General Abbreviations

Published 5 March 2014; Revised 28 November 2015

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Literary and Grammatical Abbreviations

1p-pl.

first person plural

Lat.

Latin

1p-sing.

first person singular

lit.

literally

2p-pl.

second person plural

LXX

Septuagint

2p-sing.

second person singular

masc.

masculine

3p-pl.

third person plural

mid.

middle

3p-sing.

third person singular

MS/MSS

manuscript/manuscripts

acc.

accusative

misc.

miscellaneous

act.

active

Mt.

mount(ain)

AD/A.D.

Latin Anno Domini, meaning “in the year of our Lord”

narr.

narrative

adj.

adjective

nd

no date given

ad. loc.

Latin ad locum, meaning “to, or at, the (same) place”

neg.

negative

aor.

aorist

nom.

nominative

adv.

adverb

obj.

object/objective

Aram.

Aramaic

opt.

optative

BC/B.C.

Before Christ. See A.D.

op. cit.

Latin opere citato, "in the work cited"

BCE/B.C.E.

Before Common (or Christian) Era

org.

original

ca.

Latin circa, meaning "about"

p./pp.

page (s)

Cal.

Calendar

part./ptc.

participle

CE/C.E.

Common (or Christian) Era

pass.

passive

cent.

century

perf.

perfect

cf.

Latin confer (compare)

pers.

person/personal

conj.

conjunction

pl.

plural

dat.

dative

plperf.

pluperfect

dem.

demonstrative

prep.

preposition

ed.

edition

pres.

present

e.g.

Latin exempli gratia, "for example"

pron.

pronoun

esp.

especially

q.v.

Latin quod vide, "which see"

f/ff

and the following verse(s)

rel.

relative

fem.

feminine

refl.

reflexive

fig.

figuratively

sing.

singular

fut.

future

subj.

subjunctive

gen.

genitive

suf.

suffix

Grk.

Greek

superl.

superlative

ibid.

Latin ibidem, "in the same place"

synon.

synonymous

i.e.

Latin id est, meaning "that is"

trans.

transitive

imp.

imperative

t.t.

technical term

Heb.

Hebrew

temp.

temporal

impf.

imperfect

v./vv.

verse/verses

indef.

indefinite

voc.

vocative

ind.

indicative

Vulg.

Vulgate

instr.

instransitive

 

 

interrog.

interrogative

 

 

 

Books of the Bible Abbreviations

Tanakh (Old Testament)

1Chr

1 Chronicles

Job

Job

1Kgs

1 Kings

Joel

Joel

1Sam

1 Samuel

Jon

Jonah

2Chr

2 Chronicles

Josh

Joshua

2Kgs

2 Kings

Judg/Jdg

Judges

2Sam

2 Samuel

Lam

Lamentations

Amos

Amos

Lev

Leviticus

Dan

Daniel

Mal

Malachi

Deut

Deuteronomy

Mic

Micah

Eccl

Ecclesiastes

Nah

Nahum

Esth

Esther

Neh

Nehemiah

Ex

Exodus

Num

Numbers

Ezek

Ezekiel

Ob

Obadiah

Ezra/Ez

Ezra

Prov

Proverbs

Gen

Genesis

Ps

Psalm

Hab

Habakkuk

Ruth/Rth

Ruth

Hag

Haggai

SS

Song of Solomon

Hos

Hosea

Zeph

Zephaniah

Isa

Isaiah

Zech

Zechariah

Jer

Jeremiah

 

 

 

 

 

 

Besekh (New Testament)

1Cor

1 Corinthians

Gal

Galatians

1Jn

1 John

Heb

Hebrews

1Pet

1 Peter

Jas

James (Jacob)

1Th/1Thess

1 Thessalonians

Jn/John

John

1Tim

1 Timothy

Jude

Jude (Judah)

2Cor

2 Corinthians

Lk/Luke

Luke

2Jn

2 John

Mk/Mark

Mark

2Pet

2 Peter

Mt/Matt

Matthew

2Th/2Thess

2 Thessalonians

Phil/Php

Philippians

2Tim

2 Timothy

Phm

Philemon

3Jn

3 John

Rev

Revelation

Acts

Acts

Rom

Romans

Col

Colossians

Titus

Titus

Eph

Ephesians

 

 

 

Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha

1 Esd.

1 Esdras (Apocrypha)

1 Macc.

1 Maccabees (Apocrypha)

2 Esd.

2 Esdras or 4th Ezra, or Apocalypse of Ezra

2 Macc.

2 Maccabees (Apocrypha)

3 Macc.

3 Maccabees (Apocrypha)

4 Macc.

4 Maccabees (Apocrypha)

Ad. Dan.

Additions to Daniel (Apocrypha)

Ad. Esth.

Additions to Esther (Apocrypha)

Ant.

Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews

Aristeas

The Letter of Aristeas

Ass. Mos.

Assumption of Moses

Bar.

Baruch (Apocrypha)

Bel

Bel and the Dragon (Apocrypha)

Enoch

Ethiopic Book of Enoch or 1 Enoch

Jdth.

Judith (Apocrypha)

Jub.

The Book of Jubilees

Let Jer.

The Letter of Jeremiah

Pr. Az.

The Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three (Apocrypha)

Pr Man.

The Prayer of Manasseh (Apocrypha)

Pss. Sol.

Psalms of Solomon

Ps. 151

Psalm 151 (Apocrypha)

Sib.

The Sibylline Oracles

Sir.

Sirach (Apocrypha)

Sus

Susanna

Test. XII

Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs

Tob

Tobit (Apocrypha)

Wars

Josephus, Wars of the Jews

Wis./Wsd.

The Wisdom of Solomon (Apocrypha)

 

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