English
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English bible, from Middle (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin biblia (“book”) (misinterpreted as a feminine from earlier Latin neuter plural biblia (“books”)), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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 which exported this writing material).
Old English used biblioþēce (from βιβλιοθήκη) and ġewritu (whence English writs) for "the Scriptures".
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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.
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Translations
Christian holy book
- Afrikaans: Bybel (af)
- Albanian: Bibla (sq)
- Arabic: الْكِتَاب الْمُقَدَّس m (al-kitāb al-muqaddas)
- Armenian: Աստվածաշունչ (Astvacašunčʻ)
- Asturian: Biblia f
- Azerbaijani: Tövrat və İncil, Төврат вә Инҹил, İncil
- Bashkir: Библия (Bibliya)
- Basque: Biblia
- Belarusian: бі́блія f (bíblija), Бі́блія f (Bíblija)
- Bengali: বাইবেল (baibel)
- Breton: Bibl (br) m
- Bulgarian: би́блия (bg) f (bíblija)
- Burmese: သမ္မာကျမ်း (my) (samma-kyam:)
- Catalan: Bíblia (ca) f
- Chechen: Библи (Bibli)
- Chichewa: baibulo
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 聖經/圣经 (sing3 ging1), 圣经 (sing3 ging1)
- Hakka: 聖經/圣经, 圣经 (sṳn-kîn)
- Mandarin: 聖經/圣经 (zh) (shèngjīng), 圣经 (zh) (shèngjīng)
- Min Dong: 聖經/圣经 (séng-gĭng), 圣经 (séng-gĭng)
- Min Nan: 聖經/圣经, 圣经 (sèng-keng)
- Wu: 聖經/圣经 (5sen-cin), 圣经 (sen jin)
- Cornish: Bibel m, Beybel m
- Czech: Bible (cs) f
- Danish: bibel (da) c
- Dhivehi: ބައިބަލް (baibal)
- Dinka: Wɛ̈t de Nhialic
- Dutch: bijbel (nl) m, Schrift f
- Esperanto: Biblio
- Estonian: Piibel (et)
- 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), Βύβλος (el) (Vývlos)
- Greenlandic: biibili
- Gujarati: બાઇબલ (bāibal)
- Hebrew: בִּיבְּלִיָּה (bíbliya), תָּנָ״ךְ m (hatanákh)
- Hindi: बाइबिल (hi) (bāibil), बाइबल (bāibal), इंजील (hi) m (iñjīl)
- Hungarian: biblia (hu)
- Icelandic: biblía f
- Ido: biblo (io)
- Indonesian: Alkitab (id)
- Interlingua: biblia, Biblia
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- 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)
- Kannada: ಬೈಬಲ್ (kn) (baibal)
- Kashubian: Biblëjô
- Kazakh: Таурат және Інжіл (Taurat jäne Injıl), інжіл (ınjıl)
- Khmer: គម្ពីរគ្រិស្តសាសនា (kumpii krɨh saasnaa)
- Komi-Permyak: Библия (Bibľija)
- Komi-Zyrian: Библия (Bibľija)
- Konkani: बायबल (bāybal)
- Korean: 성경 (ko) (seonggyeong) (聖經 (ko)), 성서 (ko) (seongseo) (聖書 (ko))
- Kyrgyz: Библия (ky) (Bibliya), библия (bibliya)
- Ladino: Biblia
- Lao: ພະຄຳພີ (pha kham phī)
- Latin: biblia f
- Latvian: Bībele
- Lithuanian: Biblija (lt)
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- Macedonian: Библија f (Biblija), Свето Писмо n (Sveto Pismo)
- 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 (bāibal)
- Newar: ख्रिस्ति धर्म (khristi dharma)
- Ngazidja Comorian: makalima ya Mngu class 6
- Norman: Bibl'ye f
- Northern Sami: Biibbal
- Norwegian: bibel (no) m
- Ossetian: Библи (Bibli)
- Paiwan: Kai nua Cemas
- Persian: کتاب مقدس (kitâb-e moqaddas), انجیل (fa) (enjil)
- Polish: Biblia (pl) f, Pismo Święte (pl) n
- Portuguese: Bíblia (pt) f
- Punjabi: ਬਾਈਬਲ (bāībal)
- Romanian: Biblie (ro) f
- Romansch: Bibgia f, Bibla f
- Russian: би́блия (ru) f (bíblija), Свяще́нное Писа́ние (ru) 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
- Sikaiana: Laumea Tapu
- Sindhi: بائبل
- 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 (tg) (Tavrot va Injil), Инҷил (tg) (Injil)
- Tamil: விவிலியம் (ta) (viviliyam)
- Tatar: Библия (Bibliyä), библия (bibliyä)
- Telugu: బైబిల్ (baibil)
- Thai: พระคัมภีร์
- Tok Pisin: Baibel
- Turkish: Kitab-ı Mukaddes (tr), Kutsal Kitap (tr), İncil (tr)
- Turkmen: Injil, Инҗил
- Ukrainian: бі́блія (uk) f (bíblija), Бі́блія (uk) f (Bíblija)
- Urdu: بائبل (ur) (bāibil), انجیل اور تورات (injīl ōr tōrāt)
- Uyghur: ئىنجىل (ug) (injil)
- Uzbek: Tavrot va Injil, Таврот ва Инжил (Tavrot va Injil), injil (uz), Muqaddas Kitob
- Vietnamese: Kinh Thánh (vi)
- Volapük: bib (vo)
- Wallisian: Tohi tapu
- Welsh: Beibl (cy) m
- West Frisian: Bibel
- Western Panjabi: بائبل (bā'ibl)
- Yiddish: ביבל f (bibl)
- Yup'ik: Qaneryaraq, Qaneryaraqegtaar
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holy book of another religion
Noun
Bible (plural Bibles)
- A specific version, edition, translation, or copy of one of the above-mentioned texts.
Synonyms
- (specific version or copy): bible
See also
Etymology 2
From a (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English diminutive of the given name Isabel.
Proper noun
Bible
- A matronymic surname transferred from the given name
Czech
Proper noun
Bible f
- The Bible (The Christian holy book; the Old and New Testaments)
Further reading
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bible f
- The Bible (The Christian holy book; the Old and New Testaments)
Middle English
Proper noun
Bible
- Alternative form of bible
Middle French
Proper noun
Bible f
- The Bible (The Christian holy book; the Old and New Testaments)