What Does “Verse” Mean in the Bible?
Each of the small numbered pieces of a chapter of the Bible.
A detail
- How it is written: first the book, then the chapter, a colon, and the verse. “Luke 1:26-38” goes from verse 26 to verse 38.
Today
In “Luke 19:5,” Luke is the book, 19 is the chapter, and 5 is the verse.
Source: Cambridge Dictionary, “verse”