ABBREVIATIONS
GENERAL
| A | Codex Alexandrinus (See Text and MSS of the NT I. B) |
| abbr. | abbreviated, abbreviation |
| act. | active |
| Akk. | Akkadian |
| Amer. Tr. | J. M. P. Smith and E. J. Goodspeed, The Complete Bible: An American Translation |
| Am. Tab. | el-Amarna Letters (See Amarna Tablets) |
| Apoc. | Apocrypha |
| Apost. | |
| Const. | Apostolic Constitutions |
| Aq. | Aquila's Greek version of the OT (See Septuagint) |
| Arab. | Arabic |
| Aram. | Aramaic |
| art. | article |
| Assyr. | Assyrian |
| ASV | American Standard Version |
| AT | Altes (or Ancien) Testament |
| AV | Authorized (King James) Version |
| b. | born |
| Β | Codex Vaticanus (See Text and MSS of the NT LB) |
| Bab. | Babylonian |
| bk. | book |
| Boh. | Bohairic (dialect of Coptic) |
| (ca | circa, about |
| Can. | Casiaanite |
| cent., cents | century, centuries |
| CG | Coptic Gnostic (See NagHammadi Literature) |
| ch., chs. | chapter (s) |
| Chald. | Chaldean, Chaldaic |
| col., cols. | column(s) |
| comm., | |
| comms. | commentary, commentaries |
| Copt. | Coptic |
| d. | died |
| D | Deuteronomist (See CriticismII.D.4); also Codex Bezae (See Text and MSS of the NT I.B) |
| diss. | dissertation |
| DSS | Dead Sea Scrolls |
| Ε | Elohist (See CriticismII.D.4); east |
| E.B. | Early Bronze (Age) |
| ed., eds. | editor, edition, edited (by), editors, editions |
| Egyp. | Egyptian |
| E.I. | Early Iron (Age) |
| Einl. | Einleitung (Introduction) |
| Eng. tr. | English translation |
| ERV | English Revised Version (1881–1885) |
| esp. | especially |
| et al. | and others |
| Eth. | Ethiopic, Ethiopian |
| f., ff. | following |
| fem. | feminine |
| fig. | figuratively |
| ft. | foot, feet |
| gal., gals. | gallon(s) |
| gen. | genitive |
| Ger. | German |
| Gk. | Greek |
| gm. | gram(s) |
| Η | Law of Holiness (Lev. 17–26; See CriticismII.D.5) |
| ha. | hectare(s) |
| Heb. | Hebrew |
| Hist. | History |
| Hitt. | Hittite |
| Hom. | Homily |
| impf. | imperfect (tense) |
| in. | inch(es) |
| in loc. | at/on this passage |
| inscr. | inscription |
| intrans. | intransitive |
| intro., intros. | introduction(s) |
| J | Yahwist (See CriticismII.D.4) |
| JB | Jerusalem Bible |
| Κ | kethibh (See Text andMSS of the OT) |
| km. | kilometer(s) |
| 1. | liter(s) |
| L | Lukan source (See Gospels,SynopticV) |
| Lat. | Latin |
| L.B. | Late Bronze (Age) |
| lit. | literally |
| loc. cit. | in the place cited |
| LXX | Septuagint |
| m. | meter(s) |
| Μ | Matthaean source (See Gospels,SynopticV) |
| mase. | masculine |
| M.B. | Middle Bronze (Age) |
| mg. | margin |
| mi. | mile(s) |
| mid. | middle voice |
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Publication information:
Book title: The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
Volume: 1.
Contributors: Geoffrey W. Bromiley - Editor, Everett F. Harrison - AssociateEditor, Roland K. Harrison - AssociateEditor, William Sanford Lasor - AssociateEditor, Edgar W. Smith Jr - Editor.
Publisher: W.B. Eerdmans.
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, MI.
Publication year: 1979.
Page number: xix.
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