SUMMARY OF KING JAMES BIBLE STATISTICS:

Total Books - 66 Total Chapters 1,189 Total Verses...31,102

Total words in the 31,102 verses - 788,258 (not including the Hebrew Alphabet in Psalm 119 or the superscriptions listed in some of the Psalms)

Total words in the Hebrew Alphabet in Psalm 119 - 22

Total words on the cover - 2 (HOLY BIBLE)

Total words in the Book Titles - 85 (the full titles as written in the 1611 edition - 374)

Total times the word "CHAPTER" is listed - 1,034 (in 5 books the word is not listed because they only have one chapter)

Total times the word "PSALM" is listed - 150

Total words in superscriptions (sub-titles) of Psalms - 1,034

Total words in subscriptions (concluding remarks) in the epistles of Paul - 186

Total words in Testament dividers - 6 (The Old Testament, The New Testament)

Total words in Table of Contents - 94 (the Book Titles, the Testament dividers plus the phrase Table of Contents) If you use the full titles as in the 1611 edition - 383

Total words either on the cover or the first page explaining which Bible you have:

A) Authorized Version - 2 or

B) King James version - 3 or

C) King James Bible - 3

Can you see now why there are so many word counts floating around?