The word "Bible" comes from the Greek word biblos, meaning book.
The Bible was written by 40 authors by inspiration of the Holy
Spirit.
The Bible was written in 3 languages: Hebrew, Aramaic and
Koine Greek.
A Bible in the University of Gottingen is written on 2,470 palm
leaves.
According to statistics from Wycliffe International, the Society
of Gideons, and the International Bible Society, the number of new Bibles that are sold, given away, or otherwise distributed
in the United States is about 168,000 per day.
The system oc chapters was introduced in A.D. 1238 by Cardinal
Hugo de S. Caro, while the verse notations were added in 1515 by Robertus Stephanus, after the advent printing.
The Bible can be read aloud in 70 hours.
The number seven in scsripture identifies the perfect work of
God. The creation of this world began with seven days (six days of creation and one day of rest). There are seven
colors of the rainbow and seven notes in the major scale. Joshua marched seven times around Jericho on the seventh day.
God speaks of the sevenfold purification of His Book. He introduces a seven-sealed book in the book of Revelation (Rev.
5:1). And we see a natural (should we say providential?) sevenfold lever of divisions in the Bible.
The seven divisions are: Law (Genesis-Deuteronomy 5 books),
History (Old Testament)...(Joshua-Esther 12 books), Poetry (Job-Song of Solomon 5 books), Prophecy (Old Testament)...(Isaiah-Malachi
17 books) Sometimes divided into Major Prophets 5 books and Minor Prophets 12 books.
History (New Testament)...(Matthew-Acts 5 books) Sometimes
divided into Gospels and Acts. Epistles (Romans-Jude 21 books) and Prophecy (New Testament) (Book of Revelation 1 book).
There are 8,674 different Hebrew words in the Bible, 5,625 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 comtains all but the letter j; Joshua 7:24, 1Kings 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 Galations 1:14 contains all but k.
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 (by number of words): Psalm 117 (by number of
words)
Longest book: Psalms (150 chapters)
SHortest biik: 3 John (by number of words).
Longest chapter: Psalm 119
The word "God" appears: 3,358
The word "Lord" appears: 7,736
Authors: 40
The Bible has been translated into over 1,200 languages.
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
