What is the longest word in the Bible?

Astrix

MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ, a name (Isaiah 8:1) http://members.aol.com/gulfhigh2/words15.html Oct 28 00, 10:15 AM

gmackematix

I have been told that excluding names, the longest word in the King James Bible is "commandments". Anyone feel free to point out a longer one because I have always doubted this. Jan 05 04, 8:47 PM

dsf	"Righteousness" has 13 letters. With most fonts, "commandments," with its 12 letters, actually takes up more space. Oct 13 06, 10:26 PM

What-A-Mess

The two longest words in the Bible have 18 letters each. MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ (Isaiah 8:1) is the name given to Isaiah's son, meaning "swift is booty, speedy is prey." JONATH-ELEM-RECHO-KIM, which is found in the title of Psalm 56, is the name of a song and means "the silent dove of far-off places" [Philip Bennett]. The second longest word in the Bible is CHU-SHAN-RISH-A-THA-IM (17 letters). It is first recorded in Judges 3:8 and it is the name of "the king of Mesopotamia" and means "the Ethiopian of double wickednesses" [Philip Bennett]. There are eight 16-letter words: BA-SHAN-HA-VOTH-JA-IR (Deuteronomy 3:14), COVENANTBREAKERS (Romans 1:31), EVILFAVOUREDNESS (Deuteronomy 17:1), KIB-ROTH-HAT-TA-A-VAH (Numbers 11:34), LOVINGKINDNESSES (Psalm 25:6), SE-LA-HAM-MAH-LE-KOTH (1 Samuel 23:28), UNPROFITABLENESS (Hebrews 7:18), CHE-PHAR-HA-AM-MO-NAI (Joshua 18:24). The longest unhyphenated words in the Bible are COVENANTBREAKERS (Romans 1:31), EVILFAVOUREDNESS (Deuteronomy 17:1), LOVINGKINDNESSES (Psalm 25:6), UNPROFITABLENESS (Hebrews 7:18) (all 16 letters) [Philip Bennett]. http://members.aol.com/gulfhigh2/words15.html 34 Therefore the name of that place was called Kib'roth-hatta'avah, http://bibleontheweb.com/Bible.asp Isaiah 8 1 Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz. http://bibleontheweb.com/Bible.asp Oct 14 06, 12:54 AM

jwgirl

Not to be forgotten is Pocherethhazzebaim (18 letters) found in Ezra 2:57. However I've noted that some words may be slightly different in spelling in different Bible translations. This rendition is taken from the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures. Jul 29 08, 5:07 PM

Arpeggionist

Three words are tied for first place in the original Hebrew: "Uch'aliloteihem" ("And like their deeds"), "uch'to'avoteihen" ("and like their abominations"), both found in Isaiah and Jeremiah, and "v'ha'achashdarpanim" ("and the achasdarpanites/scribes"), found in chapter 8 of Esther. All words are 11 letters long in Hebrew. Jul 29 08, 6:54 PM

sagreiss

@Arpeggionist Could you please provide chapter & verse numbers? Feb 05 11, 4:27 AM