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BOS Books Codes

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The books codes used for the Bible Organisational System (BOS) consist of three alphanumeric characters that are used internally in the BOS and in filenames to indicate the contents of the book/file. The codes (often represented in the BOS software by the symbol BBB or the name referenceAbbreviation) consist of three uppercase letters (A-Z) and digits (1-4), but always starting with a letter.

The following are the v0.88 books codes:

NUM	BBB	English name	Expected chapters
1	GEN	Genesis	50
2	EXO	Exodus	40
3	LEV	Leviticus	27
4	NUM	Numbers	36
5	DEU	Deuteronomy	34
6	JOS	Joshua	24
7	JDG	Judges	21
8	RUT	Ruth	4
9	SA1	1 Samuel (USFM 1SA)	31
10	SA2	2 Samuel (USFM 2SA)	24
11	KI1	1 Kings (USFM 1KI)	22
12	KI2	2 Kings (USFM 2KI)	25
13	CH1	1 Chronicles (USFM 1CH)	29
14	CH2	2 Chronicles (USFM 2CH)	36/37
15	EZR	Ezra	10
16	NEH	Nehemiah	13
17	EST	Esther	10
18	JOB	Job	42
19	PSA	Psalms	150/151
20	PRO	Proverbs	31
21	ECC	Ecclesiastes	12
22	SNG	Song of Solomon	8
23	ISA	Isaiah	66
24	JER	Jeremiah	52
25	LAM	Lamentations	5
26	EZE	Ezekiel (USFM EZK)	48
27	DAN	Daniel	12/14
28	HOS	Hosea	14
29	JOL	Joel	3/4
30	AMO	Amos	9
31	OBA	Obadiah	1
32	JNA	Jonah (USFM JON)	4
33	MIC	Micah	7
34	NAH	Nahum (USFM NAM)	3
35	HAB	Habakkuk	3
36	ZEP	Zephaniah	3
37	HAG	Haggai	2
38	ZEC	Zechariah	14
39	MAL	Malachi	3/4
40	MAT	Matthew	28
41	MRK	Mark	16
42	LUK	Luke	24
43	JHN	John	21
44	ACT	Acts	28
45	ROM	Romans	16
46	CO1	1 Corinthians (USFM 1CO)	16
47	CO2	2 Corinthians (USFM 2CO)	13
48	GAL	Galatians	6
49	EPH	Ephesians	6
50	PHP	Philippians	4
51	COL	Colossians	4
52	TH1	1 Thessalonians (USFM 1TH)	5
53	TH2	2 Thessalonians (USFM 2TH)	3
54	TI1	1 Timothy (USFM 1TI)	6
55	TI2	2 Timothy (USFM 2TI)	4
56	TIT	Titus	3
57	PHM	Philemon	1
58	HEB	Hebrews	13
59	JAM	James (USFM JAS)	5
60	PE1	1 Peter (USFM 1PE)	5
61	PE2	2 Peter (USFM 2PE)	3
62	JN1	1 John (USFM 1JN)	5
63	JN2	2 John (USFM 2JN)	1
64	JN3	3 John (USFM 3JN)	1
65	JDE	Jude (USFM JUD)	1
66	REV	Revelation	22
70	ESG	Greek Esther	10
71	ESA	Greek additions to Esther	10
72	ESC	Combined Hebrew/Greek Esther	10
73	DNG	Greek Daniel	14
74	DNA	Greek additions to Daniel	14
75	DNC	Combined Hebrew/Greek Daniel	14
80	BEL	Bel and the dragon	1
81	SUS	Susanna	1
82	JDT	Judith	16
83	MAN	Prayer of Manasses	1
84	SIR	Sirach / Ecclesiasticus	51/52
85	SIP	Sirach Prologue
86	TOB	Tobit	14
87	WIS	Wisdom	19
88	PAZ	Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Young Men	1
90	GES	Greek Esdras	9
91	LES	Latin Esdras	6
92	EZA	Apocalypse of Ezra	12/13
93	EZ5	5 Ezra (USFM 5EZ)	2
94	EZ6	6 Ezra (USFM 6EZ)
95	RVE	Revelation of Ezra
100	LJE	Letter of Jeremiah	1
101	BAR	Baruch	5
102	LJB	Letter of Jeremiah with Baruch	6
103	BA2	2 Baruch (USFM 2BA)	22
104	LBA	Letter of Baruch	9
105	LB2	2 Baruch with the Letter of Baruch	86
106	BA3	3 Baruch	9
107	BA4	4 Baruch (USFM 4BA)	5/6
108	JRA	Additions to Jeremiah
109	PSJ	Pseudo-Josephus
110	MAC	Maccabees	31
111	MA1	1 Maccabees (USFM 1MA)	16
112	MA2	2 Maccabees (USFM 2MA)	15
113	MA3	3 Maccabees (USFM 3MA)	7
114	MA4	4 Maccabees (USFM 4MA)	18
115	MA5	5 Maccabees
116	MQ1	1 Meqabyan (USFM 1MQ)	36
117	MQ2	2 Meqabyan (USFM 2MQ)	20,21
118	MQ3	3 Meqabyan (USFM 3MQ)	10
120	PB1	Psalms Book 1	41
121	PB2	Psalms Book 2	31
122	PB3	Psalms Book 3	17
123	PB4	Psalms Book 4	17
124	PB5	Psalms Book 5	44
125	PSB	Psalms B	150
126	PS2	Psalm 151	1
127	PS3	Syriac Psalms 152-155	4,5
128	PSS	Additional Psalms of Solomon	18
130	LAO	Letter to the Laodiceans	1
131	ODE	Odes	14
132	PSO	Prayer of Solomon
133	PJE	Prayer of Jeremiah	1
134	WSI	Words of Sirach	1
135	COP	Letter of the Corinthians to Paul	1
136	CO3	3 Corinthians	1
137	EUT	Prayer of Euthalius	1
138	DOJ	Dormition of John	1
140	JUB	Jubilees	34
141	ENO	Enoch	42
142	EN2	2 Enoch
143	REP	Reproof	6
144	LBB	Letter of Barnabas
150	CL1	1 Clement	65
151	CL2	2 Clement	20
153	DID	Didache	16
154	JSA	Joshua A	24
155	JSA	Joshua B	24
156	JGB	Judges A	21
157	JGB	Judges B	21
158	TBS	Tobit S	14
159	SST	Susanna θ	1
160	DNT	Daniel θ	12
161	BLT	Bel and the dragon θ	1
162	GHE	Gospel of the Hebrews
163	GTR	Gospel of Truth
164	GMA	Gospel of Mary
165	GMC	Gospel of Marcion
166	GTW	Gospel of the Twelve
167	GPH	Gospel of Philip
168	GTH	Gospel of Thomas
169	GJU	Gospel of Judas
168	GBA	Gospel of Bartholomew
169	AJA	Apocrypha of James
170	WJC	Wisdom of Jesus Christ
180	TAD	Testament of Adam
181	LAE	Life of Adam and Eve
182	ASS	Assumption of Moses
183	TSO	Testament of Solomon
184	TJB	Testament of Job
185	MAI	Martyrdom and Ascension of Isaiah
186	AEZ	Apocrypha of Ezekiel
187	EZT	Ezekiel the Tragedian
188	EUP	Eupolemus
189	PEU	Pseudo of Eupolemus
190	VAM	Visions of Amram
191	LAR	Letter of Aristeas
192	ARI	Aristeas the Exegete
193	ABL	Aristobulus
194	ART	Artapanus
195	CLM	Cleodemus Malchus
196	ELM	Eldad and Modad
197	HRE	History of the Rechabites
198	LPR	Lives of the Prophets
199	EPL	Philo the Epic Poet
200	TEO	Theodotus
250	TTP	Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
251	TSA	Testament of Asher
252	TSB	Testament of Benjamin
253	TSD	Testament of Dan
254	TSG	Testament of Gad
255	TSI	Testament of Issachar
256	TSJ	Testament of Joseph
257	TSY	Testament of Judah
258	TSL	Testament of Levi
259	TSN	Testament of Naphtali
260	TSR	Testament of Reuben
261	TSS	Testament of Simeon
262	TSZ	Testament of Zebulun
270	JJW	Josephus Jewish War VI
280	SHE	Shepherd of Hermas
281	SHM	Shepherd of Hermas Mandates
282	SHS	Shepherd of Hermas Similitudes
283	SHV	Shepherd of Hermas Visions
290	IGE	Ignatius to the Ephesians
291	IGM	Ignatius to the Magnesians
292	IGT	Ignatius to the Trallians
293	IGR	Ignatius to the Romans
294	IGP	Ignatius to the Philadelphians
295	IGS	Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans
296	IGC	Ignatius to Polycarp
297	PCP	Polycarp to the Philippians
298	MPC	Martydom of Polycarp
300	DIO	Diognetus
301	APC	Apostles’ Creed
302	FOP	Fragments of Papias
303	ROE	Reliques of the Elders
304	FOQ	Fragment of Quadratus
310	TAT	Tatian
600	MOS	Books of Moses	187
605	SAM	Samuel	55
610	KGS	Kings	47
615	SMK	Samuel-Kings	102
620	CHR	Chronicles	65
625	EZN	Ezra-Nehemiah	26
630	P12	Twelve Prophets
640	WOM	Book of Women
645	SES	Book of Sessions
650	SPR	Book of the Prophets
655	SMC	Book of the Maccabees
690	LKA	Luke-Acts	52
700	FRT	Generic front matter
705	PRF	Preface
710	ACK	Acknowledgements
715	INT	Introduction
720	TOC	Table of Contents
725	GLS	Glossary
730	CNC	Concordance
735	TPC	Topical Concordance
740	IXN	Names Index
745	IXP	Places Index
750	MAP	Maps
755	IXT	Thematic Index
760	BAK	Generic back matter
870	OTH	Unspecified other OTH
880	WRD	Spelling dictionary
885	HYP	Hyphenation dictionary
890	SEM	Semantic Database
800	XXA	Unspecified extra XXA
810	XXB	Unspecified extra XXB
820	XXC	Unspecified extra XXC
830	XXD	Unspecified extra XXD
840	XXE	Unspecified extra XXE
850	XXF	Unspecified extra XXF
860	XXG	Unspecified extra XXG
997	OBS	Open Bible Stories	50

Note for programmers: The XML master file for these BOS books codes can be seen here.