Bible books

Metric

verse_level_uses@1Verse-level uses: every citation adds one for each verse it covers, under the counting rule. A citation of three verses adds 3. (definition)

Counting rule

CR-BASE@1The baseline rule: every mention of every verse counts; a chapter or a range counts once for each verse it covers, and an unknown repetition counts as one. (definition)

Profile

official@2The official profile of every public number: only reviewed and approved entries whose evidence quality is high enough. (definition) – reviewed and approved data only

EpochOne computation of all public numbers. A new epoch is computed every 15 minutes; its numbers are provisional until a data release is frozen. (definition)

100, published Nov 4, 2026, 8:30 PM UTC (provisional)

SequenceThe order of books, chapters and verses the chart follows: a canon with its verse numbering (versification). (definition)

prot66.nrf, mapping release R8The state of the verse mappings between the numbering systems that was used. Verses of different Bibles are counted together through these mappings. (definition)

Records countedHow many approved entries match this chart, and from how many sources they come. (definition)

69,234, from 6 sources

Shares of the totalWhich part of the total rests on less certain ground: uncertain verse mappings, lower bounds (e.g. a repetition count that is not known) and references to whole chapters. (definition)

uncertain mappings 0%, lower bounds 100%, chapter references 0%

Passages not resolved to versesPassages whose reference could not be turned into verses (e.g. an unknown book or a verse that does not exist). They are not counted. (definition)

60

Uses outside the selected canonVerse-level uses that fall on verses outside the canon of this chart (e.g. deuterocanonical books in a Protestant canon). They are not part of the chart. (definition)

789

Citations that could come from several verses

0 citations without a reference could come from several verses (the same sentence stands in another verse); they are not counted. With the chart option “Count ambiguous references” they count for every possible verse.

Verses by statusThe status of each verse position in this chart. A verse without uses is never just zero: the status says why. (definition)

recordedAt least one use was recorded. (definition) 19,199,mapping_missingA verse label of this numbering that is not yet linked to a neutral verse unit. Its citations cannot be counted until it is mapped. (definition) 1,duplicate_placementThe second place of a verse that an edition prints twice. It gets no counts, so nothing is counted twice. (definition) 56,zero_coverage_undeclaredNo recorded use, but the sources do not say whether they cover this verse completely. Most sources do not declare their coverage, so this is the usual state of a verse without uses. (definition) 11,972

Live numbers are recomputed every 15 minutes and are provisional until a data release is frozen. How we count