Word count of bible books

Martin luther felt that seven of the books accepted as part of the old testament at the time were not quite up to scratch since the 90 ad jewish council of jamnia had rejected them. The bible is more than 600000 words long in its original languagesbut how long are the 66 individual books of the bible. The website open thou mine eyes lists the new international version as having a word count of either 727,969 words or 726,109 words, the english standard version having 757,439 words and the new american standard bible 782,815 words. Interestingly enough, the word count for the greek new testament is 8,020 depending on which edition one is using. Sticking with the english, the total word count of the four gospels matthew, mark, luke, john is 83,898. The kjv bible breakdown by books, chapters, verses and word counts.

Word count, with a little help from amazon alexis grant. For example, johns use of love in 1 john and marks. As a nonfiction writer myself, i know this is tough. Is there a way to find out how many words are in a book in ot through accordance. Besides, this tool also includes many other features like readability, keyword density. In english bibles, the number of hits is the same as the number of words. Since the text and audio content provided by blb represent a range of evangelical traditions, all of the ideas and principles conveyed in the resource materials are not. Headings, footnotes and the books of the apocrypha are not included. Like a general fiction novel, a good target word count for a memoir is 80,000 words. They are short books, usually with a lot of illustrations. The bible is a compilation of many shorter books written at different times by a variety of authors, and later assembled into the biblical canon. The catholic bible has an even higher word count because it has seven books more than the protestant bible. How many words in each book of the bible the holy word.

For example, if an author has to write a minimum or maximum amount of words for an article, essay, report, story, book, paper, you name it. What are the longest and shortest books of the bible. When combined, the total harry potter word count is over a million words. Word counts on every book of the bible from longest to shortest 1 jeremiah 33002 2 genesis 32046 3 psalms 30147 4 ezekiel 29918 5 exodus 25957 6 isaiah. King james version bible breakdown books, chapters. The number of chapters, verses and words in the old testament, new testament and entire bible depends upon the bible translation. After that, your agent will be able to help you more. No other book in history has been as influential as the bible. Search for word count totals in books word counters. Oct 17, 2011 interestingly enough, the word count for the greek new testament is 8,020 depending on which edition one is using. The bible was stripped, sorted and ranked, giving an accurate word count list.

Many, yes, but there are exceptions due to the layout and font size of a particular book. Graphic units counts the number of hebrew words in a particular books using bibleworks e. Dec 08, 2015 the catholic bible has an even higher word count because it has seven books more than the protestant bible. Since the early th century, most copies and editions of the bible present all but the shortest of these books with divisions into chapters, generally a page or so in length. Famous book series and novel word counts count words and. At a writers conference i recently attended, publishing veteran jane friedman said 80,000 words is good for most fiction, below 60,000 isnt novel length territory, and above 120,000 is likely too much. For example, atonement has a word count of 123,378 and my utility comes up with 110,765 words.

For average word counts based on genre, see this handy reference. King james version bible breakdown books, chapters, verses. Dont fill your book with fluff to meet a page requirement, because requirements simply dont exist for ebooks. The longest is the order of the phoenix with a word count of 257,000 words. Todays post is from morris proctor, certified and authorized trainer for logos bible software.

I referenced the lexham hebrew bible for ot books and the na27 for nt books, and heres what i got. Not too many people know that there are 774,746 total words in the holy book called the bible. For most publishers, a book is novellength when its between 50,000 and 110,000 words. Ive been researching the word countspages of ya novels to make sure im not under or over. This last one is really good for gauging where a topic is most emphasized in scripture. Can you correctly order the books of the king james bible from most to least words. There are no hardandfast rules when it comes to what word count a novel in a particular genre should be. A step up from picture books, these are for kids who have just started reading by themselves. The actual word count for harry potter and the sorcerers stone is 78,792 and my utility calculates 77,876. I built one logos word list like this for every single book of the bible. Word count tool this tool also reports the number of syllables, monosyllabic words, polysyllabic words, sentences, paragraphs, unique words, short words, long words.

Books of the bible list order complete new and old testament. As we mentioned above, word count in ebooks isnt nearly as important as it was in print books. For full titles, authors and descriptions of these books, see whats on my travel memoir bookshelf. We can see that the book of galatians has a very heavy emphasis on the subject of justification, and that out of the whole bible it uses the words the most proportionally. As long as you write a complete story and dont charge too much, most readers will be satisfied. Sometimes, when studying a book or section of the bible, we can pick up on an authors theme by examining word usage. A breakdown of the total number of books, chapters verses and words found in the king james version of the holy bible. Each bible will have a different number as the translators try to accurately communicate the sense of the original hebrew, aramaic and greek, but the differences should be small. How can the books of the bible be listed from shortest to longest. The middle verse of the bible is the 8th verse of the 118th psalm. The sorcerers stone 77,325 words the chamber of secrets 84,799 words the prisoner of azkaban 106,821 words.

Using computer software to count words is the current preferred method for academia and publications. Of course the number of books 66 and chapters 1,189 are fairly easy to count. The word count 788,280 is based on the kjv and seems to be almost exactly as wed. For the book hatchet, the actual word count is 41,672 and i give you. Word count is a very important metric of a writing. The hunger games has a word count of 99,750 and my utility calculates it at 98,916. However when it comes to verses, words and letters, there are a wide variety of numbers floating around. For instance, i want to find out the percentage of a word that appeared in the book of genesis. Thus, the count for lord does not include lords, and the count for light does not include lights, lighted, daylight, etc. We have used the information from this site for the counts of chapters and verses, and the information here for the count of words. However, there are averages and rough word counts expected by publishers. The following statistics apply to the 1769 edition of the 1611 king james bible.

Heres a list of the ten longest books of the bible. There are some variations between versions with includedexcluded text and verses, however, for the purpose of establishing the relative lengths of each book, these counts are. From its fascinating history to the debates around biblical matters that rage today. Amazing how much more one can say with fewer words in koine greek. How can the books of the bible be listed from shortest to. The following list shows the most popular words in the bible ranked by order of frequency occurrence. The kjv bible breakdown by books, chapters, verses and word counts click or tap icons to share.

The word count 788,280 is based on the kjv and seems to be almost exactly as wed expect see our page on how many words in the bible for more information on this. Word counts of famous book series harry potter by jk rowling. Jul 28, 20 finding word count in a book posted in original languages. The lemma is the base word that would be looked up in a dictionary or lexicon, whilst the word that appears in the original language text is referred to as the manuscript word. Can be publisher specific, ranging from 3,000 to absolute max 5,000. Of course, figures differ depending on which publisher you ask, so the following figures are merely approximations derived from various sources. How many words in each book of the bible the holy word church.

The blue letter bible ministry and the blb institute hold to the historical, conservative christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy of scripture. A concordance like strongs exhaustive bible concordance contains a word count of every word in the bible with the passages where they appear crossreferenced to the original hebrew or greek word. Oct 22, 2012 todays post is from morris proctor, certified and authorized trainer for logos bible software. Word count for famous novels, in ascending order by number of words. Morris, who has trained thousands of logos users at his twoday camp logos seminars, provides many training materials. Word count in a bible book logos bible software forums. If one were to take a look at the catholic bible, for example, the additional books of the apocrypha religious texts not found in most bibles would.

Jeremiah 33,002 words genesis 32,046 words psalms 30,147 words ezekiel 29,918 words. Rate 5 stars rate 4 stars rate 3 stars rate 2 stars rate 1 star. While 783,7 words and 3,116,480 may seem to be a lot, there are others with even more. Thats right the manuscript was almost as long as the old testament. Book title chapter count verse count word count 1 genesis 50 1,533 38,262 2 exodus 40 1,2 32,685 3 leviticus 27 859 24,541 4. Word counts on every book of the bible from longest to shortest 1 jeremiah 33,002 2 genesis 32,046 3 psalms 30,147 4 ezekiel 29,918 5 exodus 25,957 6 isaiah 25,608 7 numbers 25,048 8 deuteronomy 23,008 9. Get started by typing directly into the text area above or pasting in your content from elsewhere. Page 1 of 1 9 items this post has 8 replies 0 followers posts 3368. Wordcounter will help to make sure its word count reaches a specific requirement or stays within a certain limit.

All words in the bible with links to the verses in which they occur in the king james version. There are 169,751 words in the english new testament depending on the translation the amplified bible no doubt at least doubles this and id be interested to see a word count for the message. Author eve tells me her book came in at 95,000 words. Word and character counts will display at the top, any writing mistakes will be. Most young adult novels fall between 55,000 and 70,000 words.

At an average reading rate of 125 words per minute, thats about 145 hours of reading. Psalms and hymns large print free shipping on eligible orders. With a word list, we can easily discover the number of times a biblical writer used a given word. Many books and websites list faulty statistics on the king james bible.

But when measuring by hebrew word count, the longest book in the old testament is jeremiah with approximately 33,000 words in the original. Aug 03, 2017 there are no hardandfast rules when it comes to what word count a novel in a particular genre should be. Word counter is an easy to use online tool for counting words, characters, sentences, paragraphs and pages in real time, along with spelling and grammar checking. Im leaving this in the list to show that word count isnt offered for every book. Based on this list compiled by nicole humphrey cook. Basically, instead of applying a formula for word count, we apply the final format and see what results. The bible word study guide will allow you to study the lemma form of an original language word from your bible i. Hebrewgreekenglish english, hebrew and greek edition greek hardcover august 5, 2005. That left me with 66 logos word lists, each giving me every originallanguage word in a given book of the bible. Jun 12, 2009 as a nonfiction writer myself, i know this is tough.

The number of words can vary depending upon aspects such as whether the. The 117th is also the midpoint of the bible by word count. Psalms is often said to be the longest book in the bible because it has the most chapters, but a better indication of actual length is the number of words. A marvellous source of information for linguists and bible students. You can also enter any appropriate reference to get a word count on a range of books, chapters, or verses. Bible concordance all words in the king james version. The best thing that you can do is look over comparable books and try to judge word count by their size, average wordspage, and illustration content. Sharp objects has a word count of 80,565 and my utility calculates it at 80,7.

Martin luther felt that seven of the books accepted as part of the old testament at the time were not quite up to scratch. Of course, word count wont matter if a story doesnt hook the target audience. And if we really want to calculate the lengths of the originals, english wordcount shouldnt be sufficient, either, since they are translations of the. Word count for famous novels organized by hawthorn mineart, under books, writing. While its important that every story find its natural length, it takes time to develop an instinct as. While there is a part of me that applauds someone for being able to write this many words on a single topic, another part of me is asking what was this author thinking.