Guide to Bible Book Abbreviation

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Abbreviations for the books of the Bible

Guide to Book Abbreviation

The following table lists (in alphabetical order) the names of each of the books of the Bible and it's corresponding shortest abbreviation. You can use this abbreviated name when referencing passages in forms in the Bible Study Tools or if you are referencing passages from your own page:

Book	Abbreviation
1 Chronicles	1ch
1 Corinthians	1co
1 John	1jo
1 Kings	1ki
1 Peter	1pe
1 Samuel	1sa
1 Thessalonians	1th
1 Timothy	1ti
2 Chronicles	2ch
2 Corinthians	2co
2 John	2jo
2 Kings	2ki
2 Peter	2pe
2 Samuel	2sa
2 Thessalonians	2th
2 Timothy	2ti
3 John	3jo
Acts	ac
Amos	am
Colossians	col
Daniel	da
Deuteronomy	de
Ecclesiastes	ec
Ephesians	eph
Esther	es
Exodus	ex
Ezekiel	eze
Ezra	ezr
Galatians	ga
Genesis	ge
Habakkuk	hab
Haggai	hag
Hebrews	heb

Book	Abbreviation
Hosea	ho
Isaiah	isa
James	jas
Jeremiah	jer
Job	job
Joel	joe
John	joh
Jonah	jon
Joshua	jos
Judges	jud
Jude	jude
Lamentations	la
Leviticus	le
Luke	lu
Malachi	mal
Micah	mic
Mark	mr
Matthew	mt
Nahum	na
Nehemiah	ne
Numbers	nu
Obadiah	ob
Philemon	phm
Philippians	php
Proverbs	pr
Psalms	ps
Revelation	re
Romans	ro
Ruth	ru
Solomon	so
Titus	tit
Zechariah	zec
Zephaniah	zep

The following table lists (in alphabetical order) the names of each of the books of the Deuterocanon (Apocrypha) and it's corresponding shortest abbreviation. You can use this abbreviated name when referencing passages in forms in the Bible Study Tools or if you are referencing passages from your own page:

Book	Abbreviation
1 Esdras	1es
2 Esdras	2es
1 Maccabees	1ma
2 Maccabees	2ma
3 Maccabees	3ma
4 Maccabees	4ma
Prayer of Azariah	aza
Baruch	bar
Bel and the Dragon	bel

Book	Abbreviation
Esther (Expanded)	esx
Judith	jdt
Letter of Jeremiah	ljr
Prayer of Manasseh	mns
Psalm 151	psx
Sirach	sir
Susanna	sus
Tobit	tob
Wisdom of Solomon	wis

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