List Of Books In The Bible By Number Of Words

Bible books ranked by the number of words, from the most words to the fewest words.

Have you ever wondered which Bible book is the longest?

Did you know that it’s not necessarily the Bible book with the most chapter divisions that has the most number of words?

The word count given is the number of words each book has in the original languages (Hebrew and Greek). The word count would, of course, vary from language to language translation.

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Here’s a list of Bible Books and their number of words, from fewest to the most number of words:

1. Third John — 219 words
2. Second John — 245 words
3. Philemon — 335 words
4. Obadiah — 440 words
5. Jude — 461 words
6. Titus — 659 words
7. Second Thessalonians — 823 words
8. Nahum — 855 words
9. Haggai — 926 words
10. Habakkuk — 1,011 words
11. Jonah — 1,082 words
12. Second Peter — 1,099 words
13. Zephaniah — 1,141 words
14. Second Timothy — 1,238 words
15. Malachi — 1,320 words
16. Joel — 1,447 words
17. First Thessalonians — 1,481 words
18. Colossians — 1,582 words
19. First Timothy — 1,591 words
20. Philippians — 1,629 words
21. First Peter — 1,684 words
22. James — 1,742 words
23. Song of Solomon — 2,020 words
24. Ruth — 2,039 words
25. Micah — 2,118 words
26. First John — 2,141 words
27. Galatians — 2,230 words
28. Lamentations — 2,324 words
29. Ephesians — 2,422 words
30. Amos — 3,027 words
31. Hosea — 3,615 words
32. Second Corinthians — 4,477 words
33. Ecclesiastes — 4,537 words
34. Zechariah — 4,855 words
35. Esther — 4,932 words
36. Hebrews — 4,953 words
37. Ezra — 5,605 words
38. First Corinthians — 6,830 words
39. Romans — 7,111 words
40. Nehemiah — 8,507 words
41. Daniel — 9,001 words
42. Revelation — 9,851 words
43. Proverbs — 9,921 words
44. Mark — 11,304 words
45. Job — 12,674 words
46. Judges — 15,385 words
47. John — 15,635 words
48. Joshua — 15,671 words
49. First Chronicles — 16,664 words
50. Second Samuel — 17,170 words
51. Matthew — 18,346 words
52. Acts — 18,450 words
53. Second Kings — 18,784 words
54. Leviticus — 18,852 words
55. Luke — 19,482 words
56. First Kings — 20,361 words
57. First Samuel — 20,837 words
58. Second Chronicles — 21,349 words
59. Deuteronomy — 23,008 words
60. Numbers — 25,048 words
61. Isaiah — 25,608 words
62. Exodus — 25,957 words
63. Ezekiel — 29,918 words
64. Psalms — 30,147 words
65. Genesis — 32,046 words
66. Jeremiah — 33,002 words

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