| A | Codex Alexandrinus |
| A.D. | Anno Dei (Year Of God)
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| a | Codex Sinaiticus-pronounced aleph, the 1st letter in the Hebrew alphabet
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| AV | Authorized King James Version (1611)
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| B | Codex Vaticanus
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| b. | born
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| B.C. | Befor e Christ
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| B.F.T. | Bible For Today Press
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| BM | British Museum
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| c. | circa - about; approximately
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| ch., chs. | chapter(s)
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| cp. | compare
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| D | Codex Bezae
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| d. | died
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| ed., eds. | edition(s); editor(s)
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| e.g. | exempli gratia - for example
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| et al. | et alii - and others
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| et cetera | and so forth
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| fl. | floruit - flourished, used when birth & death rates are not known
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| fn. | footnote
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| gen. ed. | general editor
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| i.e. | id est - that is
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| ISBE | International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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| KJB/KJ | King James Bible (1611
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| LXX | septuagint, for the "70" (72) translators
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| mss | Greek ms of New Testament written in small cursive letters. Also called "miniscules"
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| MSS | Greek MSS or Codex of the New Testament written in capital letters. Also called "majiscules" and "uncials"
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| MS/ms | A single uncial or cursive manuscript
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| MT | Masoretic Text, the God given Hebrew Old Testament
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| NASV | New American Standard Versin (Bible) - also shortened to NAS
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| Nestle26 | The 26th edition of Nestle's Greek N.T. (same as Nestle-Aland26 or Aland-Nestle26)
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| n.d. | no date
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| NIV | New International Version
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| n.p. | no place; no publisher
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| N.T. | New Testament
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| O.T. | Old Testament
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| p., pp. | page(s)
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| q.v. | quod vide - which see ( that is, see the preceeding item)
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| rev. | revision; revised; reviewed by
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| rpt. | reprint, reprinted
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| sic | so, thus
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| TR | Textus Receptus - the "Received Text". The Providentially preverved God-given Greek N.T. Synonymous, for practical purposes, with "Traditional Text", "Syrian Text", "Byzantine Text'', "The Majority Text" - although this is a simplification
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| trans. | translated by, translator, translation
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| T.T. | Traditional Text - a text representing the "vast majority of authorities"
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| UBS3 | United Bible Society, 3rd edition of its Greek New Testament
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| Vid. Supra, Vide Supra | see above, previous pages or materials in the book one is reading
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| viz. | videlicet - namely
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| vol., vols. | volume(s)
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| vs., vv. | verse(s)
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