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Abbreviations for the books of the Bible

The entire collection of CATP tools have been designed to recognize a standard set of abbreviations for the various books of the Bible.  These 3-letter abbreviations are listed in Tables [*], [*] and [*] below. The importance of these abbreviations cannot be over emphasized as each CATP software program will check each text file of a Bible manuscript for the identity of the book of the Bible by the notation in the identification line. The abbreviations should always be typed in all upper case letters. In addition, the Bible book abbreviations used in file names are also taken from this list. In keeping with the total and consistent CATP support for these abbreviations, all references in this manual use these abbreviation.
 
Table: Abbreviations for books of the Old Testament
 
  Book Typed as   Book Typed as
1 Genesis GEN 21 Ecclesiastes ECC
2 Exodus EXO 22 Songs of Songs SNG
3 Leviticus LEV 23 Isaiah ISA
4 Numbers NUM 24 Jeremiah JER
5 Deuteronomy DEU 25 Lamentations LAM
6 Joshua JOS 26 Ezekiel EZK
7 Judges JDG 27 Daniel DAN
8 Ruth RUT 28 Hosea HOS
9 1 Samuel 1SA 29 Joel JOL
10 2 Samuel 2SA 30 Amos AMO
11 1 Kings 1KI 31 Obadiah OBA
12 2 Kings 2KI 32 Jonah JON
13 1 Chronicles 1CH 33 Micah MIC
14 2 Chronicles 2CH 34 Nahum NAM
15 Ezra EZR 35 Habbakak HAB
16 Nehemiah NEH 36 Zephaniah ZEP
17 Esther EST 37 Haggai HAG
18 Job JOB 38 Zechariah ZEC
19 Psalms PSA 39 Malachi MAL
20 Proverbs PRO      


 
Table: Abbreviations for books of the New Testament
 
  Book Typed as   Book Typed as
40 Matthew MAT 54 1 Timothy 1TI
41 Mark MRK 55 2 Timothy 2TI
42 Luke LUK 56 Titus TIT
43 John JHN 57 Philemon PHM
44 Acts ACT 58 Hebrews HEB
45 Romans ROM 59 James JAS
46 1 Corinthians 1CO 60 1 Peter 1PE
47 2 Corinthians 2CO 61 2 Peter 2PE
48 Galatians GAL 62 1 John 1JN
49 Ephesians EPH 63 2 John 2JN
50 Philippians PHP 64 3 John 3JN
51 Colessians COL 65 Jude JUD
52 1 Thessalonians 1TH 66 Revelation REV
53 2 Thessalonians 2TH      


 
Table: Abbreviations for Deuterocanonical Books
 
  Book Typed as   Book Typed as
67 Tobit TOB 75 Susanna SUS
68 Judith JDT 76 Bel and the Dragon BEL
69 Esther (Greek) ESG 77 1 Maccabees 1MA
70 Wisdom of Solomon WIS 78 2 Maccabees 2MA
71 Sirach SIR 79 1 Esdras 1ES
72 Baruch BAR 80 2 Esdras 2ES
73 Letter of Jeremiah LJE 81 Manasseh MAN
74 Song of Three Young Men S3Y      


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