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Common Abbreviations for Books of the Bible -- Chicago

Abbreviations for Versions and Sections of the Bible

Versions and Sections of the Bible

Abbreviation: Version/Section:
Apoc. Apocrypha
ARV American Revised Version
ASV American Standard Version
AT American Translation
AV Authorized (King James) Version
CEV Contemporary English Version
DV Douay Version
ERV English Revised Version
EV English version(s)
HB Hebrew Bible
JB Jerusalem Bible
LXX Septuagint
MT Masoretic Text
NAB New American Bible
NEB New English Bible
NJB New Jerusalem Bible
NRSV New Revised Standard Version
NT New Testament
OT  Old Testament
RSV Revised Standard Version
RV Revised Version
Syr. Syriac
Vulg. Vulgate
WEB World English Bible