Sunday, July 8, 2012

Interesting Bible Facts: Grammar


-       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.

-       The longest word in the Bible is Mahershalalhashbaz which is 18 letters long and can be found in Isaiah 8:1 and 8:3. It means "quick to the plunder, swift to the spoil.

-       The longest intercontinental telegram ever sent was the text of the New International Version of the Bible, sent from Geneva, where it was translated, to New York for printing.

-       The shortest Old Testament book is Obadiah. It has 1 chapter with 21 verses.

-       The Bible contains about 773, 692 words!


-       It would take you approximately 70 hours to read the whole Bible out loud.

-       The Bible has been translated in part or in whole as of 1964 in over 1,200 different languages or dialects. 

-       A Bible in the University of Gottingen is written on 2,470 palm leaves.

-       Daniel 4:37 contains all the letters of the alphabet except "Q."

-       "Do not be afraid" appears 365 times in the Bible. Hmm, same amount of days in a year!

-       Ezra 7:21 contains all the letters of the alphabet except "J."

-       There are 592,439 words in the Old Testament and 181,253 in the New Testament.

-       Books: Books in the Bible: 66, Books in the Old Testament: 39, Books in the New Testament: 27

-       Shortest book in the Bible: 2 John

-       Longest book in the Bible: Psalms

-       Chapters: Chapters in the Bible: 1189

-       Chapters in the Old Testament: 929, Chapters in the New Testament: 260

-       Middle chapter of the Bible: Psalm 117 (KJV)

-       Shortest chapter in the Bible: Psalm 117

-       Longest chapter in the Bible: Psalm 119

-       Verses: Verses in the Bible: 31,173

-       Verses in the Old Testament: 23,214, Verses in the New Testament: 7,959

-       Shortest verse in the Bible: John 11:35

-       Longest verse in the Bible: Esther 8:9Number of times "God" is mentioned: 3,358

-       Number of times "Lord" is mentioned: 7,736

-       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.

-       The word "God" occurs 4,379 times.

-       The word "Lord" occurs 7,738 times.

-       Oldest verse was found on a small silver leaf from a necklace with Numbers 6:24-26 inscribed dated 7th century before Christ

-       Except for a few words and sentences, the New Testament was composed in Greek, the common language in the Hellenistic world.

-       Although the Bible was written over a period of about 1400 years, its text has come to us in a remarkable state of preservation. This preservation was possible because of the large number of manuscripts found. The New Testament evidence for reliability is almost embarrassingly large. It includes about 4500 Greek manuscripts beginning about A.D. 125.

-       The Bible, in whole or in part, is now available in more than 1100 different languages and dialects.

-       The two Testaments form two volumes of one work. The first is incomplete without the second and second cannot be understood without the first. Together they are Gods revelation to man of the provision He had made for human salvation.

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