Bible

Etymology 1
From, from (misinterpreted as a feminine from earlier Latin neuter plural ), from , plural of , originally a diminutive of , from  (from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported this writing material).

Old English used (from βιβλιοθήκη) and  (whence English ) for "the Scriptures".

Proper noun



 * 1) The main religious text in Christianity.
 * In my religion class we learn about the Bible, as well as religious texts of other religions.
 * 1) The Jewish holy book that was largely incorporated into the Christian Bible.
 * She's Jewish, but she doesn't read the Bible because she's not religious.
 * 1) The analogous holy book of another religion or belief.
 * She's Jewish, but she doesn't read the Bible because she's not religious.
 * 1) The analogous holy book of another religion or belief.

Synonyms

 * Christian Bible, Holy Bible, Good Book, Book, word of life
 * Tanakh, Tanach, Jewish Bible, Hebrew Bible, (loosely) Old Testament
 * bible

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic:
 * Hijazi Arabic: الإنجيل
 * Aramaic:
 * Classical Syriac: ܟܬܒܐ ܩܕܝܫܐ, ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ
 * Armenian: աստվածաշունչ
 * Asturian:
 * Azerbaijani: Tövrat və İncil, İncil
 * Cyrillic: Төврат вә Инҹил
 * Bashkir: Библия
 * Basque: Biblia
 * Belarusian: бі́блія, Бі́блія, Свято́е Пісьмо́, Свято́е Піса́нне
 * Bengali:
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chechen: Библи
 * Cherokee: ᎪᏪᎭᎨᏛ
 * Chichewa: baibulo
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 聖經
 * Eastern Min: 聖經
 * Hakka: 聖經
 * Hokkien: 聖經
 * Mandarin:
 * Northern Min: 聖經
 * Wu: 聖經
 * Cornish: Bibel, Beybel
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dhivehi: ބައިބަލް
 * Dinka: Wɛ̈t de Nhialic
 * Dutch:, Schrift
 * Esperanto: Biblio
 * Estonian:
 * Ewe: Biblia
 * Faroese: Bíblia
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: Biblia
 * Georgian: ბიბლია
 * German:
 * Greek:, ,
 * Greenlandic: biibili
 * Gujarati: બાઇબલ
 * Hebrew: ספר הבריתות
 * Hindi:, बाइबल, , किताब-ए-मुक़द्दस
 * Hungarian:
 * Iban: Bup Kudus
 * Icelandic: biblía
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: Bibliä, Raamattu
 * Interlingua: biblia, Biblia
 * Irish: Bíobla
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kannada:
 * Kashubian: Biblëjô
 * Kazakh: Киелі Кітап
 * Khmer: គម្ពីរគ្រិស្តសាសនា
 * Komi-Permyak: Библия
 * Komi-Zyrian: Библия
 * Konkani: बायबल
 * Korean: ,
 * Kyrgyz:, библия
 * Ladino: Biblia
 * Lao: ພະຄຳພີ
 * Latin: Biblia
 * Latvian: Bībele
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian:, Свето писмо
 * Malay: alkitab, Alkitab, Injil, kitab Injil
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese: Bibbja
 * Manx: Yn Vible
 * Maore Comorian: Labiblu, Urongozi wa Mungu
 * Maori: Paipera
 * Marathi: बायबल, ख्रिस्तपुराण
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Nahuatl: huehuetlahtolli
 * Navajo: Diyin God Bizaad
 * Nepali: बाइबल
 * Newar: ख्रिस्ति धर्म
 * Ngazidja Comorian: makalima ya Mngu
 * Norman: Bibl'ye
 * Northern Sami: Biibbal
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Occitan:
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: Вївлїꙗ
 * Ossetian: Библи
 * Paiwan: Kai nua Cemas
 * Papiamentu: Beibel
 * Persian: کِتابِ مُقَدَّس,
 * Plautdietsch: Bibel
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਬਾਈਬਲ
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: Bibgia, Bibla
 * Russian:, ,
 * Rwanda-Rundi: Bibiliya
 * Sango: ,
 * Saterland Frisian: Biebel
 * Scottish Gaelic: Bìoball
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Библија, Свето Писмо
 * Roman:, Sveto Pismo
 * Sikaiana: Laumea Tapu
 * Silesian: Biblijo
 * Sindhi: بائبل
 * Sinhalese: බයිබලය
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:, Sveto pismo
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: Biblija
 * Upper Sorbian: Biblija
 * Spanish:
 * Sranantongo Gadobuku, Gadowortu
 * Swahili:, Neno la Mungu
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: Bibliya
 * Tajik: ,
 * Tamil: ,
 * Tatar: Библия, библия
 * Telugu: బైబిల్
 * Thai: ,
 * Tigrinya: መጽሓፍ ቅዱስ
 * Tok Pisin: Baibel
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Turkmen: Injil, Инҗил
 * Ukrainian:, , Святе́ Письмо́, Свяще́нне Писа́ння
 * Urdu:, کِتابِ مُقَدَّس, اِنْجِیل
 * Uyghur:
 * Uzbek: Tavrot va Injil, Таврот ва Инжил,, Muqaddas Kitob
 * Vietnamese:, Thánh Kinh
 * Volapük:
 * Wallisian: Tohi tapu
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: Bibel
 * Western Panjabi: بائبل
 * Yami: seysio
 * Yiddish: ביבל
 * Yoruba: Bíbélì
 * Yup'ik: Qaneryaraq, Qaneryaraqegtaar
 * Zhuang: Swnggingh


 * Estonian: pühakiri
 * Finnish:, pyhä kirja
 * Hindi:
 * Indonesian:
 * Khmer: គម្ពីរសៃយ

Noun

 * 1) A specific version, edition, translation, or copy of one of the above-mentioned texts.

Alternative forms

 * (specific version or copy): bible

Etymology 2
From a diminutive of the given name.

Proper noun

 * 1) the Bible The Christian holy book; the Old and New Testaments

Etymology
From, from.

Proper noun

 * 1) the Bible The Christian holy book; the Old and New Testaments

Proper noun

 * 1) The Bible The Christian holy book; the Old and New Testaments