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Bible Book Abbreviations and Genres
| Old | Testament | Type of Book | New | Testament | Type of Book | |
| Gen | Genesis | Law | Matt | Matthew | Gospel | |
| Exod | Exodus | Mark | Mark | |||
| Lev | Leviticus | Luke | Luke | |||
| Num | Numbers | John | John | |||
| Deut | Deuteronomy | Acts | Acts | History | ||
| Josh | Joshua | History | Rom | Romans | Paul’s Letters | |
| Judg | Judges | 1 Cor | 1 Corinthians | |||
| Ruth | Ruth | 2 Cor | 2 Corinthians | |||
| 1 Sam | 1 Samuel | Gal | Galatians | |||
| 2 Sam | 2 Samuel | Eph | Ephesians | |||
| 1 Kgs | 1 Kings | Phil | Philippians | |||
| 2 Kgs | 2 Kings | Col | Colossians | |||
| 1 Chr | 1 Chronicles | 1 Thess | 1 Thessalonians | |||
| 2 Chr | 2 Chronicles | 2 Thess | 2 Thessalonians | |||
| Ezra | Ezra | 1 Tim | 1 Timothy | |||
| Neh | Nehemiah | 2 Tim | 2 Timothy | |||
| Esth | Esther | Titus | Titus | |||
| Job | Job | Poetry | Phlm | Philemon | ||
| Ps | Psalms | Heb | Hebrews | General Letters | ||
| Prov | Proverbs | Jas | James | |||
| Eccl | Ecclesiastes | 1 Pet | 1 Peter | |||
| Song | Song of Songs | 2 Pet | 2 Peter | |||
| Lam | Lamentations | 1 John | 1 John | |||
| Isa | Isaiah | Prophecy | 2 John | 2 John | ||
| Jer | Jeremiah | 3 John | 3 John | |||
| Ezek | Ezekiel | Jude | Jude | |||
| Dan | Daniel | Rev | Revelation | Prophecy | ||
| Hos | Hosea | |||||
| Joel | Joel | |||||
| Amos | Amos | |||||
| Obad | Obadiah | |||||
| Jonah | Jonah | |||||
| Mic | Micah | |||||
| Nah | Nahum | |||||
| Hab | Habakkuk | |||||
| Zeph | Zephaniah | |||||
| Hag | Haggai | |||||
| Zech | Zechariah | |||||
| Mal | Malachi |
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