ASV

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ASV is a 1901 English Bible translation known for its formal, literal rendering of the original Hebrew and Greek texts.

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Label Occurrences
ASV canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bible translation ⓘ
English Bible translation ⓘ
abbreviation ASV ⓘ
alsoKnownAs American Standard Version of the Bible ⓘ
basedOn Revised Version ⓘ
completionYearNewTestament 1900s ⓘ
completionYearOldTestament 1901 ⓘ
containsTestament New Testament ⓘ
Old Testament ⓘ
copyrightStatusUS public domain ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
derivedFrom English Revised Version ⓘ
digitalAvailability freely available online ⓘ
editingBody American Revision Committee ⓘ
followedBy Revised Standard Version ⓘ
fullName American Standard Version ⓘ
genre Christian scripture ⓘ
religious text ⓘ
hasCanonicalStructure 66-book Protestant canon ⓘ
influenced American Standard Version 1901 derivatives ⓘ
New American Standard Bible ⓘ
Revised Standard Version ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableFeature archaic English pronouns such as thee and thou ⓘ
extensive use of marginal notes ⓘ
frequent use of the divine name Jehovah in the Old Testament ⓘ
strict word-for-word translation style ⓘ
notableFor accuracy valued by Bible scholars ⓘ
influence on 20th-century English Bible translations ⓘ
originatedAs American edition of the English Revised Version ⓘ
precededBy King James Version ⓘ
publicationYear 1901 ⓘ
publisher Thomas Nelson & Sons ⓘ
Various American publishers ⓘ
religiousTradition Protestantism ⓘ
religiousUse study Bible for conservative Protestants ⓘ
scriptureType Protestant Bible ⓘ
status public domain in the United States ⓘ
targetAudience English-speaking Protestants ⓘ
textualBasisNewTestament Textus Receptus-influenced critical text of the 19th century ⓘ
timePeriodOfLanguage late 19th-century and early 20th-century English ⓘ
translationPhilosophy literal rendering of Hebrew and Greek texts ⓘ
translationType formal equivalence ⓘ
usesChapterDivisions yes ⓘ
usesDivineName Jehovah ⓘ
linked to: the LORD
usesVerseNumbers yes ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.