Bible concordance all words in the king james version. But when measuring by hebrew word count, the longest book in the old testament is jeremiah with approximately 33,000 words in the original. Word counts of famous book series harry potter by jk rowling. Sep 04, 20 match frequency relative to book word count. Psalms is the longest book of the bible see what the longest book actually is. All words in the bible with links to the verses in which they occur in the king james version. What is a good way to get the word count of a kindle book. May 06, 20 new york man spends four years copying the king james bible by hand. How many words in each book of the bible the holy word church. If the calculation is based on the number of verses or the number of chapters or the number of pages, it is correct. Its okay, its a disease and well get through it together. A minimum count for a nonfiction ebook is about 10,000 words, as long as the content is solid.
Sep 06, 2016 most resources claim that the book of psalms is the longest book in the old testament, and therefore the bible. Verse count word count 1 genesis 50 1,533 38,262 2 exodus 40 1,2 32,685 3 leviticus 27 859 24,541. But, if we are counting the number of words, do we count the english words or the hebrewgreek words. How can the books of the bible be listed from shortest to longest. The bible was stripped, sorted and ranked, giving an accurate word count list. New york man spends four years copying the king james. What are the longest and shortest books of the bible. 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. Word counts on every book of the bible from longest to shortest 1 jeremiah 33002 2 genesis 32046 3 psalms 30147 4. That left me with 66 logos word lists, each giving me every originallanguage word in a given book of the bible. For more detail and discussion of the comparison method, please see the measuring homestuck thread, where notegbert explains.
Jul 15, 20 and if were being technical, english wordcount shouldnt be sufficient, either. Have you ever wondered what the longest and shortest books of the bible are. Famous book series and novel word counts count words and. How many chapters, verses, and words are in the bible. A marvellous source of information for linguists and bible students. There are 592860 words in the old testament, here is a complete list of the chapter, verse, word count, and reading statistics broken down by book. Ive tried to find someone besides joseph smith who has produced a book of 273,725 words while in their midtwenties. Based on this list compiled by nicole humphrey cook. Pencilthin books on narrow topics that are under 50,000 words are quite common. The 117th is also the midpoint of the bible by word count.
Have you ever checked your book s word count, written a few paragraphs, then checked again. Dec 08, 2015 looking for the longest book in the bible. Word count for book series the first book in each series below was the authors first. And if were being technical, english wordcount shouldnt be. Word counts on every book of the bible from longest to shortest. For those who are looking for a lot of information in a very short book, 3 john is recommended reading. At an average reading rate of 125 words per minute, thats about 145 hours of reading. And if we really want to calculate the lengths of the originals, english word count shouldnt be sufficient, either, since they are translations of the. Word count, with a little help from amazon alexis grant. I used logos bible software to find out which books are the longest, by original word count. The most popular book of all time christian universities online. Jun 18, 2012 the word count of the hebrew and greek text in the standard critical editions is 545,202.
New york man spends four years copying the king james bible. Almost half the books in the bible take less than a halfhour to read. Combining this with my figures and existing word count, the adjusted count for homestuck is currently 58808 words. Ive been researching the word countspages of ya novels to make sure im not under or over. Jun 27, 2019 most of the time, an overly long word count is a symptom of major plot or pacing problems in a novel issues that need to be solved during the revision process. I built one logos word list like this for every single book of the bible. Amazing how much more one can say with fewer words in koine greek. Of course, hiring a professional editor does come with a price tag, and most freelancers calculate their costs based on the number of words. His verse divisions in the new testament were far longer than those known today. The actual word count for the hunger games is 99,750 and my utility calculates 94,743 words. Join a live hosted trivia game for your favorite pub trivia experience done virtually. Ive compiled a list of each book of the bible ranked according to word count and how long they take to read based on a slow readers speed of 100 words per minute. A large font, typed in bold and with double spacing would obviously. But the new american standard bible nasb, the net bible, the new living translation nlt and the new century bible have fifteen versesone more verse.
Perhaps we can get an idea, by comparing word counts. How can the books of the bible be listed from shortest to. If a virtual private party is more your thing, go here for details. If one were to ask the number of books chapters and verses in the kjv. I figured this because the book has 150 psalms, and the runnerup in chapter count would have been isaiah, with a meager 66 chaptersthats less than half of what psalms has. With that in mind, ive tried to put together the definitive post on word count for fiction novels, young adult, middle grade, childrens books and even memoir.
I created this website to help you better gauge your book s word count, because the. This last one is really good for gauging where a topic is most emphasized in scripture. In 2016s list, ron chernows 816page alexander hamilton managed to crack the top spot. When combined, the total harry potter word count is over a million words. If you took a run of the mill, everyday bible, and you managed to count all the pages, you would have the following. 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. Give the word list a name that identifies it with the passage of scripture being examined, such as 1 john words. The new testament consists of 260 chapters, divided into 7,959 verses or roughly 184,600. Word count for famous novels, in ascending order by number of words. In 2017, the downward trend has continued, with an average book length of 273 pages. The middle verse of the bible is the 8th verse of the 118th psalm.
Original kjv 774,746 current kjv 790,676 blayney 1769 version. Unfortunately, they dont offer word count so ive created an algorithm based on the number of pages, genre, and the dimensions of the book. Here is a more refined set of date, courtesy of david j. 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. Most resources claim that the book of psalms is the longest book in the old. These two letters begin the hebrew words open patuach and closed sagoor, and are, themselves, open. The number of words in the greek new testament are also provided in. Book of mormon word count hi guys, ive never posted here but im working on a proposal for an article and it deals with word count of the book of mormon.
I have checked and doubledchecked his counts with a manual count in 10 of the 66 books and they all match perfectly. The number of letters or characters can also be used as a measure of book length, but character count has been traditionally applied to the length of verses and not the length of. These 319 words account for 110,425 word occurrences, or 79. Play sporcle s virtual live trivia to have fun, connect with people, and get your trivia on. This is a general list of age categories and word counts for childrens books. All word counts are the work of computer programmer dave whitinger. With thousands of translations, over forty original authors, and a two millennium history, lets take a look at the trails, tribulations, changes, and status of the worlds most popular book. The bible is a compilation of many shorter books written at different times by a variety of authors. But since those arent part of the original, and because some books may have words per verse or more words per chapter than another book, neither of these would be the right criteria to use. Unsurprisingly, the most popular book of all time has an interesting history. As for nonfiction books, the standard bestsellers have word counts similar to adult novels. With that in mind, ive tried to put together the definitive post on word count for fiction novels, young adult, middle grade, childrens books and. Oct 10, 2016 i noticed that while the recommended word count for a ya book is 40,00070,000, the recommended word count for a scifi or fantasy book is 90,000 to 120,000. Better to have solid, clear information than rambling to make a page count.
Search for word count totals in books word counters. The sorcerers stone 77,325 words the chamber of secrets 84,799 words the prisoner of azkaban 106,821 words. Word count for famous novels organized commonplace book. Atlas shrugged is it true that the word count for atlas. Word count is a direct way to measure the length of a novel in a manner unaffected by variations of format and page size. How many words in each book of the bible the holy word. Word count and reading stats for the old testament david knopp.
This isnt to say that long books are no longer succeeding. Weve taken a look at the shortest books in the bible, but what about the longest book in the bible if youd asked me about it in sunday school, my answer would have been a quick, confident psalms. According to a word count program that i wrote i also used wc. I have noticed that many of these seem to be over 90,000, but im still not sure. I have therefore made some averages, based on what ive heard from publishers and agents at childrens book events, and from research and reading. The number of words in each bible will be significantly different. Graphic units counts the number of hebrew words in a particular.
The following list shows the most popular words in the bible ranked by order of frequency occurrence. There are 5,437 different words in the new testament. Many books and websites list faulty statistics on the king james bible. This article follows on from our earlier article how many words in the bible in. I ignored common words like the, he, it, and, thee, ye, etc i checked these words on the bible word search function at. For average word counts based on genre, see this handy reference. It can be helpful for us to realize just how much time reading the bible actual takes. Look no further than psalms, a book that also includes the longest chapter in the bible. Sticking with the english, the total word count of the four gospels matthew, mark, luke, john is 83,898. The average nonfiction book is about 50,000 to 75,000 words, which is about 153 to 230 ebook pages. I publish my books first on smashwords and then, after they pass vetting for the smashwords premium catalog, i publish them on amazon as well. The bible is more than 600,000 words long in its original. Word count for novels and books is something i dont think about too often until i travel to a writers conference, and then someone asks a simple, innocent question. 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.
Reimer senior lecturer, hebrew and old testament university of edinburgh, who penned the notes on ezekiel for the esv study bible. As you can see, established authors get much more flexibility when it comes to the length of their book. Smashwords gives a precise word count for each and every b. However, there is a wide range of acceptable word counts for nonfiction books. 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. Psalm 119, which has more words than any other chapter. Aug 05, 2017 the criteria typically used to determine the length of the shortest book in the bible is the number of words in the book. I use amazons data feeds to come up with the calculation. Length of a book is typically associated with its sizespecifically page countleading many to assume the largest and thickest book equates to its length. It has 23,214 verses which comprise roughly 622,700 words.
Of course the number of books 66 and chapters 1,189 are fairly easy to count. Basically, instead of applying a formula for word count, we apply the final format and see what results. Aug 05, 2019 he used the 270,000word memoir as an example because 1 memoirs are close to impossible to traditionally publish, so a word count that long wont get past the agent, and 2 its very, very hard to sell a memoir even through selfpublishing, let alone at that word count. Word count for famous novels organized by hawthorn mineart, under books, writing. Of course, word count wont matter if a story doesnt hook the target audience. The following statistics apply to the 1769 edition of the 1611 king james bible. 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.
However when it comes to verses, words and letters, there are a wide variety of numbers floating around. Even though psalms has more contributors than any other book of the bible, it turns out that two other books are much longer than psalms. I have often looked this up and got different results, which makes it very confusing. The bible is more than 600000 words long in its original languagesbut. Oct 17, 2011 interestingly enough, the word count for the greek new testament is 8,020 depending on which edition one is using. Word count for entire nkjv logos bible software forums. Length of a book is typically associated with its sizespecifically page count leading many to assume the largest and thickest book equates to its length. King james version bible breakdown bills bible basics.
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