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List of Book Abbreviations
The table below lists shorter book names and the most important abbreviations you can use for a particular book of the Bible.
You can type the abbreviations without spaces or in lower case.
The list below contains only the abbreviations which are the most common in the English Bibles. If you want the list of all the abbreviations recognized by the program, click here.
| Old Testament | ||||
| Genesis | Gen | Gn | Ge | |
| Exodus | Exo | Ex | Exod | |
| Leviticus | Lev | Lv | ||
| Numbers | Num | Nm | Nu | |
| Deuteronomy | Deu | Dt | Deut | |
| Joshua | Jos | Josh | ||
| Judges | Jdg | Judg | ||
| Ruth | Rth | Rt | Rut | Ru |
| 1 Samuel | 1 Sam | 1 Sa | 1 S | 1 Sm |
| 2 Samuel | 2 Sam | 2 Sa | 2 S | 2 Sm |
| 1 Kings | 1 Ki | 1 Kgs | ||
| 2 Kings | 2 Ki | 2 Kgs | ||
| 1 Chronicles | 1 Chr | 1 Ch | 1 Chron | |
| 2 Chronicles | 2 Chr | 2 Ch | 2 Chron | |
| Ezra | Ezr | Esr | 1 Ezr | |
| Nehemiah | Neh | Ne | 2 Ezr | |
| Esther | Est | Esth | ||
| Job | Job | Jb | ||
| Psalms | Psa | Ps | Psalm | |
| Proverbs | Pro | Pr | Prov | Prv |
| Ecclesiastes | Ecc | Ec | Eccl | |
| Song of Solomon | Sng | Song | Canticles | Cant |
| Isaiah | Isa | Is | ||
| Jeremiah | Jer | Jr | ||
| Lamentations | Lam | La | Lm | |
| Ezekiel | Ezk | Ez | Ezek | Eze |
| Daniel | Dan | Da | Dn | |
| Hosea | Hos | Ho | ||
| Joel | Jol | Jl | ||
| Amos | Amo | Am | ||
| Obadiah | Oba | Ob | Obad | Obd |
| Jonah | Jon | Jnh | ||
| Micah | Mic | Mi | Mch | |
| Nahum | Nah | Na | Nam | |
| Habakkuk | Hab | Ha | ||
| Zephaniah | Zeph | Zep | ||
| Haggai | Hag | Hagg | ||
| Zechariah | Zech | Zec | Zch | |
| Malachi | Mal | Ml | ||
| New Testament | ||||
| Matthew | Mt | Mat | Matt | |
| Mark | Mk | Mr | Mrk | |
| Luke | Lk | Luk | L | Lu |
| John | Jn | Jhn | J | Joh |
| Acts | Act | Ac | ||
| Romans | Rom | Ro | R | Rm |
| 1 Corinthians | 1 Cor | 1 Co | 1 K | |
| 2 Corinthians | 2 Cor | 2 Co | 2 K | |
| Galatians | Gal | Ga | G | |
| Ephesians | Eph | Ep | E | |
| Philippians | Phil | Php | Ph | Phili |
| Colossians | Col | |||
| 1 Thessalonians | 1 Th | 1 Thess | 1 Thes | |
| 2 Thessalonians | 2 Th | 2 Thess | 2 Thes | |
| 1 Timothy | 1 Tim | 1 Ti | 1 T | 1 Tm |
| 2 Timothy | 2 Tim | 2 Ti | 2 T | 2 Tm |
| Titus | Tit | Tt | ||
| Philemon | Phm | Phlm | Philem | Phile |
| Hebrews | Heb | Hebr | H | Hbr |
| James | Jas | Jam | Ja | |
| 1 Peter | 1 Pet | 1 Pt | 1 P | 1 Pe |
| 2 Peter | 2 Pet | 2 Pt | 2 P | 2 Pe |
| 1 John | 1 Jn | 1 Jo | 1 J | |
| 2 John | 2 Jn | 2 Jo | 2 J | |
| 3 John | 3 Jn | 3 Jo | 3 J | |
| Jude | Jud | Jd | ||
| Revelation | Rev | |||
| Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books and Books from Other Bible Editions | ||||
| Esther(Greek)† | EstG | GkEst | EsthGr | AddEsth |
| Judith | Jdt | Jdth | ||
| Tobit | Tob | Tb | ||
| 1 Maccabees | 1 Ma | 1 Macc | 1 M | 1 Mc |
| 2 Maccabees | 2 Ma | 2 Macc | 2 M | 2 Mc |
| 3 Maccabees | 3 Ma | 3 Macc | 3 M | 3 Mc |
| 4 Maccabees | 4 Ma | 4 Macc | 4 M | 4 Mc |
| Wisdom | Wis | Wisd | W | |
| Sirach | Sir | Si | Ecclesiasticus | |
| Baruch | Bar | Ba | ||
| Letter of Jeremiah* | LJe | LJer | LetJer | EpJer |
| Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Young Men*† |
SofThr | PrAzar | SongThr | AddDan |
| Susanna | Sus | |||
| Bel and the Dragon* | Bel | BelDr | Dragon | |
| Prayer of Manasseh* | Man | PrMan | Manasses | |
| 1 Esdras | 1 Esd | 3 Ezr | 3 Ezra | 3 Esr |
| 2 Esdras | 2 Esd | 4 Ezr | 4 Ezra | 4 Esr |
| Psalm 151 | Ps151 | Psalm151 | PsCLI | |
| Epistula ad Laodicenses* |
Lao | Laod | Laodiceans | |
| Psalterium iuxta Hebraeos* |
PsH | PsHeb | PsalmiH | PsalmH |
† In some editions “Esther (Greek)” is limited
to the “Additions to Esther” (only the additional chapters).
In some editions “Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Young Men”
includes all the “Additions to Daniel” (“Susanna” and “Bel
and the Dragon”, as well).
* Book titles with an asterisk cannot be used in the program; instead, use the abbreviations beside them.