bible-book-name-abbreviator

A simple library for returning an abbreviated Bible book name. The input string is not case sensitive and you are able to reverse the behavior of the do funciton to return a full book name from an abbreviation.

Installation

bible-book-name-abbreviator works in both the browser and [node.js][node].

Node / NPM

Install via npm:

npm install bible-book-name-abbreviator

And then require or import it:

var abbr = require('bible-book-name-abbreviator');
or
import {default as abbr} from 'bible-book-name-abbreviator';

Examples

Usage

Get a Bible book name abbreviation

var abbr = require('bible-book-name-abbreviator');

abbr.do('Matthew'); // Returns: Mt
abbr.do('Exodus'); // Returns: Ex
abbr.do('1 Kings'); // Returns: 1 Kgs

The do function can be reversed as well by passing an optional boolean parameter

var abbr = require('bible-book-name-abbreviator');

abbr.do('Mt',true); // Returns: Matthew
abbr.do('ex',true); // Returns: Exodus
abbr.do('1 Kgs',true); // Returns: 1 Kings

The reference function takes in a reference then returns the full reference with the new abbreviated book name.

abbr.reference('1 Corinthians 6:20-7:12'); // Returns: 1 Cor 6:20-7:12

Map of book names and abbreviations

Genesis : Gen, Exodus : Ex, Leviticus : Lev, Numbers : Num, Deuteronomy : Deut, Joshua : Jsh, Judges : Judg, Ruth : Rth, 1 Samuel : 1 Sam, 2 Samuel : 2 Sam, 1 Kings : 1 Kgs, 2 Kings : 2 Kgs, 1 Chronicles : 1 Chron, 2 Chronicles : 2 Chron, Ezra : Ezr, Nehemiah : Neh, Esther : Esth, Job : Job, Psalm : Pslm, Proverbs : Prov, Ecclesiastes : Eccles, Song of Solomon : Song, Isaiah : Isa, Jeremiah : Jer, Lamentations : Lam, Ezekiel : Ezk, Daniel : Dan, Hosea : Hos, Joel : Joel, Amos : Amos, Obadiah : Obad, Jonah : Jon, Micah : Mic, Nahum : Nah, Habakkuk : Hab, Zephaniah : Zeph, Haggai : Hag, Zechariah : Zech, Malachi : Mal, Matthew : Mt, Mark : Mk, Luke : Lk, John : Jn, Acts : Act, Romans : Rom, 1 Corinthians : 1 Cor, 2 Corinthians : 2 Cor, Galatians : Gal, Ephesians : Eph, Philippians : Phil, Colossians : Col, 1 Thessalonians : 1 Thes, 2 Thessalonians : 2 Thes, 1 Timothy : 1 Tim, 2 Timothy : 2 Tim, Titus : Tit, Philemon : Phm, Hebrews : Heb, James : Jas, 1 Peter : 1 Pet, 2 Peter : 2 Pet, 1 John : 1 Jn, 2 John : 2 Jn, 3 John : 3 Jn, Jude : Jud, Revelation : Rev,

License

bible-book-name-abbreviator is MIT.

Copyright 2017 Adam Gedney

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