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Common Abbreviations for Books of the Bible -- Chicago

Old Testament (OT) Abbreviations

Old Testament (OT)

Traditional: Shorter: Full Name:
Amos Am Amos
1 Chron. 1 Chr 1 Chronicles
2 Chron. 2 Chr 2 Chronicles
Dan. Dn Daniel
Deut. Dt Deuteronomy
Eccles. Eccl Ecclesiastes
Esther Est Esther
Exod. Ex Exodus
Ezek. Ez Ezekiel
Ezra Ezr Ezra
Gen. Gn Genesis
Hab. Hb Habakkuk
Hag. Hg Haggai
Hosea Hos Hosea
Isa. Is Isaiah
Jer. Jer Jeremiah
Job Jb Job
Joel Jl Joel
Jon. Jon Jonah
Josh. Jo Joshua
Judg. Jgs Judges
1 Kings 1 Kgs 1 Kings
2 Kings 2 Kgs 2 Kings
Lam. Lam Lamentations
Lev. Lv Leviticus
Mal. Mal Malachi
Mic. Mi Micah
Nah. Na Nahum
Neh. Neh Nehemiah
Num. Nm Numbers
Obad. Ob Obadiah
Prov. Prv Proverbs
Ps. (plural Pss.) Ps (plural Pss) Psalms
Ruth Ru Ruth
1 Sam. 1 Sm 1 Samuel
2 Sam.  2 Sm 2 Samuel
Song of Sol. Sg Song of Solomon (Songs of Songs)
Zech. Zec Zechariah
Zeph. Zep Zephaniah