Abbreviations
[Bible Versions] [Commentaries]
[Reference] [Books of the Bible] [Other]
Bible Versions
-
English Translations
- AMP — Amplified Version (Lockman
Foundation)
- ASV — American Standard
Version (Nelson)
- CEV — Contemporary
English Version (American Bible Society)
- ESV — English Standard
Version (Crossway)
- GNT — Good News Translation
(American Bible Society)
- HCSB — Holman
Christian Standard Bible (Holman)
- KJV — King James Version
(Zondervan)
- JB — The Jerusalem Bible
(Doubleday)
- MSG — The Message (NavPress)
- NASB — New American
Standard Bible (Lockman Foundation)
- NCV — New Century Version
(Nelson)
- NET — New English Translation (NET
Bible) (Biblical Studies Press, bible.org)
- NIV — New International
Version (Zondervan)
- NJB — New Jerusalem Bible
(Doubleday)
- NKJV — New King James
Version (Nelson)
- NLT — New Living Translation
(Tyndale)
- NRSV — New Revised
Standard Version (Oxford)
- REB — Revised English
Bible (Oxford)
- RSV — Revised Standard
Version (Oxford)
- TLB — The Living Bible (Tyndale)
- TNIV — Today's
New International Version (Zondervan)
-
Ancient Language Versions
- BHS — Biblia
Hebraica Stuttgartensia (Hebrew OT) (German Bible Society)
- LXX — Septuagint (Greek trans. of
the OT, 3rd c. B.C.)
- MT — Masoretic Text (Hebrew
OT, 10th c. A.D.)
- NA27
— Novum Testamentum Graece, 27th rev. ed. (Greek NT) (German
Bible Society)
- UBS4
— The Greek New Testament, 4th rev. ed. (United Bible Societies,
German Bible Society)
- Vulg. — Vulgate (Latin trans. of the
Bible, 5th c. A.D.)
Commentaries
-
Single Volume Commentaries
- ABC — Africa Bible
Commentary (Zondervan)
- CBC — Classic Bible
Commentary (Crossway)
- IVPBBC — The
IVP Bible Background Commentary [OT, NT] (IVP)
- MBC — The MacArthur
Bible Commentary (Nelson)
- NBC — New Bible Commentary
(IVP)
-
NTuOT — Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament
(Baker)
- WWBC — The Wiersbe
Bible Commentary [OT, NT] (David Cook)
- ZBC — Zondervan
Bible Commentary (Zondervan)
-
Multiple Volume Commentaries
- ACCS
— Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture (IVP)
-
BCOTWP — Baker Commentary on the Old Testament Wisdom and Psalms
(Baker)
-
BECNT — Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament (Baker)
- BST — The Bible Speaks
Today (IVP)
- CsBC — Cornerstone
Biblical Commentary (Tyndale)
- EBC — The Expositor's
Bible Commentary, revised (Zondervan)
- HNTC — Holman
New Testament Commentary (Holman)
- HOTC — Holman
Old Testament Commentary (Holman)
- IBC — Interpretation: A Bible
Commentary for Teaching and Preaching (John Knox Press)
- IVPNTC — IVP New
Testament Commentary (IVP)
- JFB — Jamieson,
Fausset, and Brown Commentary (Hendrickson)
- JMB — James Montgomery
Boice Commentaries (Baker)
- MHC — Matthew Henry Commentary
(Hendrickson)
- NAC — New American
Commentary (Broadman & Holman)
-
NIBCOT — New International Biblical Commentary - Old Testament
Series (Hendrickson)
-
NIBCNT — New International Biblical Commentary - New Testament
Series (Hendrickson)
-
NICNT — New International Commentary on the New Testament (Eerdmans)
-
NICOT — New International Commentary on the Old Testament (Eerdmans)
- NIVAC — NIV Application
Commentary (Zondervan)
- PNTC — Pillar
New Testament Commentary (Eerdmans)
- TMP — The Minor Prophets
- An Exegetical & Expository Commentary, 3 vols. (Baker)
- TNTC — Tyndale
New Testament Commentaries (IVP)
- TOD — Treasury of David (Charles
Spurgeon) (Hendrickson)
- TOTC — Tyndale
Old Testament Commentaries (IVP)
- TTB — Thru The Bible (J. Vernon
McGee) (Nelson)
- WBC — Word Biblical
Commentary (Nelson)
-
ZECNT
— Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament (Zondervan)
-
ZIBBC — Zondervan Illustrated Bible Background Commentary (Zondervan)
-
Study Bibles
- ESVSB — ESV Study Bible {ESV}
(Crossway)
- LASB — Life Application
Study Bible {NLT, NIV} (Tyndale)
- LSB — Literary Study Bible
{ESV} (Crossway)
- NIVASB — NIV
Archaeological Study Bible {NIV} (Zondervan)
- NIVSB — NIV Study Bible {NIV}
(Zondervan)
- NLTSB — NLT Study Bible {NLT}
(Tyndale)
- NOAB — New Oxford
Annotated Bible {NRSV, RSV} (Oxford)
- RSB — Reformation Study
Bible {NKJV, ESV} (Ligonier)
- RySB — Ryrie Study Bible
{NIV} (Moody)
- TCRB — Thompson
Chain Reference Bible {KJV} (Kirkbride)
Reference Works
- BDT — Baker's Dictionary
of Theology (Baker)
- DJG — Dictionary
of Jesus and the Gospels (IVP)
-
DLNTD — Dictionary of the Later New Testaments and Its Developments
(IVP)
- DNTB — Dictionary
of New Testament Background (IVP)
- DOTHB
— Dictionary of Old Testament: Historical Books (IVP)
- DOTP
— Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch (IVP)
-
DOTWPW — Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings
(IVP)
- DPHL — Dictionary
of Paul and His Letters (IVP)
- HBA — Holman Bible Atlas (Holman)
- HIBD — Holman
Illustrated Bible Dictionary (Holman)
- ISBE
— International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (Eerdmans)
- NBD — New Bible Dictionary
(IVP)
- NDBT — New
Dictionary of Biblical Theology (IVP)
- NDT — New Dictionary
of Theology (IVP)
- NUBD — New Unger's
Bible Dictionary (Moody)
- NUBH — New Unger's Bible
Handbook (Moody)
- MWCD
— Merriam-Webster's 11th Collegiate Dictionary (Merriam-Webster)
- PBD — Pictorial Bible
Dictionary (Zondervan)
- ZBH — Zondervan Bible
Handbook (Zondervan)
- ZEB — Zondervan
Encyclopedia of the Bible (Zondervan)
Books of the Bible
-
OT — Old Testament
- Gn — Genesis
- Ex — Exodus
- Lv — Leviticus
- Nm — Numbers
- Dt — Deuteronomy
- Jos — Joshua
- Jgs — Judges
- Ru — Ruth
- 1 Sm — 1 Samuel
- 2 Sm — 2 Samuel
- 1 Kgs — 1 Kings
- 2 Kgs — 2 Kings
- 1 Chr — 1 Chronicles
- 2 Chr — 2 Chronicles
- Ezr — Ezra
- Neh — Nehemiah
- Est — Esther
- Jb — Job
- Ps — Psalms
- Prv — Proverbs
- Eccl — Ecclesiastes
- Sg — Song of Solomon
- Is — Isaiah
- Jer — Jeremiah
- Lam — Lamentations
- Ez — Ezekiel
- Dn — Daniel
- Hos — Hosea
- Jl — Joel
- Am — Amos
- Ob — Obadiah
- Jon — Jonah
- Mi — Micah
- Na — Nahum
- Hb — Habakkuk
- Zep — Zephaniah
- Hg — Haggai
- Zec — Zechariah
- Mal — Malachi
-
NT — New Testament
- Mt — Matthew
- Mk — Mark
- Lk — Luke
- Jn — John
- Acts — Acts
- Rom — Romans
- 1 Cor — 1 Corinthians
- 2 Cor — 2 Corinthians
- Gal — Galatians
- Eph — Ephesians
- Phil — Philippians
- Col — Colossians
- 1 Thes — 1 Thessalonians
- 2 Thes — 2 Thessalonians
- 1 Tim — 1 Timothy
- 2 Tim — 2 Timothy
- Ti — Titus
- Phlm — Philemon
- Heb — Hebrews
- Jas — James
- 1 Pt — 1 Peter
- 2 Pt — 2 Peter
- 1 Jn — 1 John
- 2 Jn — 2 John
- 3 Jn — 3 John
- Jude — Jude
- Rv — Revelation
Other
- A.D. — in
the year of our Lord (anno Domini)
- B.C. — before Christ
- c. — about (circa), century
- cf. — compare with (confer)
- ch. — chapter(s)
- ed. — edited by, editor,
edition
- e.g. — for example
(exempli gratia)
- et al. — and others (et alii)
- etc. — and so on (et cetera)
- f. (ff.)
— and following (verse(s), page(s), etc.)
- Gk. — Greek
- Heb. — Hebrew
- ibid. —
in the same place, book, etc. (ibidem)
- idem — the same
as previously mentioned
- i.e. — that is (id est)
- lit. — literally
- mg. — margin
- misc. — miscellaneous
- n. — note
- n.d. — no date
- p. — page(s)
- repr. — reprint
- rev. — revised, reviser,
revision
- st. — saint
- s.v. — under the word
(sub verbo)
- trans. — translation, translated
- v. — verse(s)
- viz. — that is to say
(videlicet)
- vol. — volume(s)
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