How many times is beard mentioned in the Bible?
The word beard appears 16 times in the King James Version, in 15 verses. Counting every form (beard, beards), it appears 20 times in 19 verses across 9 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses beard 16 times (22 with every form).
Beard in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of beard counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| beard | 16 | 16 |
| beards | 4 | 6 |
| Total | 20 | 22 |
First and last mention of beard
If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;
And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber’s razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.
The verse that uses it most is Psalm 133:2, 2 times:
It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
Where the two translations differ
0 verses match in the KJV but not in the World English Bible, and 2 verses match only in the World English Bible, usually because the other translation chose a different word there.
Jeremiah 25:23: counted in the World English Bible only
Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,
Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who have the corners of their beard cut off;
Jeremiah 49:32: counted in the World English Bible only
And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the LORD.
Their camels will be a booty, and the multitude of their livestock a plunder. I will scatter to all winds those who have the corners of their beards cut off; and I will bring their calamity from every side of them,” says Yahweh.
Common questions
How many times is beard in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 20 of the 20 uses are in the Old Testament and 0 in the New Testament. Beard appears in 9 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Leviticus has the most (5), then 2 Samuel (4) and 1 Samuel (2).
Where is beard first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Leviticus 13:29: "If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;" The last is Ezekiel 5:1.
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-26.