List of
abbreviations of
books of the Bible.

The following are commonly used abbreviations (yellow text)
of books of the Bible (white text).

Hence, if you’re looking, on the
BibleGateway site,
for a Bible reference,
use the yellow text of the following list.


Five books of the Bible are too short to have chapters.
But the BibleGateway search engine
needs you to add a
1
to the end of the name of those short books
(as if they each had a first chapter).

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OLD TESTAMENT

 

Genesis              Gen
Exodus              
Exo
Leviticus            
Lev
Numbers            
Num
Deuteronomy     
Deut
Joshua              
Josh
Judges              
Judges
Ruth                  
Ruth
1 Samuel           
1 Sam
2 Samuel           
2 Sam
1 Kings              
1 Kings
2 Kings              
2 Kings
1 Chronicles       
1 Chron
2 Chronicles       
2 Chron
Ezra                  
Ezra
Nehemiah          
Neh
Esther               
Esther
Job                   
Job
Psalms              
Psalm
Proverbs            
Prov
Ecclesiastes        
Ecc
Song Of Solomon    
Song
Isaiah                
Isa
Jeremiah            
Jer
Lamentations      
Lam
Ezekiel              
Eze
Daniel               
Dan
Hosea                
Hos
Joel                  
Joel
Amos                
Amos
Obadiah             
Oba 1         I added a 1, even though there are no chapters
Jonah                 Jonah
Micah                
Micah
Nahum              
Nahum
Habakkuk           
Hab
Zephaniah          
Zeph
Haggai              
Hag
Zechariah          
Zech
Malachi              
Mal

 

NEW TESTAMENT

 

Matthew             Matt
Mark                 
Mark
Luke                 
Luke
John                 
John
Acts                  
Acts
Romans             
Rom
1 Corinthians      
1 Cor
2 Corinthians      
2 Cor
Galatians           
Gal
Ephesians          
Eph
Philippians         
Philippians
Colossians         
Col
1 Thessalonians      
1 Thess
2 Thessalonians      
2 Thess
1 Timothy          
1 Tim
2 Timothy          
2 Tim
Titus                 
Titus
Philemon           
Philemon 1  I added a 1, even though there are no chapters
Hebrews             Heb
James               
Jam
1 Peter              
1 Pet
2 Peter              
2 Pet
1 John               
1 John
2 John               
2 John 1    I added a 1, even though there are no chapters
3 John                3 John 1    I added a 1, even though there are no chapters
Jude                   Jude 1       I added a 1, even though there are no chapters
Revelation           Rev

 

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