| Symbol |
Description |
| ƒ | Family |
| ℌ | Hebrew Bible |
| ℵ | Codex Sinaiticus |
| ϛ | Stephanus |
| 𝔊 | Septuagint |
| ℓ | Lectionary |
| 𝔐 | Majority Text |
| 𝔓 | Papyrus |
| ˸ | Alternative punctuation |
| [ | Authenticity questioned opening |
| ] | Authenticity questioned closing |
| * | Original reading when correction has been made |
| | | Instance of variation separation within a verse |
| ¦ | Alternative readings within an instance of variation |
| ° | One-word omission |
| … | Text of edition same as variant |
| † | Mutilated codex (Dagger) |
| • | Apparatus section |
| ✝ | Change in NA from NA25 (Latin Cross) |
| ⟦ | Early addition authenticity denied opening |
| ⟧ | Early addition authenticity denied closing |
| ⸀ | Following word replaced |
| ⸁ | Following word replaced recurrence |
| ⸂ | Following words replaced opening |
| ⸃ | Following words replaced closing |
| ⸄ | Replacement recurrence opening |
| ⸅ | Replacement recurrence closing |
| ⸆ | One or more words inserted |
| ⸇ | Insertion recurrence |
| ⸈ | Transposition as indicated in apparatus |
| ⸉ | Transposition in quoted witnesses opening |
| ⸊ | Transposition in quoted witnesses closing |
| ⸋ | Words, clauses, sentences omitted opening |
| ⸌ | Words, clauses, sentences omitted closing |