Hyphenation

The Bible contains many names for which a typesetting program may not have correct hyphenation settings. See Scribe’s Bible Hyphenation list for guidance on how certain words should hyphenate. IDTT files downloaded from this website also include a hyphenation dictionary that can be loaded into InDesign.

Footnotes

The default treatment for footnote sigla (style “fnref,” “fnnum”) is that they are iterated numerically by Bible chapter, restarting the cycle at each new chapter with “1.” Publishers are free to change this treatment however they see fit.

If publishers retain the default numerical treatment, it is recommended that footnote sigla are set to render differently than verse numbers (style “ver”) since the two may easily be confused visually.

The chapters containing footnotes appear directly following the Bible book to which they correspond. Philemon is the only Bible book that contains no footnotes.

Duplicate Footnotes

Treatment of duplicate footnotes is left to the discretion of the publisher. This is often more of a concern in printed editions, in which the most common preference is to prevent a footnote from appearing more than once on a given page. In digital environments, in which there are not any explicit “pages,” it is recommended that publishers maintain one-to-one correspondence between the in-text sigla and the notes themselves.

When making the effort to eliminate duplicate footnotes in printed editions, it is important to take into account the re-lettering of the alphabetical note sigla as well as corresponding adjustments to the chapter-verse citations at the beginning of the footnote (if those are being retained). See Scribe’s Deduping Procedure for some tips to help this process go more smoothly. If you require assistance with this process, Scribe can help; please contact bibles@scribenet.com.

In the KJV, there are 33 instances in which duplicate footnotes appear consecutively. Each instance of these duplicate notes has been retained by default, and it is left to the discretion of the publisher whether or not to retain each instance in a final product. The list of duplicate footnotes is available here for download as a Microsoft Word DOCX file.

KJV Duplicate Footnotes

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Cross-References

The default treatment for cross-reference sigla (style “enref,” “ennum”) is that they are iterated alphabetically by Bible chapter. They use the entire alphabet before beginning again with “a,” and they restart the cycle at each new chapter with “a.” Publishers are free to change this treatment however they see fit.

There are two sets of cross-references: a full set containing approximately 31,600 notes, and a condensed set containing approximately 21,000 notes. In the HTML, DOCX, and IDTT file format, separate download files are available for the full set and the condensed set.

The chapters containing cross-references appear directly following the footnotes of the Bible book to which they correspond.

Word and Character Counts

Word and character counts are available here for download as a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Included are counts for the full Bible text as well as breakdowns for Old Testament, New Testament, footnotes, and cross-references.

KJV Word and Character Counts