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'''Phonics and the Bible''' is a program for learning to read, or improving one's reading or vocabulary, with a structured approach to reading the [[Bible]], beginning with the [[New Testament]].
There are 5,420 distinct words in the New Testament, the vast majority of which are [[phonics|phonetic]] when translated into English.<ref name="Quantifying">https://glanier.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/quantifying-the-task-of-learning-greek/#:~:text=The%20Greek%20New%20Testament%2C%20as,5%2C420%20distinct%20words</ref> Of these, almost 2,000 appear only once ("hapax legomena" is the Greek term for that), many of which are names and some are medical terms.<ref name="Quantifying"/> Only about 25 words appear only in the New Testament and have not yet been found anywhere else, while 400 such words exist in the [[Old Testament]].<ref>https://www.gotquestions.org/hapax-legomenon.html</ref>
On the other end of the spectrum, 172 words appear 100x or more (3%), with another 138 appearing 50-100x (2.5%).
== References ==
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[[category:Education]]
[[category:Gospels]]
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