Commonly Used Abbreviations in the CSB
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COMMONLY USED ABBREVIATIONS IN THE CSB
| AD | In the year of our Lord |
| aka | also known as |
| Akk | Akkadian |
| alt | alternate |
| a.m. | from midnight until noon |
| ANET | Ancient Near Eastern Texts, 3rd edn., James B. Pritchard, ed. (Princeton, 1969) |
| Ant. | Antiquities—a history of the Jewish people by Josephus |
| Aq | Aquila |
| BC | before Christ |
| c. | century |
| ca | circa |
| chap(s). | chapter(s) |
| cp. | compare |
| DSS | Dead Sea Scrolls |
| e.g. | for example |
| Eng | English |
| esp. | especially |
| etc. | etcetera |
| ff. | following |
| Gk | Greek |
| Hb | Hebrew |
| i.e. | that is |
| Jer | Latin translation of Psalms by Jerome |
| Lat | Latin |
| Lit/lit | Literally/literally |
| LXX | Septuagint—an ancient translation of the Old Testament into Greek |
| MT | Masoretic Text |
| NT | New Testament |
| ms(s) | manuscript(s) |
| OT | Old Testament |
| p., pp. | page, pages |
| p.m. | from noon until midnight |
| pl | plural |
| Ps(s) | Psalm(s) |
| Sam | Samaritan Pentateuch |
| sg | singular |
| Sir | Sirach |
| Sym | Symmachus |
| Syr | Syriac |
| Tg | Targum |
| Theod | Theodotian |
| v., vv. | verse, verses |
| Vg | Vulgate—an ancient translation of the Bible into Latin |
| vol(s). | volume(s) |
| vs. | versus |
| x | times |