Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

revised standard version

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English

Syllables: re-vised -s-tan-dard- ver-sion
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

7

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An English translation of the Bible published in 1952 by the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, based on the earlier American Standard Version.

Example Sentences

"Since the Revised Standard Version only claims to be a revision of the American Standard Version the sources and background of which are quite fully discussed under the heading of "Revisions" in a previous chapter it is not further discussed here."

Inflected Forms

the Revised Standard Version (canonical)

Questions

What does revised standard version mean?: An English translation of the Bible published in 1952 by the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, based on the earlier American Standard Version.

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