How many times is Romans mentioned in the Bible?
The word Romans appears 6 times in the King James Version, in 6 verses. Counting every form (Romans, Roman), it appears 11 times in 11 verses across 2 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses Romans 6 times (14 with every form).
Romans in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of Romans counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| Romans | 6 | 6 |
| Roman | 5 | 8 |
| Total | 11 | 14 |
First and last mention of Romans
If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
Where the two translations differ
0 verses match in the KJV but not in the World English Bible, and 3 verses match only in the World English Bible, usually because the other translation chose a different word there.
John 19:39: counted in the World English Bible only
And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred Roman pounds.
Acts 16:12: counted in the World English Bible only
And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.
and from there to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the foremost of the district, a Roman colony. We were staying some days in this city.
Common questions
How many times is Romans in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 0 of the 11 uses are in the Old Testament and 11 in the New Testament. Romans appears in 2 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Acts has the most (10), then John (1).
Where is Romans first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is John 11:48: "If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation." The last is Acts 28:17.
Romans is also the name of a book of the Bible. See its 16 chapters, 433 verses and reading time.
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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 2026-10-22.