koine Greek puzzles every day. No account needed to play.