Word counts: How many times does the word ___ appear in the Bible?

The table below gives some word counts for four popular versions of the Bible.* There is no single correct way to translate the ancient Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek Bible manuscripts into English. The grammar, structure, and style of those languages are very different from English, and a literal word-for-word translation is not possible. Therefore, the number of times a particular word appears is usually different for each version of the Bible.
Word

King James Version

New American Standard Version - 1995 ed.

New International Version

New Revised Standard Version

Old Testament

New Testament

Old Testament

New Testament

Old Testament

New Testament

Old Testament

New Testament

Faith

2    

245    

4    

246    

16    

254    

18    

246    

God

3090    

1354    

3060    

1298    

2725    

1244    

2747    

1252    

Hate

71    

16    

80    

13    

63    

17    

76    

18    

Heart

725    

105    

608    

118    

489    

81    

496    

96    

Jesus

0    

983    

0    

986    

0    

1273    

0    

999    

Joy

102    

63    

122    

60    

155    

63    

114    

58    

Light

177    

95    

143    

86    

139    

93    

146    

90    

Lord

7234    

712    

7102    

651    

7143    

618    

6561    

610    

Love

131    

179    

133    

215    

319    

232    

317    

221    

Music

0    

0    

11    

1    

87    

3    

14    

1    

Praise

222    

26    

179    

28    

299    

41    

182    

22    

Pray

245    

68    

57    

52    

48    

73    

61    

61    

Remember

121    

27    

137    

31    

130    

36    

125    

34    

Wealth

25    

2    

69    

12    

99    

18    

71    

15    

Wisdom

181    

53    

164    

52    

166    

52    

164    

52    

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*These word counts are approximate. They include only the base word as shown. Thus, the count for "Lord" does not include "Lord's," and the count for "light" does not include "lights," "lighted," "daylight," etc. Headings, footnotes and the books of the Apocrypha are not included. Different search programs will often find different numbers, depending on the exact search algorithm used.