TheStarman's Two-Letter Abbreviations
for the Common 66 Books of the Bible


Arranged Alphabetically
(Basically, we use the first two letters of most books;
20 exceptions are noted with Light Blue background.)


A
     Ac = Acts    Am = Amos
C
  1Ch = 1 Chronicles
  2Ch = 2 Chronicles
   Cl = Colossians
   (sometimes, Col )
 1Co = 1 Corinthians 
 2Co = 2 Corinthians 
D
   Da = Daniel    Dt = Deuteronomy
E
   Ec = Ecclesiastes    Ep = Ephesians (or Eph)    Er = Ezra (or Ezr)
   Es = Esther (or Est )    Ex = Exodos    Ez = Ezekiel
G
   Ga = Galatians    Ge = Genesis
H
   Hb = Habakkuk    He = Hebrews (or Heb)    Hg = Haggai
   Ho = Hosea
I
   Is = Isaiah
J
   Ja = James    Jb = Job   (or, Job )    Jd = Jude
   Je = Jeremiah    Jg = Judges (or Jdg)    Jl = Joel
   Jn = John    1Jn = 1 John
   2Jn = 2 John
   3Jn = 3 John
   Jo = Jonah
   (or, Jon)
  Js = Joshua (or, Jos )
K
   1Ki = 1 Kings
   2Ki = 2 Kings
L
   La = Lamentations    Le = Leviticus (or, Lv )    Lk = Luke
M
   Ma = Malachi    Mi = Micah    Mk = Mark
   Mt = Matthew
N
   Na = Nahum    Ne = Nehemiah    Nu = Numbers
O
   Ob = Obadiah
P
   1Pe = 1 Peter
   2Pe = 2 Peter
   Ph = Philippians    Pm = Philemon
 (sometimes, Phm)
   Pr = Proverbs    Ps = Psalms
R
   Re = Revelation    Ro = Romans    Ru = Ruth
S
   1Sa = 1 Samuel
   2Sa = 2 Samuel
   So = Song of Solomon 
T
 1Th = 1 Thessalonians 
 2Th = 2 Thessalonians 
   1Ti = 1 Timothy
   2Ti = 2 Timothy
   Ti = Titus
   (or, Tt )
Z
   Ze = Zechariah    Zp = Zephaniah


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