How many words are in the whole Bible?

783,137 words
These are made up of 31,173 verses and using a rough word count, this amounts to 807,370 words, although the King James Authorized Bible has 783,137 words. Using a standard font, the average bible has around 1,200 pages. As a book, the bible is as thick as “The Lord of the Rings” and similar fantasy novel epics.

How many unique words are there?

As of 2013, it contained over 180,000 unique words and 576,000 definitions. Oxford Dictionary has 273,000 headwords; 171,476 of them being in current use, 47,156 being obsolete words and around 9,500 derivative words included as subentries.

How many words does the Catholic Bible have?

While 783,137 words and 3,116,480 may seem to be a lot, there are others with even more. The Catholic Bible has an even higher word count because it has seven books more than the protestant Bible.

How many words are in the King James Bible?

However, another source, Bible Believers, states that the 1611 King James Bible has a word count of 788,280 words. The King James Bible is the oldest version of the text, and as changes occurred in subsequent editions it is no wonder that sources report different word counts.

How many words are in a novel?

A typical novel has around 80,000 to 109,000 words as we mentioned before in our article on how many words are in a novel. That is around 1/8th of the word count in the King James Bible, New International Version or New American Standard Version.

How does a novel compare to the Bible?

Let’s look at how a novel compares to the Bible. A typical novel has around 80,000 to 109,000 words as we mentioned before in our article on how many words are in a novel. That is around 1/8th of the word count in the King James Bible, New International Version or New American Standard Version.

How many chapters and verses are in the Bible?

All in all, the Bible has 1,189 chapters, but it was still quite difficult to get “on the same page” when studying the Bible. So in 1551, Robert Estienne came up with the idea of numbering verses. There are 31,102 of them, and the shortest one is John 11:35 “Jesus wept,” while the longest is in the book of Esther and consists of 78 words.

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