How many songs are in the Bible?

Answer 1

There are hundreds. First there are the 150 psalms in the Old Testament which are the 'songs' of the Hebrews that they sang ( and Christian churches still sing) even hundreds of years before Christ. In addition, there are several songs in the New Testament including the Song of Mary (the 'Magnificat') the Song of Simeon ('the 'Nunc Dimittis') and the Song of Zechariah (the 'Benedictus'). The so called 'Song of Solomon' or 'Song of Songs' found in the Old Testament is more akin to an erotic love poem rather than a song despite its name.

Answer 2

The word 'song' appears 78 times in the King James Version (KJV). Of the 78 times it appears 73 times in the Old Testament mostly in book of Psalms and 5 times in the New Testament. Related terms include music, songs, and sing.

Song appears 101 times in the NIV translation so the count varies slightly depending on which translation you use.

Answer 3

Chapters Vs. words Old Testament 929 23,214 622,771 New Testament 260 7,959 184,590 Bible 1,189 31,173 807,361