Bible Abbreviations
—used on simplybible.com
The table below matches Bible book names with their 3-character abbreviations. Note that other abbreviations for Bible books are also in use. On simplybible.com the names of Bible books are usually not abbreviated.
Bible Reference style: For example “First Thessalonians chapter five verses twelve to twenty-two” would most commonly be written... “(1Thessalonians 5:12-22)” which may be abbreviated to... “(1Th 5:12-22)”.
Miscellaneous abbreviations: cf means compare; eg means for example; kjv means King James Version or that the quote reflects the Majority Text; sv means "some versions" —not all translations reflect the quotation; esp means "especially"; ¶ means paraphrase; ch means "chapter"; and v means "verse".
In the chart below...
- Book names are listed in alphabetical order.
- Blue book names link to studies on the book.
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| NAME OF BOOK | ABBREV |
| Acts | Act |
| Amos | Ams |
| 1Chronicles | 1Ch |
| 2Chronicles | 2Ch |
| 1Corinthians | 1Co |
| 2Corinthians | 2Co |
| Colossians | Col |
| Daniel | Dan |
| Deuteronomy | Deu |
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| Ecclesiastes | Ecc |
| Ephesians | Eph |
| Esther | Est |
| Exodus | Exo |
| Ezekiel | Eze |
| Ezra | Ezr |
| Galatians | Gal |
| Genesis | Gen |
| Habakkuk | Hab |
| Haggai | Hag |
| Hebrews | Heb |
| Hosea | Hos |
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| Isaiah | Isa |
| James | Jas |
| Jeremiah | Jer |
| Job | Job |
| Joel | Jol |
| John | Jhn |
| 1John | 1Jn |
| 2John | 2Jn |
| 3John | 3Jn |
| Jonah | Jna |
| Joshua | Jsh |
| Jude | Jde |
| Judges | Jdg |
| 1Kings | 1Kg |
| 2Kings | 2Kg |
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| NAME OF BOOK | ABBREV |
| Lamentations | Lam |
| Leviticus | Lev |
| Luke | Lke |
| Malachi | Mal |
| Mark | Mrk |
| Matthew | Mtt |
| Micah | Mic |
| Nahum | Nah |
| Nehemiah | Neh |
| Numbers | Num |
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| NAME OF BOOK | ABBREV |
| Obadiah | Oba |
| 1Peter | 1Pe |
| 2Peter | 2Pe |
| Philemon | Phm |
| Philippians | Php |
| Proverbs | Prv |
| Psalms | Psa |
| Revelation | Rev |
| Romans | Rom |
| Ruth | Rth |
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| NAME OF BOOK | ABBREV |
| 1Samuel | 1Sm |
| 2Samuel | 2Sm |
| Solomon's Song | Sol |
| 1Thessalonians | 1Th |
| 2Thessalonians | 2Th |
| 1Timothy | 1Tm |
| 2Timothy | 2Tm |
| Titus | Tit |
| Zechariah | Zec |
| Zephaniah | Zph |
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