File Extension Library


.GBF File Extension

  • Category: Text Files

What are .GBF files and how to open them?

Can't open .GBF file? Are you wondering what it contains? On our site we will explain to you what this file is, what it is used for and what software opens the .GBF file.

What is a .GBF file extension?

.GBF file extension has been classified as Text Files.

.GBF is General Bible Format

File extension gbf is used for General Bible Format that is used by various Bible study software.

A .gbf file consist of a series of tokens, which may be tags, words, spaces, or punctuation.

These tokens may not cross line boundaries. When read, line endings are the same as a single space, except when they immediately follow the token, in which case they are ignored.

It is up to the program displaying or converting the text to another format to insert soft line breaks at the appropriate places. For ASCII values greater than 127, the U. S. Windows ANSI character set is assumed. (Currently, the only use for these characters is for typographic quotation marks.)

GBF readers targeting DOS or Unix should convert characters in this range to the closest equivalents on those platforms.


How to open:

Most likely used in various bible study programs.

How to convert:

Considering this file is in ASCII format, you can work with it as such. However, to reliably export the data you may need some sort of parsers.

How to fix problems with .GBF files

  1. You need to update the application that you normally use to open .GBF files. Only the latest version of the software supports the current .GBF file format
  2. You need to check the .GBF file for viruses. To do this, you need to scan it with a popular antivirus (Norton, Nod32, Kaspersky, Dr.Web, etc.)