Bible Abbreviations
CONTENTS
Bible Abbreviations in Old Testament
| Genesis – Gen./Ge./Gn. | Exodus – Ex./Exod. |
| Leviticus – Lev./Le./Lv. | Numbers – Num./Nu./Nm./Nb. |
| Deuteronomy – Deut./De./Dt. | Joshua – Josh./Jos./Jsh. |
| Judges – Judg./Jdg./Jg./Jdgs. | Ruth – Ruth./Rth./Ru. |
| 1 Samuel – 1 Sam./1 Sm./1 Sa./1 S. | 2 Samuel – 2 Sam./2 Sm./2 Sa./2 S. |
| 1 Kings – 1 Kings/1 Kgs./1 Kin./1 Ki./1K | 2 Kings – 2 Kings/2 Kgs./2 Kin./2 Ki. |
| 1 Chronicles – 1 Chr/1 Chr./1 Ch. | 2 Chronicles – 2 Chr./2 Ch./2 Chron. |
| Ezra – Ezra/Ezr./Ez. | Nehemiah – Neh./Ne. |
| Tobit – Tob | Judith – Jdt |
| Esther – Esth 1/Est./Es. | Maccabees – 1 Macc |
| 2 Maccabees – 2 Macc | Job – Job./Jb. |
| Psalms – Ps./Psalm./Pslm./Psa./Psm. | Proverbs – Prov./Pro./Prv./Pr. |
| Ecclesiastes – Ecc1/Eccles./Eccle./Ecc./Ec. | Song of Solomon – Song |
| Canticles – Cant | Wisdom – Wis |
| Sirach – Sir | Isaiah – Isa./Is. |
| Jeremiah – Jer./Je./Jr. | Lamentations – Lam./La. |
| Baruch – Bar | Ezekial – Ezek./Eze./Ezk. |
| Daniel – Dan./Da./Dn. | Hosea – Hos./Ho. |
| Joel – Joel/Jl. | Amos – Am |
| Jonah – Jon./Jnh. | Micah – Mic./Mc. |
| Nahum – Nah./Na. | Habakkuk – Hab |
| Zephaniah – Zeph./Zep./Zp. | Haggai – Hag./Hg. |
| Zechariah – Zech./Zec./Zc. | Malachi – Mal./Ml. |
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Bible Abbreviations in New Testament
| Matthew – Mt./Matt. | Mark – Mk./Mrk. |
| Luke – Lk./Luk. | John – Jn./Jhn. |
| Acts of the Apostles – Acts | Romans – Rom./Ro./Rm. |
| 1 Corinthians – 1 Cor./1 Co. | 2 Corinthians – 2 Cor./2 Co. |
| Galatians – Gal./Ga. | Ephesians – Eph./Ephes. |
| Philippians – Phil./Php./Pp. | Colossians – Col |
| 1 Thessalonians – 1 Thess./1 Thes./1 Th. | 2 Thessalonians – 2 Thess./2 Thes./2 Th. |
| 1 Timothy – 1 Tim./1 Ti. | 2 Timothy – 2 Tim/2 Ti. |
| Titus – Titus/Tit./Ti. | Philemon – Philemon/ Philem./Phm./Pm. |
| Hebrews – Heb | James – Jas./Jm. |
| 1 Peter – 1 Pet./1 Pe./1 Pt./1 P. | 2 Peter – 2 Pet./2 Pe./2 Pt./2 P. |
| 1 John – 1 Jn./1 Jhn./1 J. | 2 John – 2 Jn./2 Jhn./2 J. |
| 3 John – 3 Jn./3 Jhn./3 J. | Jude – Jude/Jud./Jd. |
| Revelation – Rev | Apocalypse – Apoc |
Note: Abbreviations are not standardized. This list is based on Catechism of the Catholic Church. New York: Doubleday, 1994, 826., as well as on online sources.
