If you are in doubt, perform the searches on the site yourself. Religion quiz bible books by word count kjv random religion or bible quiz can you correctly order the books of the king james bible from most to least words. When we say the bible is inspired and authoritative, we mean more than its ideas. In the first sentence of the bible, the 3 hebrew words god. And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, if anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. Share scripture with friends, highlight and bookmark passages, and create a daily habit with bible plans. Heres a list of the ten longest books of the bible. The secondshortest book by word count, 2 john, has 245 words, but it has fewer verses than 3 john. These are all the men who are able to serve in the army of israel. The following list shows the most popular words in the bible ranked by order of frequency occurrence. Sticking with the english, the total word count of the four gospels matthew, mark, luke, john is 83,898. List the name of each man with his family and his family group. After studying theology in geneva, strasbourg and bonn, he was pastor of the geneva national church in chenebougeries, then from 1872.
I used logos bible software to find out which books are the longest, by original word count. Combining this with my figures and existing word count, the adjusted count for homestuck is currently 58808 words. There is no single correct way to translate the ancient hebrew, aramaic and greek bible manuscripts into english. Word count 1 genesis 50 1,533 38,262 2 exodus 40 1,2.
Sep 04, 20 match frequency relative to book word count. The word count list is stripped, sorted and ranked for your. Perhaps we can get an idea, by comparing word counts. I ignored common words like the, he, it, and, thee, ye, etc i checked these words on the bible word search function at. A logical place logos could put it would be in the version river.
Type a passage, like acts 1, in the reference box that appears under add lemmas from selected bible d. You can search the words of 54 different versions of the bible. Small wonder that in the days of movable type a lot of printing errors were made. But you said, i will certainly make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand on the seashore, too numerous to count. I have checked and doubledchecked his counts with a manual count in 10 of the 66 books and they all match perfectly. Amalekites a people inhabiting the country south of idumea and east of the red sea numbers. The following statistics apply to the 1769 edition of the 1611 king james bible. Get started by typing directly into the text area above or pasting in your content from elsewhere. Therefore i believe these word counts to be 100% accurate i hope. I can already see that there are many word differences between the niv and kgv king james version. As helen mentions above, a hit is a word or in hebrew a lexical prefix or suffix whereas a word count in this analysis includes punctuation i dont know why that is the case, but there must be a good reason there somewhere. View the top most popular words in the bible ranked by order of occurrence and frequency. The word and occurs 46,227 times, the word reverend but once, girl but once, in 3rd chapter and 3rd verse of joel.
Forty years a pastor, several years in religious education, one trip to a college in india wow, etc i will not be called on much to speak, but if so i will be prepared. May 29, 2014 your word count of the bible is an excellent gift to the world, including this greyhaired retired pastor. Word and character counts will display at the top, any writing mistakes will be. Count in the bible 105 instances online bible knowing jesus. The number of chapters, verses and words in the old testament, new testament and entire bible depends upon the bible translation. In the notorious wicked bible the word not was accidentally omitted from the commandment thou shalt not commit adultery. Based on this list compiled by nicole humphrey cook. Bible analyzer is a free, crossplatform, bible study software program developed to aid believers in the reading, study, and defense of the holy scriptures. Thats right the manuscript was almost as long as the old testament. The black text in the word cloud indicates the part of scripture from which the cloud is drawn. And if we really want to calculate the lengths of the originals, english word count shouldnt be sufficient, either, since they are translations of the.
Features include, easily search for a word, words, or phrase with a handy suggestion box, plus several advanced searching capabilities. A topical bible which shows the most relevant bible verse for each topic. In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as christ jesus. That is appropriate the bible says it many times, but there is so much more to say.
I referenced the lexham hebrew bible for ot books and the na27 for nt books, and heres what i got. Available for ios, android, blackberry, windows phone and more. Judging by a simple word count, jeremiah is the longest book of the old testament even though it has fewer chapters than isaiah and psalms. Bible the word of god all the words count all the words count inspiration, part 2. Rate 5 stars rate 4 stars rate 3 stars rate 2 stars rate 1 star. Jeremiah 33,002 words genesis 32,046 words psalms 30,147 words ezekiel 29,918 words exodus 25, 957 words. Jul 28, 20 one confusion comes in the difference between a word count and a hits count. Word counts on every book of the bible from longest to shortest 1 jeremiah 33,002 2 genesis 32,046 3 psalms 30,147 4 ezekiel 29,918 5 exodus 25,957 6 isaiah 25,608 7 numbers 25,048 8 deuteronomy 23,008 9 2 chronicles 21,349 10 1 samuel 20,837 11 1 kings 20,361 12 luke 19,482 leviticus 18,852 14 2 kings 18,784 15 acts 18,450. How many words in each book of the bible the holy word. The bible word cloud, the old testament word cloud, the pentateuch word cloud, the histories word cloud kjv nkjv nlt niv esv csb nasb. My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations. This last one is really good for gauging where a topic is most emphasized in scripture. Visit the bible online to search for words if you dont know the specific passage yourre looking for. There is no single correct way to translate the ancient hebrew, aramaic and greek bible manuscripts.
As for the number of letter characters in the bible, the total count is a staggering 3,116,480. Its when we just kind of do eeny, meeny, miney, moe with all the possible meanings. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. Dec 08, 2015 as for the number of letter characters in the bible, the total count is a staggering 3,116,480. How many chapters, verses, and words are in the bible. In the king james version the word the appears 64,039 times as there is a total of 789,649 words in the bible, the word the represents 8% of them. The lemma is the base word that would be looked up in a dictionary or lexicon, whilst the word that appears in the original language text is referred to as the manuscript word. Word counts on every book of the bible from longest to shortest 1 jeremiah 33,002 2 genesis 32,046 3 psalms 30,147 4 ezekiel 29,918 5 exodus 25,957 6 isaiah 25,608 7 numbers 25,048 8 deuteronomy 23,008 9. Users can add notes to scriptures, highlight verses, bookmark verses, and. The bible is more than 600000 words long in its original languagesbut how long are the 66 individual books of the bible.
Interestingly enough, the word count for the greek new testament is 8,020 depending on which edition one is using. Match all words, match any word, match exact phrase. The word count 788,280 is based on the kjv and seems to be almost exactly as wed expect see our page on how many words in the bible for more information on this. The 117th is also the midpoint of the bible by word count. There are 169,751 words in the english new testament depending on the translation the amplified bible no doubt at least doubles this and id be interested to see a word count for the message. Wordcounter will help to make sure its word count reaches a specific requirement or stays within a certain limit. Nov 04, 20 logos uses a feature called word list to count words. The grammar, structure, and style of those languages are very different from english, and a literal word for word translation is not possible. How can the books of the bible be listed from shortest to. As helen mentions above, a hit is a word or in hebrew a lexical prefix or suffix whereas a word count in this analysis includes punctuation i dont know why that is the case, but. Word count tool this tool also reports the number of syllables, monosyllabic words, polysyllabic words, sentences, paragraphs, unique words, short words, long words. Oct 01, 2014 bible the word of god all the words count all the words count inspiration, part 2. For example, if an author has to write a minimum or maximum amount of words for an article, essay, report, story, book, paper, you name it. Each bible will have a different number as the translators try to accurately communicate the sense of the original hebrew, aramaic and greek, but the differences should be small.
They could add extra columns for the total words for each version, as well as add another line for the base version and its word count. Hebrew and greek alphabet and numerical values divisions. The bible word study guide will allow you to study the lemma form of an original language word from your bible i. King james version bible breakdown books, chapters. Bible concordance all words in the king james version. One confusion comes in the difference between a word count and a hits count. Louis segond french bible october 3, 1810 june 18, 1885, was a swiss theologian who translated the bible into french from the original texts in hebrew and greek.
Word count 40 matthew 28 1,071 23,343 41 mark 16 678 14,949 42 luke 24 1,151 25,640 43 john 21. The numerical value for the earth haaretz is 296, which corresponds to 37x8296. Read gods word at anytime, anywhere using the youversion bible app. However, another source, bible believers, states that the 1611 king james bible has a word count of 788,280 words.
By counting the number of words in hebrew or greek, the shortest book of the bible is 3 john, which has 219 words. But since those arent part of the original, and because some books may have words per verse or more words per chapter than another book, neither of these would be the right criteria to use. Also, heres another list i may swipe and add in here. But first, it is important to know that the number of chapters, verses and words in the old testament, new testament and the entire bible depends upon the bible. Used of arithmetical computation to number psalms 9. Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, james 1. Bible plans help you engage with gods word every day, a little at a time. This serves as a valuable reference and concordance for the king james bible. Then they tell you to count the words in this middle verse.
Word counter is an easy to use online tool for counting words, characters, sentences, paragraphs and pages in real time, along with spelling and grammar checking. The kjv bible breakdown by books, chapters, verses and word counts. The kjv bible breakdown by books, chapters, verses and word counts click or tap icons to share. Rather, the appropriate way to look at it is to look at the context and say, of these possible meanings, whats probably the best meaning of the word here. And all count ries came into egypt to joseph for to buy corn. While there is a part of me that applauds someone for being able to write this many words on a single topic, another part of me is asking what was this author thinking. The actual word count for the hunger games is 99,750 and my utility calculates 94,743 words. Numbers 1 erv moses counts the israelites bible gateway.
Your word count of the bible is an excellent gift to the world, including this greyhaired retired pastor. This is going by word count in the original languages not any english translation of the bible. My bible offers users a great opportunity to study the bible. A marvellous source of information for linguists and bible students.
There are some variations between versions with includedexcluded text and verses, however, for the purpose of establishing the relative lengths of each book, these counts are. They already have the word count for a passage range available, since they display differences. Amazing how much more one can say with fewer words in koine greek. The shortest book in the bible by word count is 3 john, with only 219 words in the bible s original language. How to live the bible standing firm during this health crisis. The bible starts in the hebrew text with 7 words from 2x14 28 4x7 letters, the sum of which gives 2701 37x732701. The website open thou mine eyes lists the new international version as having a word count of either 727,969 words or 726,109 words, the english standard version having 757,439 words and the new american standard bible 782,815 words. For example, atonement has a word count of 123,378 and my utility comes up with 110,765 words. The table below gives some word counts for four popular versions of the bible. Select your desired bible from the bible dropdown list c. We can see that the book of galatians has a very heavy emphasis on the subject of justification, and that out of the whole bible it uses the words the most proportionally.
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, james 1. King james version bible breakdown books, chapters, verses. Word count for famous novels, in ascending order by number of words. Varying parts of the bible are considered to be a product of divine inspiration and a record of the relationship between god and humans by christians, jews, samaritans, and rastafari. So, it would be more accurate to count by the number of words in hebrew and greek, especially considering those are the languages god chose to record his breathedout word 2 timothy 3.
The middle verse of the bible is the 8th verse of the 118th psalm. The bible appears in the form of an anthology, a compilation of texts of a variety of forms. These word clouds show the comparative frequency with which words appear in a given text. For more detail and discussion of the comparison method, please see the measuring homestuck thread, where notegbert explains. While 783,7 words and 3,116,480 may seem to be a lot, there are others with even more.
Jeremiah was active in his prophetic ministry against jerusalem even as jerusalem was crumbling under the attacks of the babylonians, which eventually led to the nation of judah going into exile in 586 bc. All word counts are the work of computer programmer dave whitinger. The larger the word, the more often it appears compared to the others. Using computer software to count words is the current preferred method for academia and publications. The word count 788,280 is based on the kjv and seems to be almost exactly as wed.
Search for word count totals in books word counters. Oct 17, 2011 interestingly enough, the word count for the greek new testament is 8,020 depending on which edition one is using. The new testament consists of 260 chapters, divided into 7,959 verses or roughly 184,600 words. According to a word count program that i wrote i also used wc. A lot of christian leaders are sending the word fear not. For average word counts based on genre, see this handy reference. Sharp objects has a word count of 80,565 and my utility calculates it at 80,7. All words in the bible with links to the verses in which they occur in the king james version. The bible was stripped, sorted and ranked, giving an accurate word count list.
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