How many times is Noah mentioned in the Bible?
The word Noah appears 51 times in the King James Version, in 45 verses. Counting every form (Noah, Noah's, Noe), it appears 58 times in 51 verses across 11 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses Noah 56 times (58 with every form).
The KJV spells the name Noe in the New Testament (Matthew 24:37, Luke 3:36 and 17:26-27, Hebrews 11:7). Both spellings are counted.
Noah in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of Noah counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| Noah | 51 | 56 |
| Noah's | 2 | 2 |
| Noe | 5 | not counted |
| Total | 58 | 58 |
First and last mention of Noah
And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
The verse that uses it most is Genesis 6:9, 3 times (tied with Genesis 7:13):
These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
Verses with Noah on our topic pages
1 verse that uses Noah in the World English Bible is in our topic collections.
By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
On: Faith
Common questions
How many times is Noah in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 50 of the 58 uses are in the Old Testament and 8 in the New Testament. Noah appears in 11 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Genesis has the most (41), then Numbers (3) and Luke (3).
Where is Noah first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Genesis 5:29: "And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed." The last is 2 Peter 2:5.
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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 2026-10-05.