English [ edit ] Etymology 1 [ edit ] From Middle English bible Latin biblia “ book ” ) (misinterpreted as a feminine from earlier Latin neuter plural biblia “ books ” )), from Ancient Greek βιβλία biblía , “ books ” ), plural of βιβλίον biblíon , “ small book ” ), originally a diminutive of βίβλος bíblos , “ book ” ), from βύβλος búblos , “ papyrus ” ) (from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos
Old English used biblioþēce βιβλιοθήκη ) and ġewritu writs
Pronunciation [ edit ] Proper noun [ edit ] Bible (plural Bibles
The main religious text in Christianity .
In my religion class we learn about the Bible , as well as religious texts of other religions.
2009 , Across the Spectrum: Understanding Issues in Evangelical Theology , page 16:
Many non-Christians regard portions of the Bible as “inspiring,” but they do not believe the Bible was “inspired by God” [ …]
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 .
The analogous holy book of another religion.
Derived terms [ edit ] Synonyms [ edit ] Coordinate terms [ edit ]
(religious texts ) scripture religious text Adi Granth Aqdas Avesta Bible Book of Shadows Dianetics Geniocracy Liber AL vel Legis Ofudesaki Qur'an Satanic Bible Tao Te Ching Torah Tripitaka Veda (Category: en:Religion ) [edit ]
Derived terms [ edit ]
Terms derived from "Bible"
Translations [ edit ]
Christian holy book
Afrikaans: Bybel
Albanian: Bibla (sq)
Arabic: الْإنْجِيل m al-ʾinjīl ), الْكِتَاب الْمُقَدَّس m al-kitāb al-muqaddas )
Armenian: Աստվածաշունչ (hy) (Astvacašunčʿ )
Asturian: Biblia f
Azeri: Tövrat və İncil Төврат вә Инҹил İncil
Bashkir: Библия Bibliya )
Basque: Biblia
Belarusian: бі́блія f bíblija ), Бі́блія f Bíblija )
Bengali: বাইবেল ba'ibel )
Breton: Bibl (br) m
Bulgarian: би́блия (bg) f bíblija )
Burmese: သမ္မာကျမ်း (my) (sammakyam: )
Catalan: Bíblia (ca) f
Chechen: Библи Bibli )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 聖經 圣经 sing3 ging1 )
Mandarin: 聖經 (zh) , 圣经 (zh) (shèngjīng )
Min Nan: 聖經 圣经 Sèng-keng )
Cornish: Bibel m Beybel m
Czech: Bible (cs) f
Danish: bibel (da) c
Dhivehi: ބައިބަލް baibal )
Dutch: bijbel (nl) m Schrift f
Esperanto: Biblio
Estonian: Piibel
Ewe: Biblia
Faroese: Bíblia f
Finnish: Raamattu (fi)
French: Bible (fr) f
Galician: Biblia f
Georgian: ბიბლია biblia )
German: Bibel (de) f
Greek: Αγία Γραφή (el) f Agía Grafí ), Βίβλος (el) f Vívlos )
Greenlandic: biibili
Gujarati: બાઇબલ bā'ibal )
Hebrew: ביבליה bíbliya ), תָּנָ״ךְ m hatanákh )
Hindi: बाइबिल (hi) (bā'ibil ), बाइबल bā'ibal ), इंजील (hi) m in̄jīl )
Hungarian: biblia (hu)
Icelandic: biblía f
Ido: Biblo (io)
Indonesian: alkitab injil (id) , Alkitab (id)
Interlingua: biblia Biblia
Irish: Bíobla m
Italian: Bibbia (it) f
Japanese: 聖書 (ja) (せいしょ, seisho ), バイブル baiburu ), 経典 (ja) (きょうてん, kyōten, けいてん, keiten )
Norman: Bibl'ye f
Kannada: ಬೈಬಲ್ (kn) (baibal )
Kashubian: Biblëjô
Kazakh: Таурат және Інжіл Tawrat jäne İnjil ), інжіл injil )
Khmer: គម្ពីរគ្រិស្តសាសនា kumpii krɨh saasnaa )
Komi-Permyak: Библия Biblija )
Komi-Zyrian: Библия Biblija )
Korean: 성경 (ko) (seonggyeong ) (聖經 (ko) ), 성서 (ko) (seongseo ) (聖書 (ko) )
Kyrgyz: Библия Bibliya ), библия bibliya )
Ladino: Biblia
Lao: ພະຄໍາພີ pha kham phī ), ພະຄຳພີ pha kham phī )
Latin: biblia f
Latvian: Bībele
Lithuanian: Biblija
Macedonian: Би́блија f Bíblija ), Све́то Пи́смо n Svéto Písmo )
Malay: alkitab Alkitab Injil kitab Injil
Malayalam: ബൈബിൾ (ml) (baibiḷ )
Maltese: Il-Bibbja f
Manx: Yn Vible
Maore Comorian: Labiblu Urongozi wa Mungu class 11
Maori: Paipera
Marathi: बायबल bāybal )
Mongolian: библи (mn) (bibli )
Nahuatl: huehuetlahtolli
Navajo: Diyin God Bizaad
Nepali: बाइबल bā'ibal )
Ngazidja Comorian: makalima ya Mngu class 6
Northern Sami: Biibbal
Norwegian: bibel (no) m
Ossetian: Библи Bibli )
Persian: کتاب مقدس Kitâbe Moqaddas ), انجیل (fa) (Enjil )
Polish: Biblia (pl) f
Portuguese: Bíblia (pt) f
Romanian: Biblie (ro) f
Romansch: Bibgia f Bibla f
Russian: би́блия (ru) f bíblija ), Свяще́нное Писа́ние n Svjaščénnoje Pisánije ), Би́блия (ru) f Bíblija )
Rwanda-Rundi: Bibiliya
Saterland Frisian: Biebel f
Scottish Gaelic: Bìoball m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Библија f Свето Писмо n
Roman: Biblija (sh) f Sveto Pismo n
Sinhalese: බයිබලය bayibalaya )
Slovak: biblia (sk) f
Slovene: Biblija (sl) f Sveto pismo n
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Biblija f
Upper Sorbian: Biblija f
Spanish: Biblia (es) f
Swahili: Biblia (sw) , Neno la Mungu class 5
Swedish: bibel (sv) c
Tagalog: Bibliya
Tajik: Таврот ва Инҷил Tavrot va Injil ), Инҷил Injil )
Tamil: விவிலியம் (ta) (viviliyam )
Tatar: Библия Bibliya ), библия bibliya )
Telugu: బైబిల్ baibil )
Thai: พระคัมภีร์ prá kam-pee )
Tok Pisin: Baibel
Turkish: Kitab-ı Mukaddes (tr) , Kutsal Kitap İncil (tr)
Turkmen: Injil Инҗил
Ukrainian: бі́блія (uk) f bíblija ), Бі́блія (uk) f Bíblija )
Urdu: بائبل bā'ibil ), انجیل اور تورات injīl ōr tōrāt ), انجیل m injīl )
Uyghur: ئىنجىل (ug) (injil )
Uzbek: Tavrot va Injil Таврот ва Инжил injil (uz) , Muqaddas Kitob
Vietnamese: Kinh Thánh (vi)
Volapük: bib (vo)
Wallisian: Tohi tapu
Welsh: Beibl (cy) m
West Frisian: Bibel
Yup'ik: Qaneryaraq Qaneryaraqegtaar
holy book of another religion
Khmer: គម្ពីរសៃយ kumpii say ) ( Buddhist scriptures )
Bible (plural Bibles
A specific version, edition, translation, or copy of one of the above-mentioned texts.
Synonyms [ edit ]
(specific version or copy ): bible
See also [ edit ] Etymology 2 [ edit ] From a Middle English Isabel
Proper noun [ edit ] Bible
A matronymic surname .
Middle French [ edit ] Proper noun [ edit ] Bible f
The Bible ( The Christian holy book; the Old and New Testaments )
Bible on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
“Bible” on Wikisource. Wikisource
