Specific abbreviations used in the Study Bible:
| Aram. | – | Aramaic |
| BHS | – | Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia |
| comm. | – | comment |
| ed. | – | edition, editor |
| Gk. | – | Greek |
| Hebr. | – | Hebrew |
| hfst. | – | chapter |
| Lat. | – | Latin |
| lett. | – | literally |
| LXX | – | Septuagint(a) |
| AD. | – | A.D. |
| NT | – | New Testament |
| nv. | – | grammatical case |
| OT | – | Old Testament |
| par(r). | – | parallel site(s) |
| s.v. | – | sub voce (under the [hit] word) |
| SamP | – | Samaritan Pentateuch |
| Syr. | – | Syriac translation (Peshitta) |
| v. | – | and the following verse (page) |
| BC. | – | for Christ |
| var. | – | text variant |
| transl. | – | translator, translation |
| cf. | – | compare |
| vs. | – | fresh |
| Vulg. | – | Vulgate |
| vv. | – | and the following verses (pages) |