Abbreviations for Books
of the Bible

In Canonical Order

Old Testament

Gn Ex Lv Nm Dt Jos Jgs Ru 1 Sm 2 Sm 1 Kgs 2 Kgs 1 Chr 2 Chr Ezr Neh Tb Jdt Est 1 Mc 2 Mc Jb Ps Pr Eccl Sgs Wis Sir Is Jer Lam Bar Ez Dn Hos Jl Am Ob Jon Mi Na Hb Zp Hg Zec Mal

Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Joshua Judges Ruth 1 Samuel 2 Samuel 1 Kings 2 Kings 1 Chronicles 2 Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah Tobit Judith Esther 1 Maccabees 2 Maccabees Job Psalms Proverbs Ecclesiastes Song of Songs Wisdom Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) Isaiah Jeremiah Lamentations Baruch Ezekiel Daniel Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi

New Testament

Mt Mk Lk Jn Acts Rm 1 Cor 2 Cor Gal Eph Phil Col 1 Thes 2 Thes 1 Tm 2 Tm Ti Pmn Heb Jas 1 Pt 2 Pt 1 Jn 2 Jn 3 Jn Jude Rv

Matthew Mark Luke John Acts of the Apostles Romans 1 Corinthians 2 Corinthians Galatians Ephesians Philippians Colossians 1 Thessalonians 2 Thessalonians 1 Timothy 2 Timothy Titus Philemon Hebrews James 1 Peter 2 Peter 1 John 2 John 3 John Jude Revelation

In Alphabetical Order

Acts Am Bar 1 Chr 2 Chr Col 1 Cor 2 Cor Dn Dt Eccl Eph Est Ex Ez Ezr Gal Gn Hb Heb Hg Hos Is Jas Jb Jdt Jer Jgs Jl Jn 1 Jn 2 Jn 3 Jn Jon Jos Jude 1 Kgs 2 Kgs Lam Lk Lv Mal 1 Mc 2 Mc Mi Mk Mt Na Neh Nm Ob Phil Pmn Pr Ps 1 Pt 2 Pt Rm Ru Rv Sir 1 Sm 2 Sm Sgs Tb 1 Thes 2 Thes Ti 1 Tm 2 Tm Wis Zec Zep

Acts of the Apostles Amos Baruch 1 Chronicles 2 Chronicles Colossians 1 Corinthians 2 Corinthians Daniel Deuteronomy Ecclesiastes Ephesians Esther Exodus Ezekiel Ezra Galatians Genesis Habakkuk Hebrews Haggai Hosea Isaiah James Job Judith Jeremiah Judges Joel John 1 John 2 John 3 John Jonah Joshua Jude 1 Kings 2 Kings Lamentations Luke Leviticus Malachi 1 Maccabees 2 Maccabees Micah Mark Matthew Nahum Nehemiah Numbers Obadiah Philippians Philemon Proverbs Psalms 1 Peter 2 Peter Romans Ruth Revelation Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 1 Samuel 2 Samuel Song of Songs Tobit 1 Thessalonians 2 Thessalonians Titus 1 Timothy 2 Timothy Wisdom Zechariah Zephaniah