
BIBLE FACTS:
* The Bible can be read aloud in 70 hours.
* There are 8,674 different Hebrew words in the Bible, 5,624 different Greek words, and 12,143 different English words in the King James Version.
* A number of verses in the Bible (KJV) contain all but 1 letter of the alphabet: Ezra 7:21 contains all but the letter j; Joshua 7:24, 1 Kings 1:9, 1 Chronicles 12:40, 2 Chronicles 36:10, Ezekiel 28:13, Daniel 4:37, and Haggai 1:1 contain all but q; 2 Kings 16:15 and 1 Chronicles 4:10 contain all but z; and Galatians 1:14 contains all but k.
BIBLE STATISTICS:
* Number of books in the Bible: 66
* Chapters: 1,189
* Verses: 31,101
* Words: 783,137
* Letters: 3,566,480
* Number of promises given in the Bible: 1,260
* Commands: 6,468
* Predictions: over 8,000
* Fulfilled prophecy: 3,268 verses
* Unfulfilled prophecy: 3,140
* Number of questions: 3,294
* Longest name: Mahershalalhashbaz (Isaiah 8:1)
* Longest verse: Esther 8:9 (78 words)
* Shortest verse: John 11:35 (2 words: "Jesus wept").
* Middle books: Micah and Nahum
* Middle verse: Psalm 118:8
* Middle chapter: Psalm 117
* Shortest chapter: Psalm 117 (by number of words)
* Longest book: Psalms (150 chapters)
* Shortest book (by number of words): 3 John
* Longest chapter: Psalm 119 (176 verses)
* Number of times the word "God" appears: 3,358
* Number of times the word "Lord" appears: 7,736
* Number of different authors: 40
* Number of languages the Bible has been translated into: over 1,200
OLD TESTAMENT STATISTICS:
* Number of books: 39
* Chapters: 929
* Verses: 23,114
* Words: 602,585
* Letters: 2,278,100
* Middle book: Proverbs
* Middle chapter:
* Job 20
* Middle verses: 2 Chronicles 20:17,18
* Smallest book: Obadiah
* Shortest verse: 1 Chronicles 1:25
* Longest verse: Esther 8:9
* Longest chapter: Psalms 119
* Largest book: Psalms
NEW TESTAMENT STATISTICS:
* Number of books: 27
* Chapters: 260
* Verses: 7,957
* Words: 180,552
* Letters: 838,380
* Middle book: 2 Thessalonians
* Middle chapters: Romans 8, 9
* Middle verse: Acts 27:17
* Smallest book: 3 John
* Shortest verse: John 11:35
* Longest verse: Revelation 20:4
* Longest chapter: Luke 1
* Largest book: Luke
This information has been collected from Amazing Bible Timeline
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Some information about BIBLE
Posted by Alvin Joel Hazra at 8/24/2008 07:41:00 PM
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3 comments:
That's great, Joel! The Bible is such an incredible gift - I'm so thankful for it!
Very interesting Joel. Thanks for this informative post!
Neat facts. Thanks for sharing :o)
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