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Definitions for Bible

[1] the collection of sacred writings of the Christian religion, comprising the Old and New Testaments.
[2] Also called Hebrew Scriptures. the collection of sacred writings of the Jewish religion: known to Christians as the Old Testament.
[3] (often lowercase ) the sacred writings of any religion.
[4] (lowercase ) any book, reference work, periodical, etc., accepted as authoritative, informative, or reliable: He regarded that particular bird book as the birdwatchers' bible.
[5] the Bible the sacred writings of the Christian religion, comprising the Old and New Testaments and, in the Roman Catholic Church, the Apocrypha (as modifier ) a Bible reading
[6] the English name for Tanach
[7] (often not capital) any book containing the sacred writings of a religion
[8] (usually not capital) a book regarded as authoritative the angler's bible

Words related to Bible

doctrine, text, creed, manual, authority, handbook, guidebook, testament, guide, scripture

Origin of Bible

1300–50; Middle English bible, bibel < Old French bible < Medieval Latin biblia (feminine singular) < Greek, in tà biblía tà hagía (Septuagint) the holy books; biblíon, byblíon papyrus roll, strip of papyrus, equivalent to býbl(os ) papyrus (after Býblos, a Phoenician port where papyrus was prepared and exported) + -ion noun suffix

Other words from Bible

an·ti-Bi·ble , adjective

Word origin for Bible

C13: from Old French, from Medieval Latin biblia books, from Greek, plural of biblion book, diminutive of biblos papyrus, from Bublos Phoenician port from which Greece obtained Egyptian papyrus

Synonyms for Bible

authority, creed, doctrine, guide, guidebook, handbook, manual, scripture, testament, text, sacred writ, sacred writings, the good news