Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'eight' occurs 106 times in the standard works.

18 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'eight' in the standard works and contain 17% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 8 minutes to read the entire list.

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Moses 6:18-21 (5 in 4 verses)

JS-H 1:59-60 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 5:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)


Neh. 7:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

 7:21 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.

 7:22 The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight.




Neh. 7:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 74 189 263
Gen. 10 8 18
Ex. 4 12 16
Lev. 0 13 13
Num. 6 15 21
Deut. 1 2 3
Josh. 1 1 2
Judg. 2 5 7
1 Sam. 2 3 5
2 Sam. 2 5 7
1 Kgs. 1 19 20
2 Kgs. 3 11 14
1 Chr. 7 24 31
2 Chr. 7 14 21
Ezra 5 6 11
Neh. 14 2 16
Job 0 3 3
Ps. 0 2 2
Prov. 0 7 7
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 0 4 4
Jer. 2 9 11
Ezek. 5 15 20
Dan. 0 4 4
Amos 0 2 2
Micah 1 1 2
Zech. 0 2 2
NT 6 19 25
BM 6 50 56
DC 8 10 18
PGP 12 7 19
TOTAL 106 275 381

Neh. 7:11
The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen.

Neh. 7:13
The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five.

Neh. 7:15
The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight.

Neh. 7:16
The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight.

Neh. 7:21
The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.

Neh. 7:22
The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight.

Neh. 7:26
The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight.

Neh. 7:27
The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.

Neh. 7:44
The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight.

Neh. 7:45
The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight.

Neh. 8:18
Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.

Neh. 11:6
All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men.

Neh. 11:8
And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.

Neh. 11:12
And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah,

Neh. 11:14
And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men.