Help - Abbreviations of books of the Bible

Below are the abbreviations of the books of the Bible of the Old Testament, the New Testament , as well as the abbreviations of the apocryphal or deuterocanonical books.

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Old Testament

Gen. – Genesis
Ex. – Exodus
Lev. – Leviticus
Num. – Numbers
Deut. – Deuteronomy
Joz. – Joshua
Richt. / Ri – Judges
Ruth – Ruth
1 Sam. – 1 Samuel
2 Sam. – 2 Samuel
1 Kon. – 1 Kings
2 Kon. – 2 Kings
1 Kron / 1 Kr. – 1 Chronicles
2 Chron / 2 Kr. – 2 Chronicles
Ezra – Ezra
Neh. – Nehemiah
Est. – Ester
Job – Job
Ps. – Psalms
Spr. – Proverbs
Pred. / Pr. – Ecclesiastes
Highl. – Song of Songs
Jes. – Isaiah
Jer. – Jeremiah
Complaintl. – Lamentations
Ezek. / Eze. – Ezekiel
Then. – Daniel
Hos. – Hosea
Joel – Joel
Am. – Amos
Ob. – Obadiah
Jonah – Jonah
Mi. – Micha
Nah. – Nahum
Hab. – Habakuk
Sef. – Sephania
Hag. – Haggaï
Zach. – Zacharia
Mal. – Malachi

New Testament

Matt / Matt. – Matthew
Marc. / Mar. – Marcus
Luc. – Lucas
Joh. – Johannes
Hand. – Acts of the Apostles
Rom. – Romans
1 Cor. / 1 Cor. – 1 Corinthians
2 Cor. / 2 Cor. – 2 Corinthians
Gal. – Galatians
Eph. – Ephesians
Fil. – Philippians
Col. / Col. – Colossians
1 Thess. / 1 Tes. – 1 Thessalonians
2 Thess. / 2 Tes. – 2 Thessalonians
1 Tim. – 1 Timothy
2 Tim. – 2 Timothy
Tit. – Titus
Filem. – Filemon
Hebr. / Heb. – Hebrews
Jac. / Jak. – James
1 Petr. / 1 Pet. – 1 Peter
2 Petr. / 2 Pet. – 2 Peter
1 Jn. – 1 John
2 Jn. – 2 John
3 Joh. – 3 John
Jud. – Judas
Rev. / Op. – Revelation of John

Apocryphal or deuterocanical books

Judit – Judit
Wijsh. – Wisdom of Solomon
Tob. – Tobit
Sir. – Wisdom of Jesus Sirach
Bar. – Baruch
1 Makk. – 1 Maccabees
2 Makk. – 2 Maccabees