How many times is Syrians mentioned in the Bible?
The word Syrians appears 61 times in the King James Version, in 55 verses. Counting every form (Syrians, Syrian), it appears 73 times in 65 verses across 12 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses Syrians 62 times (77 with every form).
Syrians in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of Syrians counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| Syrians | 61 | 62 |
| Syrian | 12 | 15 |
| Total | 73 | 77 |
Which books mention Syrians most
Syrians appears in 12 books of the 66 in the King James Version. 2 Kings has the most (19), then 2 Samuel (17) and 1 Chronicles (13).
First and last mention of Syrians
And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.
The verse that uses it most is Genesis 25:20, 2 times (tied with 2 Samuel 8:5, 2 Samuel 10:6, 2 Samuel 10:18, 1 Chronicles 18:5, 1 Chronicles 19:16 and 2 more):
And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
Where the two translations differ
1 verse matches in the KJV but not in the World English Bible, and 4 verses match only in the World English Bible, usually because the other translation chose a different word there.
Isaiah 36:11: counted in the KJV only
Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews’ language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
Then Eliakim, Shebna and Joah said to Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it; and don’t speak to us in the Jews’ language in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”
2 Chronicles 1:17: counted in the World English Bible only
And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means.
They brought up and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred pieces of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty. They also exported them to the Hittite kings and the Syrian kings.
2 Chronicles 18:10: counted in the World English Bible only
And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed.
Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made himself horns of iron and said, “Yahweh says, ‘With these you shall push the Syrians, until they are consumed.’”
Common questions
How many times is Syrians in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 72 of the 73 uses are in the Old Testament and 1 in the New Testament. Syrians appears in 12 books of the 66 in the King James Version. 2 Kings has the most (19), then 2 Samuel (17) and 1 Chronicles (13).
Where is Syrians first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Genesis 25:20: "And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian." The last is Luke 4:27.
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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.