# 耶稣 Appears 1,492 Times in the Bible

> 耶稣 (yē sū), the word the Chinese Union Version (和合本, simplified) uses for "Jesus", occurs 1,492 times in 1,388 verses across 23 of the Bible's 66 books.

Question: how often does Jesus appear Chinese Bible
Answer: 1,492 times
Page: https://chinese-bible.com/en/reference/how-often-does-jesus-appear

耶稣 (Yēsū) is the transliteration of Jesus used throughout the Chinese Bible. Almost every occurrence is in the New Testament, which is why the count is concentrated in a handful of books.

Counting is by segmented token: the text is split into words by matching against CC-CEDICT, and every occurrence of 耶稣 as its own word is counted. A verse that uses it twice counts twice in the total and once in the verse count, which is why the two figures differ. Its first occurrence in canonical order is Matthew 1:16.

It is outside the HSK 1-9 word lists, which is normal for vocabulary specific to Scripture — 22.5% of the Bible's word tokens are unlevelled.

Every occurrence is reachable on this site: the word page for 耶稣 lists the verses it appears in, and each one opens the chapter with the word highlighted in the reader.

## 耶稣 in the Chinese Union Version (和合本, simplified)

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Occurrences | 1,492 |
| Verses containing it | 1,388 |
| Books it appears in | 23 of 66 |
| Pinyin | yē sū |
| HSK level | not in HSK 1-9 |
| First occurrence | Matthew 1:16 |
| English gloss (CC-CEDICT) | Jesus |


## Questions

**Is 耶稣 the only word used for "Jesus"?**

No. Chinese renders a single English word several ways, and this count is for 耶稣 exactly as segmented. Related words are counted on their own pages, and the site's search finds any of them across all 31,021 verses.

**Does the traditional-character text give the same count?**

Yes for this word's count, because counting happens on the simplified text and the traditional edition of the same verses differs only in how characters are written — 1,909 distinct characters are written differently, but the words are the same.

**How can I learn this word?**

The word page carries its pinyin, stroke order, character breakdown and the verses it occurs in, and it can be saved to a flashcard deck and exported to Anki, Pleco or Quizlet.

## Method

- Text: 和合本 (Chinese Union Version), simplified script — public domain
- Words: forward maximum matching against CC-CEDICT (this site's own segmentation)
- HSK levels: HSK 3.0 levels from the complete-hsk-vocabulary list; band 7 covers HSK 7-9
- Reading times: 260 characters a minute (an assumption)
- Computed: 2026-09-22

These are reproducible counts over a public-domain text, not a peer-reviewed study. Difficulty ranks are one stated formula, not a validated readability score.


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