Bible Wordcounts

Gordon · 12-11-2011 1:49pm #1

I watched an interesting programme the other day called 'Andy Hamilton's search for Satan' and he mentioned that the devil didn't actually appear much in the bible, very few times indeed. And I wondered how many times certain other things appeared, so I downloaded the King James bible in html form and did some word searches.

word: instances found
truth: 237
lie: 289
good: 854
evil: 636
sorrow: 115
mirth: 15
sad: 43
happy: 28
cake: 38
pie: 0!
ass: 26
virgin: 65
foreskin: 14
wine: 102
gin: 3
prostitute: 1
whore: 76
mole: 1
ferret: 1
bake: 35
fry: 2
eggs: 7
milk: 48
salt: 44
flour: 77
water: 714
'kneaded it': 2
'baked it': 1
'ate it': 1

Nothing really that interesting, was just curious! If you have any requests for wordcounts, fire (273) them over

Galvasean · 12-11-2011 1:59pm

38 counts of cake? I am impressed.

Gordon · 12-11-2011 2:02pm

Indeed! But no pie

more gin than pie.

The Quadratic Equation · 12-11-2011 2:07pm

You missed love, life, eternal.

number10a · 12-11-2011 2:09pm

Never knew they had gin back then! Not that I like it, but it would have lightened the mood if your housemate was a bible writer.

Gordon · 12-11-2011 2:19pm

number10a wrote: »

Never knew they had gin back then! Not that I like it, but it would have lightened the mood if your housemate was a bible writer.

Gin, in the bible sense, apparently means a snare or something, not alcohol. You must have forgotten rule #187 of being a christian: don't take anything you read in the bible literally.

The Quadratic Equation wrote: »

You missed love, life, eternal.

love: 516
hate: 189
hatred: 18
life: 453
death: 375
eternal: 42 (don't forget your towel!)
ceasing: 7

Tea_Bag · 12-11-2011 2:48pm

interesting stuff.
how often does Fear appear?

thou shalt fear your god.

sound man.

Sarky · 12-11-2011 2:54pm

Gordon wrote: »

Indeed! But no pie more gin than pie.

No mention of pie? Bloody hell. There's your proof of the non-existence of God right there, folks.

Galvasean · 12-11-2011 4:01pm

What about 'pasta' or 'noodly appendage'?

MagicMarker · 12-11-2011 4:19pm

God - 4844 (according a pdf I have)

D'ya think they're trying to tell us something?

Gordon · 12-11-2011 5:44pm

Tea_Bag wrote: »

interesting stuff.
how often does Fear appear?

thou shalt fear your god.

sound man.

fear: 524
"fear your": 0
"fear god": 10
"fear the lord": 30
fearless: 0
"not fear": 15
"fear not": 62
"no fear": 4

Galvasean wrote: »

What about 'pasta' or 'noodly appendage'?

Zero funnily enough!

meat: 298
ball: 1

MagicMarker wrote: »

God - 4844 (according a pdf I have)

D'ya think they're trying to tell us something?

unbeliever: 4

Tea_Bag · 12-11-2011 5:51pm

fear appears more than love. nice one.

antiskeptic · 12-11-2011 6:01pm

Gordon wrote: »

I watched an interesting programme the other day called 'Andy Hamilton's search for Satan' and he mentioned that the devil didn't actually appear much in the bible, very few times indeed. And I wondered how many times certain other things appeared, so I downloaded the King James bible in html form and did some word searches.

word: instances found
truth: 237
lie: 289
good: 854
evil: 636
sorrow: 115
mirth: 15
sad: 43
happy: 28
cake: 38
pie: 0!
ass: 26
virgin: 65
foreskin: 14
wine: 102
gin: 3
prostitute: 1
whore: 76
mole: 1
ferret: 1
bake: 35
fry: 2
eggs: 7
milk: 48
salt: 44
flour: 77
water: 714
'kneaded it': 2
'baked it': 1
'ate it': 1

Nothing really that interesting, was just curious! If you have any requests for wordcounts, fire (273) them over

Try "fear not". I heard somewhere that the Bible lists it 366 times. That's one for every day of the year including leap years..

Duke Leonal Felmet · 12-11-2011 6:05pm

Could you post the html somewhere? Perhaps scribd or is it small enough to attach here?

Gordon · 12-11-2011 6:11pm

Duke Leonal Felmet wrote: »

Could you post the html somewhere? Perhaps scribd or is it small enough to attach here?

I got it from here. I just found the text only version though, so click here to download.

antiskeptic wrote: »

Try "fear not". I heard somewhere that the Bible lists it 366 times. That's one for every day of the year including leap years..

Only 62! More than one a week instead.

Roger Hassenforder · 12-11-2011 6:37pm

is there any 'bullsh1t' in it?

Dades · 13-11-2011 12:13am

No mention of "condoms"?

But... but.. I don't understand...

Mistress 69 · 13-11-2011 4:07am

Let me take you to the movies... can I take you to the show

smokingman · 13-11-2011 9:09am

How many "unicorn"?

robindch · 13-11-2011 10:43am

From the KJV:

bottom - 20
Gay - 1
penis - 0
Homosexual - 0
Eata da poo poo - 0
Marriage consists of one man and one woman - 0

Michael Nugent · 13-11-2011 12:04pm

robindch wrote: »

Eata da poo poo - 0

You could try eata da dung...

II Kings 18:27 But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?

Ezekiel 4:12 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.

Malachi 2:3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.

Gordon · 13-11-2011 12:15pm

Dades wrote: »

No mention of "condoms"?

But... but.. I don't understand...

sheath: 8

smokingman wrote: »

How many "unicorn"?

horned: 0
But I did find a reference to an ox pushing something with 'his horn' in exodus 21, so maybe it wasn't actually an ox (rule #187)?

robindch wrote: »

From the KJV:

bottom - 20
Gay - 1
penis - 0
Homosexual - 0
Eata da poo poo - 0
Marriage consists of one man and one woman - 0

buttocks: 3
cock: 12 ("Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew" - crew - as in sea men? What is to come after that line?!)
"man love": 4
lovers: 23 ("For men shall be lovers of their own selves")
'Eata da poo poo': 0
"dung that cometh out of man": 1 (Ezekial 4 - God commands people to eata da poo poo)
marriage: 22
adultery: 40
Heman: 16
Skeletor: 0

housetypeb · 13-11-2011 1:49pm

I bet that "smite" would show up a few times.

The Quadratic Equation · 13-11-2011 1:52pm

Fool = 249

Vanity = 62

Pride = 90

Arrogant/arrogance = 5

Hateful = 18

Despise = 151

Wrong = 44

smokingman · 13-11-2011 2:29pm

"Unicorn" - 9 hits

"Morality" - none.

"Pope" - No mention whatsoever.

antiskeptic · 13-11-2011 2:45pm

robindch wrote: »

Marriage consists of one man and one woman - 0

(robindch showing signs of having attended the same theological college as Michael Nugent)

Gordon · 13-11-2011 3:09pm

smokingman wrote: »

"Unicorn" - 9 hits

Oh LOL, so there is! I didn't think it would be in there, so I didn't bother checking!

dinosaur: 0
smite: 141
smote: 230

ShooterSF · 13-11-2011 5:14pm

Neighbour: 157
Servant: 1043

fitz0 · 13-11-2011 7:45pm

How about hell? How many times does the ultimate punishment get a look in?

smokingman · 13-11-2011 8:26pm

fitz0 wrote: »

How about hell? How many times does the ultimate punishment get a look in?

26 times apparently...209 matches for heaven...

Gordon · 13-11-2011 8:31pm

I count 55 for hell. Searched "hell " and "Hell" (case sensitive on the second search).

smokingman · 13-11-2011 9:03pm

Gordon wrote: »

I count 55 for hell. Searched "hell " and "Hell" (case sensitive on the second search).

That could pick up "shell" or other words, have to search with surrounding spaces or a following full stop.

edit: Strike that, forgot commas, semi colons etc. Have 54 now.

recedite · 13-11-2011 9:53pm

Gordon wrote: »

dinosaur: 0

How about "dragon" then?

Gordon · 13-11-2011 10:34pm

dragon: 35
bearded: 0
beard: 20
spittle: 3

Aye, it's not an exact science finding words in the bible, smokingman eh?!

Gordon · 13-11-2011 10:44pm

neo: 0
trinity: 0
morpheus: 0
agent: 0
tank: 0
cypher: 0
mouse: 1
matrix: 5
oracle: 21
Nebuchadnezzar: 60
zion: 153

recedite · 13-11-2011 11:09pm

It seems that Nebuchadnezzar was a far greater cause for concern than Satan, back in the day.
Also that unicorns and dragons have suffered more than most other animals from habitat loss.

dead one · 14-11-2011 8:37am

wasted words--wasted time-- wasted life -- ))

"And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming,
And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted - nevermore!"

Gordon · 14-11-2011 12:09pm

dead one wrote: »

wasted words--wasted time-- wasted life -- ))

"And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming,
And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted - nevermore!"

Ah, I wouldn't say that the bible is wasted words etc tbh

sensibleken · 14-11-2011 12:46pm

What a fun game

Dragon : 18
Ghost : 25
Proof : 5

New_Flash · 14-11-2011 1:12pm

Have you done "begat"? I seem to remember a lot of begetting (if that's the right word)

sensibleken · 14-11-2011 1:22pm

New_Flash wrote: »

Have you done "begat"? I seem to remember a lot of begetting (if that's the right word)

as in 'better begetting down with ma message yo!'

ShooterSF · 14-11-2011 1:37pm

dead one wrote: »

wasted words--wasted time-- wasted life -- ))

"And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming,
And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted - nevermore!"

D'Oh.

nozzferrahhtoo · 14-11-2011 1:58pm

Gordon wrote: »

'kneaded it': 2
'baked it': 1
'ate it': 1

What did they do with the other batch they did not bake and eat? Kneading is a lot of work, they must have done something with it.

I kind of predicted the high count of "fool" before I saw it. I was going to ask but someone checked it before I asked. It seems insulting people who doubt is a useful replacement for actually substantiating your claims in books such as these.

Gordon · 14-11-2011 7:36pm

New_Flash wrote: »

Have you done "begat"? I seem to remember a lot of begetting (if that's the right word)

begat: 225
begotten: 25
beget: 10

nozzferrahhtoo wrote: »

What did they do with the other batch they did not bake and eat? Kneading is a lot of work, they must have done something with it.

I kind of predicted the high count of "fool" before I saw it. I was going to ask but someone checked it before I asked. It seems insulting people who doubt is a useful replacement for actually substantiating your claims in books such as these.

I think they may have kneaded the same d'oh twice, - knead, rest, knead, rest, bake?

dead one · 15-11-2011 5:28am

ShooterSF wrote: »

D'Oh.

There is one thing common between you and Simpson -- He doesn't exist in real world -- Soon you will with all of your fantasies --

Gordon wrote: »

begat: 225
begotten: 25
beget: 10

Gordon what does "begotten" mean?

Peregrinus · 15-11-2011 7:01am

It's the past participle of the verb "to beget", which means to procreate, to conceive or give birth to children. So "begotten" means "procreated".

Peregrinus · 15-11-2011 7:09am

nozzferrahhtoo wrote: »

I kind of predicted the high count of "fool" before I saw it. I was going to ask but someone checked it before I asked. It seems insulting people who doubt is a useful replacement for actually substantiating your claims in books such as these.

Whoa, way to make the evidence fit your preconceptions! Very few of the uses of "fool" in the Bible refer to people who doubt. When it appears in the bible, the word mostly refers to figures who do things which they know to be wrong or unwise.

dead one · 15-11-2011 7:40am

Peregrinus wrote: »

It's the past participle of the verb "to beget", which means to procreate, to conceive or give birth to children. So "begotten" means "procreated".

"Begotten, Not Made

"Jesus is the only begotten son of God, begotten not made," is an adjunct of the orthodox catechism, leaning for support on the following:
2. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only BEGOTTEN son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
(John 3:16 - AV)

No priest worth his cloth would fail to quote "the only BEGOTTEN of the Father!" when preaching to a prospective convert. But this fabrication — "BEGOTTEN" — has now been unceremoniously excised by the Bible Revisers, without a word of excuse. They are as silent as church-mice and would not draw the reader's attention to their furtive excision. This blasphemous word "BEGOTTEN" was another of the many such interpolations in the "Holy Bible."

nozzferrahhtoo · 15-11-2011 10:09am

Peregrinus wrote: »

Whoa, way to make the evidence fit your preconceptions! Very few of the uses of "fool" in the Bible refer to people who doubt. When it appears in the bible, the word mostly refers to figures who do things which they know to be wrong or unwise.

I changed no evidence nor fit anything to preconceptions. I merely took something I know to be true.... which is that people with no evidence for a proposition often tend to insult the "mark" in order to cajole them into accepting the proposition.... and turned that observation into a prediction. The prediction turned out to be true.

More than that I did not do or say.

Now WHY that prediction turned out to be true, and whether it was just coincidence, or whether the reason it was true was, or was not, connected to the reasons I made the prediction.... is a different conversation and one you are perfectly welcome to have. I am perfectly aware that not all predictions turn out true because of the reasons the initial prediction was made.

That of course does not change the fact that phrases like "The fool hath said in their heart there is no god" are very interesting. The psychology behind such phrases are not only clear, but still used today in our advertising industries. Phrases like "Offer for limited time only.... you would be a fool to miss it" punctuate our advertising industry for good psychological reasons.

It seems that when selling a product one successful approach rather than espouse the virtues and uses of the product, is to somehow make the "mark" feel deficient for not buying into it. If you can successfully lodge in the head of the "mark" that they are somehow at fault for being without your product then there is little more that you have to do.

Religion has known this for a long time and approaches like calling people who do not buy into it "fools" is an example of it.

Those like myself who are interested in such things as the workings of human psychology can in fact find many parallels between things like advertising and even torture techniques, and the techniques religion uses to perpetuate itself. I have been constantly awestruck by the fact that almost by natural selection religion has hit on ways to manipulate the "mark" long before their equivalents have been discovered in advertising, torture or by human psychologists.

Gordon · 15-11-2011 12:22pm

dead one wrote: »

Peregrinus wrote: »

It's the past participle of the verb "to beget", which means to procreate, to conceive or give birth to children. So "begotten" means "procreated".

"Begotten, Not Made

"Jesus is the only begotten son of God, begotten not made," is an adjunct of the orthodox catechism, leaning for support on the following:
2. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only BEGOTTEN son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
(John 3:16 - AV)

No priest worth his cloth would fail to quote "the only BEGOTTEN of the Father!" when preaching to a prospective convert. But this fabrication — "BEGOTTEN" — has now been unceremoniously excised by the Bible Revisers, without a word of excuse. They are as silent as church-mice and would not draw the reader's attention to their furtive excision. This blasphemous word "BEGOTTEN" was another of the many such interpolations in the "Holy Bible."

Fabrications in the bible, WHAT?!

Newaglish · 15-11-2011 1:42pm

Gordon wrote: »

Fabrications in the bible, WHAT?!

I thought it might be a fabrication but then I checked and it's in the bible so it is actually true. Phew! QED

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