The Bible the first book ever printed is the top seller book of all times. Here is a list of 15 amazing facts about the Good Book (Bible) you probably never knew that will blow your mind. Visit us at bibilium.com, a Wholesome Christian Blog that caters to the need of every member of the family. Spread the Love and Share the Joy. Celebrate the amazing goodness of God in your lives.

1. “These Bible facts will
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more about the Scriptures”
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2. The word “bible” is derived from the Greek
word “ta Biblia,” which means “the scrolls”
or “the books.” The word is sourced from
the ancient Phoenician port city of Gebal,
known as Byblos to the Greeks. The City
of Byblos was the official supplier of
papyrus (used for writing) to the ancient
world.
The Bible includes the writings of over 40
individual authors from a wide variety of
backgrounds, such as shepherds, kings,
farmers, priests, poets, scribes, and
fishermen.
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3. The three languages the Bible was written in
are Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek. Most
of the Old Testament books were written in
Hebrew, which was the language of the original
readers. A few books of the Old Testament
were written in Aramaic (Ezra and Daniel).
Aramaic became very popular in the ancient
world and actually displaced many other
languages. Aramaic even became the common
language spoken in Israel during Jesus’ time
on earth, and it was likely to be the language
that He spoke everyday. The New Testament
was written in Greek.
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4. The longest book of the Bible is Jeremiah
(Old Testament) with 1,364 verses and
33,002 words . The longest book in the
New Testament is the Gospel of Luke with
1,151 verses and 19,482 words.
The book Third John (New Testament)
with 14 verses and 219 words is the
shortest book of the Bible. Obadiah is the
shortest book in the Old Testament with
only 21 verses and 440 words.
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5. The longest verse in the Bible is Esther 8:9 with
90 words.
"Then were the king's scribes called at that time
in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the
three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written
according to all that Mordecai commanded unto
the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies
and rulers of the provinces which are from India
unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven
provinces, unto every province according to the
writing thereof, and unto every people after their
language, and to the Jews according to their
writing, and according to their language."
The shortest verse in the Bible is John 11:35 with
only 2 words, “Jesus wept.”
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6. The Bible mentions a total of 125 animals.
Different types of mammals, birds, reptiles,
amphibians, fishes, and invertebrates are
cited in the Bible. Sheep are mentioned
212 times, lamb or lambs 203 times, goats
172 times, horse or horses 164 times,
rams 162 times, donkeys 154 times, camel
71 times, lions 55 times, dogs 42 times,
and eagles 30 times.
However, one of the popular domestic
animals, the “House Cat,” has not been
mentioned at all in the Bible.
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7. “Behemoth,” a very strong and powerful
animal, has been mentioned in the Old
Testament. It is a grass-eating creature with
“bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like
bars of iron” ( Job 40:15 ). Its tail is compared
to a cedar tree for its great size, strength, and
length. It is known to have lied under the
lotus plants, in the shelter of the reeds in the
marshes.
The word Behemoth is a plural form of a
common Old Testament (OT) word meaning
“beast.” It is a primeval creature and so
mighty that only God can overcome him.
Extinct Animal in the Bible
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8. The longest word in the Bible is
“Mahershalalhashbaz.” It is the name of the
second son of prophet Isaiah. The name is
not only a mouthful but also full of meaning.
Maher-shalal-hash-baz, in Hebrew, means
“plunder speedeth; spoil hasteth” or “swift
are the spoils, speedy is the plunder.”
It is a symbolic name given by Isaiah to his
Son under the Lord's direction. It refers to
the impending plunder of Samaria and
Damascus by the king of Assyria, Tiglath-
Pileser III (734–732 BCE).
Longest Word in Bible
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9. The word "Christian" appears only three times in the
Bible. The Greek word for Christian found in these
passages is Christianos meaning a follower of
Christos, which is Christ meaning “the anointed one".
The Koine Greek title Christós is a translation of the
Biblical Hebrew term Mashiach (Mašíaḥ) meaning
messiah.
Acts 11:26: "and when he had found him, he brought
him to Antioch. And it came about that for an entire
year they met with the church, and taught
considerable numbers; and the disciples were first
called Christians in Antioch."
Acts 26:28: "And Agrippa replied to Paul, "In a short
time you will persuade me to become a Christian."
1 Peter 4:16: "but if anyone suffers as a Christian, let
him not feel ashamed, but in that name let him glorify
God."
The Word “Christian” in Bible
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10. The Bible does not mention the number of wise
men who visited Christ, only that they brought three
types of gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Also
referred to as “The Magi,” they may have been
from Persia, Babylon, or the Arabian Peninsula.
They were certainly men of great learning. The
Magi are known to be “the astrologers and
stargazers and foretellers of a future course or
event.”
It is now clear that they need not be three in
number and they did not visit Jesus in a manger.
Additionally, Herod demanded the death of all boys
under two, making it probable that Christ could
have been born up to two years prior. Jesus was
living in a house when the wise men visited Him
according to the Biblical account in Matthew 2:11.
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11. 93 women speak in the Bible, 49 of whom are
named. In summation, they speak 14,056 words or
about 1.1% of the words in the Bible. There are a
total of 188 women whose names have been
mentioned in the Bible.
Deborah was a distinguished judge and leader of
Israel. Rahab was a prostitute and spy who helped
Israel conquer Jericho. Huldah, the prophetess
delivered a message from God that brought about
the reforms set forth by King Josiah that changed
the kingdom of Judah.
However, the title of the ‘Bravest Woman’ goes to
Jael or Yael (meaning Ibex). She is mentioned in
the Book of Judges as a heroine who crushed the
head of the Canaanite commander, Sisera, who
led the troops of King Jabin, an enemy of Israel.
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12. The world’s smallest bible is on a disk no larger than
the tip of a pen. Scientists etched the 1.2 million letters
of the Hebrew Bible on a tiny gold-plated silicon chip
smaller than a pinhead, which is called the Nano Bible.
It measures 70 micrometers by 100 micrometers and
is 0.02 micrometers deep. The letters of the bible were
etched using a focused ion beam generator, which
shot gallium ions onto a gold surface covering a base
layer of silicon.
But since each tiny letter measures 600 nanometers,
one would need an electron microscope to read it, as
the font size needs to be magnified to about 10,000
times. This is displayed at the “The Shrine of the
Book” (a section of the Israel Museum in the Givat
Ram neighborhood of Jerusalem)” which also houses
the Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest biblical manuscripts
in the world.
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13. The world’s largest Bible was made by Louis
Waynai of Los Angeles, California in 1930. The
Bible weighs 1,094 pounds, has 8,048 pages, is
43.5 inches tall, and has a laid open width of 98
inches. When the book is closed, the spine is 34
inches thick.
Louis, a self-ordained minister, spent more than
8,600 hours working on this book. Each
mammoth page was printed using his own self-
made rubber stamp press; it took two years to
complete the book. To ease transport, this book
can be separated into 31 parts. It is housed at
the Abilene Christian University library in Texas.
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14. The most expensive book in the world is “The Bay
Psalm Book,” a metrical Psalter (a book of psalms
metered for singing). 11 copies of this book are
known to exist in the world. This book was sold for
over $14 million at Sotheby’s in 2013.
This book was printed in 1640 in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, 20 years after settlers landed at
Plymouth Rock. This is the first book to have been
printed in British North America and happens to be
the Puritan’s attempt to make their translation of the
Old Testament book.
It is a poetic English translation of psalms by leading
Puritan ministers from the Massachusetts Bay
Colony. At 47 pages, each page is worth almost
$300,000. It is also an artifact of colonial America
and religious history.
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15. John Wycliffe produced the first translation of the entire Bible
from Latin Vulgate (a late 4th century Latin translation of the
Bible) into English in 1382. The first authorized Bible printed
in English is the Great Bible of 1539. King Henry VIII of
England declared that it should be read aloud during the
church services in the Church of England.
The Geneva Bible is the first Bible to use numbered verses. It
is also the Bible Shakespeare used and the one that the
Pilgrims brought to America in 1620. The King James Bible
was completed and published in 1611 and became known as
the "Authorized Version" because the making of it was
authorized by King James. It became the "Official Bible of
England" and the only Bible of the English church.
There are more than 80,000 versions of the Bible in the
world, with new versions being added or updated on a
regular basis. The Bible is one of the most translated books
on earth. It has been completely translated by scholars into
531 languages and partially translated into at least 2,883
languages.
Bible Versions and Translations
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16. The oldest book of the Bible is actually not the
Book of Genesis but the Book of Job. The Book of
Job written not as prose or poetry but as a drama is
estimated to have been written in the time of the
Patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob) between
1900 and 1700 B.C. The book is written in a form of
Hebrew known as “Paleo-Hebrew," which is even
older than the ancient Hebrew that the Old
Testament is written in. The book also cites several
creatures that are unknown today.
Also, the wealth of Job is measured by the size of
his herds and the amount of silver coins, he
possesses. Both herds and silver were used as
ancient systems of money during the time of the
ancestors of the Israelites. It is likely that the Book
of Job is over 400 years older than Genesis. The
author of this book has not been identified.
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