Commonly Used Abbreviations in the Holman CSB

 

a.d. in the year of our Lord

alt alternate

a.m. from midnight until noon

Aq Aquila

Aram Aramaic

b.c. before Christ

c. circa

chap chapter

DSS Dead Sea Scrolls

Eng English

Gk Greek

Hb Hebrew

Jer Latin translation of Psalms by Jerome

Lat Latin

Lit Literally

LXX Septuagint—an ancient translation of the Old Testament into Greek

MT Masoretic Text

NT New Testament

ms(s) manuscript(s)

OT Old Testament

p.m. from noon until midnight

pl plural

Ps(s) psalm(s)

Sam Samaritan Pentateuch

sg singular

syn. synonym

Sym Symmachus

Syr Syriac

Tg Targum

Theod Theodotian

v., vv. verse, verses

Vg Vulgate—an ancient translation of the Bible into Latin

vol(s). volume(s)