How to include/exclude a book from a search.

Including or excluding books can take following input forms.  For example, entering exodus will include/exclude the book of Exodus from the search.

You can include/exclude more than one book, just separate them with with a semi-colon.  For example, entering exodus;revelation;matthew will include/exclude the books of Exodus, Revelation, and Matthew.

A mix of upper and lower case characters is allowed.  For example eXODUs or ExODus is the same as entering Exodus.   You do not have to worry about spaces (or lack thereof) between the various books.  But you have to remember to use the semi-colon.  For example, these are valid book entries: "Exodus", "E    xodu s", "Exodus;Revelation;Matthew", and "Exo  dus    ;Rev  el ation    Mat  thew"

To reduce typing, abbreviations can be used to designate books.  The rules using the semi-colon to separate entries still applies.  Here is a list of the abbreviations to use:

 
Old Testament Abbreviation New Testament Abbreviation Additional Catholic/Vulgate Abbreviation
Genesis Ge Matthew Mt Tobit Tob
Exodus Ex Mark Mr Judith Jdth
Leviticus Le Luke Lu Wisdom Wis
Numbers Nu John Joh Ecclesiaticus Eccl
Deuteronomy De Acts Ac Baruch Bar
Joshua Jos Romans Ro 1 Maccabees 1Ma
Judges Jud 1 Corinthians 1Co 2 Maccabees 2Ma
Ruth Ru 2 Corinthians 2Co    
1 Samuel 1Sa Galatians Ga    
2 Samuel 2Sa Ephesians Eph    
1 Kings 1Ki Philippians Php    
2 Kings 2Ki Colossians Col    
1 Chronicles 1Ch 1 Thessalonians 1Th    
2 Chronicles 2Ch 2 Thessalonians 2Th    
Ezra Ezr 1 Timothy 1Ti    
Nehemiah Ne 2 Timothy 2Ti    
Esther Es Titus Tit    
Job Job Philemon Phm    
Psalms Ps Hebrews Heb    
Proverbs Pr James Jas    
Ecclesiates Ec 1 Peter 1Pe    
Song of Solomon So 2 Peter 2Pe    
Isaiah Isa 1 John 1Jo    
Jeremiah Jer 2 John 2Jo    
Lamentations La 3 John 3Jo    
Ezekiel Eze Jude Jude    
Daniel Da Revelation Re    
Hosea Ho        
Joel Joe        
Amos Am        
Obadiah Ob        
Jonah Jon        
Micah Mic        
Nahum Na        
Habakkuk Hab        
Zephaniah Zep        
Haggi Hag        
Zechariah Zec        
Malachi Mal