Guide to Bible Book Abbreviation
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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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