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When doing a word search using the KJV, you may experience a problem looking for your specific word. We use the 1769 Edition of the King James Version. Because of this, there are some minor spelling variations from more recent editions of the King James Version.
The following table compares various spellings from contemporary versions of the KJV with the 1769 edition (the one used on the BLB) and the 1611 edition (the first edition):
| Modern | 1769 | 1611 | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| always | alway | alway | Job 7:16 |
| astonished | astonied | astonied | Job 17:8 |
| braided | broided | broided | 1Ti 2:9 |
| cliffs | clifts | clifts | Job 30:6 |
| drove | drave | draue | Act 18:16 |
| graft/grafted | graff/graffed | graffe/graffed | Rom 11:23 |
| heretic | heretick | heretike | Tts 3:10 |
| hungered | hungred | hungred | Mat 25:35 |
| idle | idol | idoll | Zec 11:17 |
| Phoenicia | Phenicia | Phenicea | Act 21:2 |
| public | publick | publique | Mat 1:19 |
| reward | rereward | rereward | Isa 52:12 |
| rye | rie | rye | Isa 28:25 |
| sergeants | serjeants | sergeants | Act 16:38 |
| show | shew | shew | Jhn 14:8 |
| spew | spue | spew | Rev 3:16 |
| subtle | subtil | subtill | Gen 3:1 |
| steadfast | stedfast | stedfast | 1Cr 15:58 |
| Stoics | Stoicks | Stoikes | Act 17:18 |
| thoroughly | throughly | throughly | 2Ti 3:17 |
| today | to day | to day | Hbr 4:7 |
| vats | fats | fats | Joe 2:24 |
| veil | vail | vaile | 2Cr 3:16 |
You may also notice alternate spellings of the same name. This is especially the case when a name appears in both Old and New Testaments; because one spelling is based upon Hebrew and another is based upon Greek, there can be subtle differences. Some examples of these differences include the following names:
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Line-By-Line Order:
 Verse-ReferenceReference-VerseSeparate LineVerse OnlyReference Only |
Reference Delimiters:
None — Jhn 1:1 KJV Square — [Jhn 1:1 KJV]Curly — {Jhn 1:1 KJV}Parens — (Jhn 1:1 KJV) |
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Paragraph Order:
Verse-ReferenceReference-VerseReference-Only |
Number Delimiters:*
No NumberNo Delimiter — 15Square — [15]Curly — {15}Parens — (15) |
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Other Options:
 Abbreviate Books Use SBL Abbrev.En dash not Hyphen |
Quotes Around VersesRemove Square BracketsSort Canonically |
* 'Number Delimiters' only apply to 'Paragraph Order'
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