(reformatted 1 May 2021)
How many times do specific words appear in the Book of Mormon? I found a copy of the Book of Mormon in one large file at the Project Gutenberg website. I cleaned and normalized the data:
- I deleted the introductory Gutenberg legal stuff.
- I also decided to delete the introductory pages of the Book of Mormon including the Testimonies of the Three and Eight witnesses.
- I could not easily remove the reference to each verse which Gutenberg's text edition includes. In other words, each verse is preceded by the book, chapter, and verse. As a result, the frequency of the book names will be greatly inflated.
- I also had to remove punctuation like hyphens preceding words.
- Word variations are listed separately. That means "atone," "atonement," and "atoneth" are counted separately.
Below you will find the list of Book of Mormon words with the frequency of their appearance in two lists:
- Words sorted alphabetically
- Words sorted by frequency
I hope this will be an aid to those who want to include word counts in lessons or talks or just want to review these numbers for their own personal study.
|
Word |
Appearances |
|
a |
2140 |
|
aaron |
50 |
|
abandon |
1 |
|
abandoned |
2 |
|
abasing |
1 |
|
abel |
1 |
|
abhor |
1 |
|
abhorrence |
2 |
|
abhorrest |
1 |
|
abhorreth |
2 |
|
abide |
8 |
|
abinadi |
37 |
|
abinadom |
2 |
|
abish |
1 |
|
able |
17 |
|
ablom |
1 |
|
aboard |
1 |
|
abolish |
1 |
|
abolished |
1 |
|
abominable |
28 |
|
abomination |
11 |
|
abominations |
76 |
|
abound |
4 |
|
abounding |
2 |
|
about |
262 |
|
above |
66 |
|
abraham |
29 |
|
abridged |
1 |
|
abridging |
1 |
|
abridgment |
3 |
|
abroad |
14 |
|
absence |
1 |
|
abundance |
13 |
|
abundant |
1 |
|
abundantly |
8 |
|
abused |
1 |
|
abyss |
2 |
|
accept |
2 |
|
acceptable |
2 |
|
access |
1 |
|
accomplish |
7 |
|
accomplished |
5 |
|
accomplishment |
1 |
|
accord |
3 |
|
according |
525 |
|
accordingly |
1 |
|
account |
73 |
|
accountable |
1 |
|
accounted |
2 |
|
accounts |
1 |
|
accursed |
6 |
|
accusation |
1 |
|
accuse |
5 |
|
accused |
3 |
|
accusing |
1 |
|
acknowledge |
6 |
|
acknowledged |
3 |
|
acknowledgeth |
1 |
|
acquaint |
1 |
|
acquainted |
3 |
|
acquired |
1 |
|
acres |
1 |
|
across |
9 |
|
act |
10 |
|
acted |
3 |
|
acting |
1 |
|
activity |
1 |
|
actual |
1 |
|
adam |
26 |
|
add |
2 |
|
added |
3 |
|
addition |
2 |
|
address |
1 |
|
adhere |
1 |
|
adieu |
1 |
|
administer |
15 |
|
administered |
11 |
|
administering |
3 |
|
admit |
2 |
|
admitted |
1 |
|
admitting |
1 |
|
admonish |
2 |
|
admonished |
3 |
|
admonishing |
1 |
|
admonition |
1 |
|
admonitions |
1 |
|
adopted |
1 |
|
adorn |
2 |
|
adorning |
1 |
|
adulterers |
1 |
|
adulterous |
1 |
|
adultery |
11 |
|
advantage |
10 |
|
advantages |
1 |
|
adversaries |
5 |
|
adversary |
5 |
|
advocateth |
1 |
|
afar |
1 |
|
affairs |
18 |
|
affections |
1 |
|
affixed |
6 |
|
afflict |
9 |
|
afflicted |
33 |
|
affliction |
13 |
|
afflictions |
78 |
|
afforded |
1 |
|
affrighted |
2 |
|
afraid |
13 |
|
after |
507 |
|
afterwards |
2 |
|
again |
478 |
|
against |
557 |
|
agates |
1 |
|
age |
19 |
|
aged |
2 |
|
aggravating |
1 |
|
agony |
1 |
|
agosh |
2 |
|
agree |
3 |
|
agreed |
5 |
|
agreement |
2 |
|
agreements |
1 |
|
aha |
1 |
|
ahah |
4 |
|
ahaz |
5 |
|
aiath |
1 |
|
air |
13 |
|
akish |
24 |
|
alarming |
1 |
|
alike |
5 |
|
alive |
12 |
|
all |
1779 |
|
alliance |
2 |
|
allotted |
1 |
|
allotteth |
1 |
|
allowance |
1 |
|
all-powerful |
2 |
|
all-searching |
2 |
|
all-wise |
1 |
|
alma |
2295 |
|
almighty |
13 |
|
almost |
11 |
|
alms |
5 |
|
alone |
23 |
|
along |
4 |
|
aloud |
2 |
|
alpha |
1 |
|
already |
21 |
|
also |
1034 |
|
altar |
4 |
|
alter |
1 |
|
alteration |
1 |
|
altered |
9 |
|
altering |
1 |
|
although |
3 |
|
altogether |
1 |
|
always |
41 |
|
am |
199 |
|
amaleki |
6 |
|
amalekite |
1 |
|
amalekites |
18 |
|
amalickiah |
63 |
|
amalickiahites |
4 |
|
amalickiah's |
1 |
|
amaron |
2 |
|
amazed |
2 |
|
amazement |
4 |
|
amen |
42 |
|
amgid |
2 |
|
aminadab |
3 |
|
aminadi |
3 |
|
amiss |
1 |
|
amlici |
16 |
|
amlicites |
27 |
|
ammah |
2 |
|
ammaron |
10 |
|
ammon |
173 |
|
ammonihah |
26 |
|
ammonihahites |
1 |
|
ammonites |
2 |
|
ammoron |
24 |
|
amnigaddah |
4 |
|
amnihu |
1 |
|
amnor |
3 |
|
among |
581 |
|
amongst |
14 |
|
amoron |
1 |
|
amos |
4 |
|
amount |
3 |
|
amoz |
2 |
|
amulek |
73 |
|
amulon |
20 |
|
amulonites |
7 |
|
an |
369 |
|
anathoth |
1 |
|
anchor |
2 |
|
ancient |
12 |
|
ancients |
3 |
|
and |
16321 |
|
anew |
1 |
|
angel |
90 |
|
angels |
55 |
|
anger |
89 |
|
angola |
1 |
|
angry |
69 |
|
anguish |
11 |
|
ani-anti |
1 |
|
animal |
1 |
|
animals |
5 |
|
ankles |
1 |
|
anoint |
3 |
|
anointed |
8 |
|
anointing |
1 |
|
another |
121 |
|
another's |
1 |
|
answer |
15 |
|
answered |
33 |
|
answering |
1 |
|
anti-christ |
2 |
|
anti-nephi-lehi |
11 |
|
anti-nephi-lehies |
1 |
|
antiomno |
1 |
|
antion |
1 |
|
antionah |
1 |
|
antionum |
5 |
|
antiparah |
9 |
|
antipas |
3 |
|
antipus |
20 |
|
antum |
1 |
|
anxiety |
8 |
|
anxious |
1 |
|
any |
149 |
|
anyone |
1 |
|
anything |
17 |
|
apart |
3 |
|
apostle |
3 |
|
apostles |
13 |
|
apparel |
14 |
|
appeal |
2 |
|
appealed |
2 |
|
appear |
19 |
|
appearance |
4 |
|
appeared |
7 |
|
appeareth |
3 |
|
appearing |
1 |
|
appears |
1 |
|
appease |
1 |
|
appeased |
1 |
|
appellation |
1 |
|
appetite |
1 |
|
applied |
2 |
|
apply |
1 |
|
appoint |
11 |
|
appointed |
60 |
|
apprised |
1 |
|
approach |
1 |
|
approaching |
1 |
|
arabian |
1 |
|
archeantus |
1 |
|
are |
1165 |
|
aright |
2 |
|
arise |
23 |
|
ariseth |
2 |
|
ark |
1 |
|
arm |
37 |
|
armed |
12 |
|
armies |
150 |
|
arming |
1 |
|
armor |
9 |
|
arms |
57 |
|
arm-shields |
2 |
|
army |
136 |
|
arose |
32 |
|
around |
8 |
|
arouse |
3 |
|
arpad |
1 |
|
arraigned |
1 |
|
arrange |
1 |
|
arrayed |
1 |
|
arrive |
8 |
|
arrived |
9 |
|
arrogancy |
1 |
|
arrow |
4 |
|
arrows |
22 |
|
art |
91 |
|
artificer |
1 |
|
arts |
4 |
|
as |
1046 |
|
ascend |
5 |
|
ascended |
9 |
|
ascendeth |
6 |
|
ascension |
4 |
|
ascribe |
1 |
|
ascribing |
1 |
|
ashamed |
11 |
|
ashes |
2 |
|
aside |
14 |
|
ask |
47 |
|
asked |
1 |
|
asketh |
4 |
|
asking |
1 |
|
asleep |
3 |
|
asp |
2 |
|
ass |
5 |
|
assemble |
18 |
|
assembled |
7 |
|
assemblies |
1 |
|
assembling |
2 |
|
assembly |
2 |
|
asses |
1 |
|
assist |
9 |
|
assistance |
9 |
|
associate |
1 |
|
assurance |
1 |
|
assurances |
1 |
|
assured |
1 |
|
assuredly |
5 |
|
assyria |
8 |
|
assyrian |
3 |
|
astonished |
25 |
|
astonishing |
1 |
|
astonishment |
18 |
|
astray |
8 |
|
asunder |
6 |
|
at |
395 |
|
ate |
2 |
|
athirst |
2 |
|
atone |
5 |
|
atonement |
28 |
|
atoneth |
3 |
|
atoning |
3 |
|
attack |
13 |
|
attacked |
2 |
|
attain |
3 |
|
attempt |
12 |
|
attempted |
3 |
|
attempting |
1 |
|
attempts |
2 |
|
attended |
2 |
|
attention |
2 |
|
attitude |
5 |
|
attributed |
1 |
|
audience |
1 |
|
aught |
2 |
|
austere |
1 |
|
author |
3 |
|
authority |
47 |
|
availeth |
3 |
|
avenge |
8 |
|
avengeth |
1 |
|
avenging |
1 |
|
await |
5 |
|
awaiteth |
1 |
|
awaits |
1 |
|
awake |
23 |
|
awaken |
3 |
|
awakened |
8 |
|
awaketh |
2 |
|
aware |
3 |
|
away |
380 |
|
awful |
47 |
|
awfulness |
2 |
|
awkwardness |
1 |
|
awoke |
7 |
|
ax |
4 |
|
babblings |
1 |
|
babes |
2 |
|
babylon |
11 |
|
back |
52 |
|
backs |
6 |
|
bad |
15 |
|
bade |
5 |
|
baldness |
1 |
|
ball |
10 |
|
band |
31 |
|
bands |
27 |
|
banished |
1 |
|
bank |
8 |
|
banks |
4 |
|
banner |
1 |
|
baptism |
26 |
|
baptize |
28 |
|
baptized |
85 |
|
baptizing |
6 |
|
bar |
12 |
|
barbarous |
1 |
|
bare |
11 |
|
barges |
5 |
|
barley |
4 |
|
barns |
1 |
|
barren |
2 |
|
base |
1 |
|
baseness |
1 |
|
bashan |
1 |
|
bath |
1 |
|
bathe |
1 |
|
bats |
1 |
|
battle |
134 |
|
battles |
3 |
|
be |
2505 |
|
beach |
1 |
|
beam |
3 |
|
bear |
58 |
|
beard |
1 |
|
beareth |
6 |
|
bearing |
5 |
|
beast |
2 |
|
beasts |
34 |
|
beat |
29 |
|
beaten |
2 |
|
beautiful |
16 |
|
beauty |
6 |
|
became |
96 |
|
because |
800 |
|
beckoned |
1 |
|
become |
145 |
|
becomes |
1 |
|
becometh |
9 |
|
becoming |
10 |
|
bed |
5 |
|
bee |
2 |
|
been |
724 |
|
bees |
1 |
|
befall |
1 |
|
before |
434 |
|
beforehand |
4 |
|
began |
418 |
|
begat |
42 |
|
beggar |
2 |
|
beggars |
1 |
|
begged |
1 |
|
begging |
3 |
|
begin |
30 |
|
beginneth |
11 |
|
beginning |
57 |
|
begotten |
11 |
|
beguile |
1 |
|
beguiled |
2 |
|
begun |
9 |
|
behalf |
6 |
|
behave |
1 |
|
beheld |
128 |
|
beheldest |
2 |
|
behind |
4 |
|
behold |
1635 |
|
beholdest |
11 |
|
beholding |
5 |
|
behooveth |
4 |
|
being |
261 |
|
beings |
2 |
|
belief |
14 |
|
believe |
204 |
|
believed |
45 |
|
believers |
4 |
|
believest |
20 |
|
believeth |
19 |
|
believing |
13 |
|
bellows |
2 |
|
belong |
31 |
|
belonged |
12 |
|
belongeth |
5 |
|
belonging |
1 |
|
belongs |
2 |
|
beloved |
99 |
|
below |
1 |
|
beneath |
9 |
|
benefit |
4 |
|
benjamin |
34 |
|
bent |
2 |
|
beseech |
4 |
|
beset |
2 |
|
besides |
3 |
|
besom |
1 |
|
besought |
2 |
|
best |
3 |
|
bestead |
1 |
|
bestir |
1 |
|
bestow |
3 |
|
bestowed |
6 |
|
bethabara |
1 |
|
better |
25 |
|
between |
33 |
|
betwixt |
5 |
|
beware |
3 |
|
beyond |
22 |
|
bible |
11 |
|
bid |
5 |
|
bidden |
2 |
|
bidding |
1 |
|
big |
1 |
|
bill |
1 |
|
bind |
15 |
|
bindeth |
2 |
|
binds |
1 |
|
birth |
5 |
|
bitten |
2 |
|
bitter |
12 |
|
bittern |
1 |
|
bitterness |
5 |
|
black |
2 |
|
blackness |
2 |
|
blade |
1 |
|
blades |
1 |
|
blameless |
7 |
|
blaspheme |
2 |
|
blasphemy |
1 |
|
bled |
2 |
|
bleeding |
1 |
|
bless |
32 |
|
blessed |
139 |
|
blessing |
18 |
|
blessings |
16 |
|
blew |
2 |
|
blind |
15 |
|
blinded |
3 |
|
blindeth |
1 |
|
blindness |
11 |
|
bliss |
1 |
|
block |
3 |
|
blocks |
1 |
|
blood |
148 |
|
bloodshed |
22 |
|
bloodsheds |
4 |
|
bloodthirsty |
2 |
|
blood-thirsty |
1 |
|
bloody |
1 |
|
blossoms |
2 |
|
blot |
1 |
|
blotted |
8 |
|
blow |
5 |
|
bloweth |
2 |
|
blows |
5 |
|
boast |
15 |
|
boasting |
6 |
|
boastings |
2 |
|
boaz |
1 |
|
bodies |
31 |
|
body |
78 |
|
bold |
3 |
|
boldly |
12 |
|
boldness |
12 |
|
bond |
6 |
|
bondage |
73 |
|
bonds |
9 |
|
bones |
9 |
|
bonnets |
1 |
|
book |
75 |
|
books |
7 |
|
bordered |
2 |
|
bordering |
4 |
|
borders |
75 |
|
bore |
4 |
|
born |
25 |
|
borne |
8 |
|
borrow |
2 |
|
borroweth |
2 |
|
both |
116 |
|
bottom |
2 |
|
bough |
1 |
|
bound |
29 |
|
bountiful |
36 |
|
bountifully |
1 |
|
bounty |
1 |
|
bow |
24 |
|
bowed |
12 |
|
bowels |
8 |
|
boweth |
1 |
|
bows |
13 |
|
bracelets |
2 |
|
brake |
2 |
|
branch |
21 |
|
branches |
53 |
|
brass |
37 |
|
brave |
1 |
|
bravery |
2 |
|
brazen |
1 |
|
breach |
1 |
|
bread |
22 |
|
breadth |
1 |
|
break |
26 |
|
breaketh |
3 |
|
breaking |
1 |
|
breast |
3 |
|
breastplate |
1 |
|
breastplates |
10 |
|
breasts |
2 |
|
breastwork |
3 |
|
breath |
6 |
|
breathe |
4 |
|
breathed |
2 |
|
breathing |
1 |
|
brethren |
547 |
|
bricks |
1 |
|
bride |
1 |
|
bridle |
1 |
|
briers |
6 |
|
bright |
7 |
|
brightness |
7 |
|
brim |
1 |
|
brimstone |
10 |
|
bring |
170 |
|
bringeth |
42 |
|
bringing |
27 |
|
broad |
3 |
|
broke |
6 |
|
broken |
49 |
|
brother |
165 |
|
brothers |
10 |
|
brother's |
2 |
|
brought |
256 |
|
brow |
1 |
|
bruise |
1 |
|
bruised |
1 |
|
brutal |
1 |
|
brutality |
1 |
|
bucklers |
1 |
|
build |
48 |
|
buildeth |
5 |
|
building |
13 |
|
buildings |
13 |
|
built |
70 |
|
bull |
1 |
|
burden |
8 |
|
burdened |
1 |
|
burdeneth |
1 |
|
burdens |
10 |
|
burdensome |
1 |
|
burial |
7 |
|
buried |
21 |
|
burn |
9 |
|
burned |
20 |
|
burneth |
1 |
|
burning |
9 |
|
burnt |
5 |
|
burst |
1 |
|
bury |
8 |
|
burying |
3 |
|
bushel |
1 |
|
bushes |
1 |
|
business |
3 |
|
but |
991 |
|
butter |
3 |
|
buy |
5 |
|
by |
1187 |
|
byword |
2 |
|
cain |
3 |
|
calamity |
3 |
|
calf |
2 |
|
call |
66 |
|
called |
209 |
|
calling |
19 |
|
callings |
1 |
|
calm |
1 |
|
calno |
1 |
|
calves |
2 |
|
came |
1642 |
|
camp |
24 |
|
camped |
1 |
|
camps |
4 |
|
can |
193 |
|
candle |
1 |
|
candles |
1 |
|
candlestick |
1 |
|
canker |
1 |
|
cankered |
1 |
|
cannot |
131 |
|
canst |
10 |
|
capable |
3 |
|
capital |
2 |
|
captain |
11 |
|
captains |
27 |
|
captivate |
1 |
|
captivation |
1 |
|
captive |
32 |
|
captives |
6 |
|
captivity |
61 |
|
carbuncles |
1 |
|
carcass |
1 |
|
carcasses |
3 |
|
carchemish |
1 |
|
care |
10 |
|
carefully |
1 |
|
carnage |
5 |
|
carnal |
15 |
|
carnally-minded |
1 |
|
carriages |
1 |
|
carried |
56 |
|
carrieth |
1 |
|
carry |
33 |
|
carrying |
4 |
|
cart |
1 |
|
case |
15 |
|
cases |
3 |
|
cast |
227 |
|
casteth |
1 |
|
casting |
6 |
|
catch |
5 |
|
cattle |
7 |
|
caught |
9 |
|
cauls |
1 |
|
cause |
214 |
|
caused |
153 |
|
causes |
1 |
|
causeth |
5 |
|
causing |
7 |
|
cautious |
1 |
|
caves |
1 |
|
cavity |
5 |
|
cease |
35 |
|
ceased |
18 |
|
ceaseless |
1 |
|
ceaseth |
5 |
|
ceasing |
5 |
|
cedars |
3 |
|
cement |
4 |
|
censured |
1 |
|
center |
9 |
|
ceremony |
1 |
|
certain |
11 |
|
certainly |
1 |
|
cezoram |
3 |
|
chaff |
6 |
|
chain |
1 |
|
chained |
1 |
|
chains |
15 |
|
chaldeans |
2 |
|
chaldees' |
1 |
|
chance |
6 |
|
chances |
1 |
|
change |
16 |
|
changeable |
3 |
|
changed |
11 |
|
changeth |
1 |
|
changing |
2 |
|
channels |
1 |
|
chapter |
234 |
|
characters |
1 |
|
charge |
10 |
|
charges |
1 |
|
chariots |
7 |
|
charitable |
1 |
|
charity |
27 |
|
charmed |
1 |
|
chased |
1 |
|
chaste |
1 |
|
chasten |
3 |
|
chastened |
5 |
|
chastisement |
1 |
|
chastity |
2 |
|
cheateth |
1 |
|
check |
2 |
|
checked |
1 |
|
cheek |
3 |
|
cheeks |
6 |
|
cheer |
3 |
|
cheerfully |
1 |
|
chemish |
3 |
|
cherubim |
3 |
|
chickens |
4 |
|
chief |
96 |
|
chiefest |
2 |
|
chiefly |
2 |
|
chiefs |
1 |
|
child |
34 |
|
childhood |
1 |
|
childishness |
1 |
|
children |
349 |
|
choice |
22 |
|
choicest |
1 |
|
choirs |
2 |
|
choose |
17 |
|
choosing |
1 |
|
chose |
9 |
|
chosen |
38 |
|
christ |
382 |
|
christians |
4 |
|
christs |
1 |
|
christ's |
2 |
|
church |
227 |
|
churches |
32 |
|
cimeter |
3 |
|
cimeters |
8 |
|
circumcision |
1 |
|
circumspectly |
3 |
|
circumstances |
13 |
|
cite |
1 |
|
cities |
77 |
|
city |
312 |
|
civil |
1 |
|
civilization |
2 |
|
claim |
10 |
|
claimeth |
5 |
|
clapped |
3 |
|
clasped |
2 |
|
class |
1 |
|
classes |
1 |
|
clave |
1 |
|
clay |
3 |
|
clean |
6 |
|
cleanse |
1 |
|
cleansed |
10 |
|
clear |
7 |
|
cleared |
1 |
|
clearly |
1 |
|
cleave |
7 |
|
cleaveth |
1 |
|
clefts |
1 |
|
climate |
1 |
|
climb |
1 |
|
clinging |
1 |
|
cloak |
2 |
|
close |
8 |
|
closed |
2 |
|
closet |
2 |
|
closets |
1 |
|
cloth |
5 |
|
clothe |
10 |
|
clothed |
5 |
|
clothes |
1 |
|
clothing |
9 |
|
cloud |
16 |
|
clouds |
2 |
|
club |
1 |
|
clubs |
3 |
|
coal |
1 |
|
coals |
1 |
|
coarseness |
1 |
|
coat |
5 |
|
cockatrice |
1 |
|
cockatrice's |
2 |
|
cohor |
7 |
|
cold |
1 |
|
collected |
1 |
|
colors |
1 |
|
com |
14 |
|
combination |
7 |
|
combinations |
21 |
|
combine |
2 |
|
come |
781 |
|
comeliness |
1 |
|
comely |
2 |
|
comes |
6 |
|
comest |
1 |
|
cometh |
127 |
|
comfort |
13 |
|
comforted |
14 |
|
comfortedst |
1 |
|
comforter |
1 |
|
comforteth |
1 |
|
coming |
83 |
|
command |
62 |
|
commanded |
191 |
|
commander |
5 |
|
commandest |
1 |
|
commandeth |
11 |
|
commanding |
1 |
|
commandment |
41 |
|
commandments |
208 |
|
commands |
9 |
|
commence |
17 |
|
commenced |
14 |
|
commencement |
32 |
|
commend |
1 |
|
commending |
1 |
|
commit |
35 |
|
committed |
20 |
|
committeth |
1 |
|
committing |
8 |
|
common |
5 |
|
communication |
1 |
|
communion |
1 |
|
comnor |
2 |
|
company |
1 |
|
compare |
1 |
|
compared |
2 |
|
compass |
7 |
|
compassion |
12 |
|
compel |
4 |
|
compelled |
20 |
|
complain |
5 |
|
complained |
3 |
|
complaining |
1 |
|
complaint |
1 |
|
complaints |
1 |
|
complete |
1 |
|
composed |
1 |
|
compound |
2 |
|
comprehend |
3 |
|
comprehendeth |
1 |
|
concealed |
6 |
|
conceive |
4 |
|
conceived |
2 |
|
concerned |
1 |
|
concerning |
348 |
|
conclude |
1 |
|
concourses |
3 |
|
concubines |
9 |
|
condemn |
14 |
|
condemnation |
18 |
|
condemned |
12 |
|
condemneth |
4 |
|
condemning |
1 |
|
condescension |
3 |
|
condescensions |
2 |
|
condition |
2 |
|
conditions |