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Bible Book Abbreviations

Our Bible search engine will recognise the following commonly used abbreviations

Old Testament

• Genesis - ge gn gen
• Exodus - ex
• Leviticus - le lev
• Numbers - num
• Deuteronomy - dt deut
• Joshua - jos
• Judges - judg jgs
• Ruth - ru
• 1 Samuel - 1 sam
• 2 Samuel - 2 sam
• 1 Kings - 1 kgs 1 ki
• 2 Kings - 2 kgs 2 ki
• 1 Chronicles - 1 chr 1 chron
• 2 Chronicles - 2 chr 2 chron
• Ezra - ezr
• Nehemiah - neh
• Esther - es est
• Job - job
• Psalm - ps
• Proverbs - pr
• Ecclesiastes - ec ecc
• Song of Solomon - song
• Isaiah - is isa
• Jeremiah - jer
• Lamentations - lam
• Ezekiel - ez eze
• Daniel - da dan
• Hosea - ho hos
• Joel - joe
• Amos - am
• Obadiah - ob
• Jonah - jon
• Micah - mic
• Nahum - na nah
• Habakkuk - hab
• Zephaniah - zep
• Haggai - hag
• Zechariah - zec
• Malachi - mal

New Testament

• Matthew - mt
• Mark - mr
• Luke - lu
• John - jn
• Acts - ac
• Romans - ro rom
• 1 Corinthians - 1 co 1 cor
• 2 Corinthians - 2 co 2 cor
• Galatians - ga gal
• Ephesians - ep eph
• Philippians - php
• Colossians - co col
• 1 Thessalonians - 1 th 1 thess
• 2 Thessalonians - 2 th 2 thess
• 1 Timothy - 1 ti 1 tim
• 2 Timothy - 2 ti 2 tim
• Titus - tit
• Philemon - phlm phm
• Hebrews - heb
• James - ja jas
• 1 Peter - 1 pe
• 2 Peter - 2 pe
• 1 John - 1 jn
• 2 John - 2 jn
• 3 John - 3 jn
• Jude - jud
• Revelation - re rv rev