Bible

bible English Pronunciation en /ˈbaɪbəl/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bible.wav Southern England en aɪbəl 2 Etymology 1 From en enm bible, from en la-med biblia book (misinterpreted as a feminine from earlier Latin neuter plural la biblia books), from en grc βιβλία books, plural of grc βιβλίον small book, originally a diminutive of grc βίβλος book, from grc βύβλος papyrus (from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported this writing material). Old English used ang biblioþēce (from βιβλιοθήκη) and ang ġewritu (whence English en writs) for "the Scriptures". Proper noun s 1 thumb|An open Bible en Q1845 Either of two major versions of the main religious text in the Judeo-Christian group of traditions. en Christian version of Q1845 The main religious text in Christianity. en Christian Bible Holy Bible Good Book Book word of God word of life en Old Testament<id:Q19786> New Testament<id:Q18813> en In my religion class we learn about the Bible, as well as religious texts of other religions. en https://archive.org/details/chineserecorder29lodwuoft/ 1898 October Missionary Conference held at Kuling, Central China, August 22nd to 25th, 1898 w:Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal 39 10 496 https://archive.org/details/chineserecorder29lodwuoft/page/496/ He spoke of the great demand for books. Had sold as many as fifty Bibles in one day. Has sold Bibles to nearly all the officials in the Nan-ch'ang prefecture and has several orders in hand for books of good binding. en 2009 Across the Spectrum: Understanding Issues in Evangelical Theology 16 Many non-Christians regard portions of the Bible as “inspiring,” but they do not believe the Bible was “inspired by God” en Rachel Held Evans What Newsweek gets wrong about evangelicals w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2015/01/06/living/newsweek-evangelicals/index.html 2015-01-06 “They wave their Bibles at passersby, screaming their condemnations,” writes Kurt Eichenwald of evangelical Christians. https://web.archive.org/web/20260922065527/https://www.cnn.com/2015/01/06/living/newsweek-evangelicals/index.html 22 September 2026 en 2019-10-31 Garrick Beckett Beckett: How BioWare Approaches Religion & Sexuality https://web.archive.org/web/20200917042646/https://thelutherancolumn.com/2019/10/31/beckett-how-bioware-approaches-religion-sexuality/ 17 September 2020 The Lutheran Column Blog https://archive.ph/1r3Mt Second, the romance option brings up a unique issue: having sex with an alien. It’s somewhat difficult to say what the Christian should think on this issue because, well, the Bible doesn’t talk about aliens. Probably because they don’t exist (sorry to burst your bubble). Would this be considered bestiality? Or is it not bestiality since they are also beings capable of rational and ethical thought and self-reflection unlike usual animals? en en Q83367 The Jewish holy book that was largely incorporated into the Christian Bible. en Tanakh<id:Q83367> Tanach<id:Q83367> Jewish Bible<id:Q732870> Hebrew Bible<id:Q732870> Hebrew Scriptures<id:Q732870> Hebrew-Aramaic Scriptures<id:Q732870> en Old Testament<id:Q19786><qq:loosely synonymous> en She's Jewish, but she doesn't read the Bible because she's not religious. The analogous holy book of another religion or belief system. en He conveys to his foreign students the importance of the Qur'an by explaining that it is the Bible of Islam. en 1977 Roxane Witke Comrade Chiang Ching Chiang Chʻing https://archive.org/details/comradechiangchi00witk/ w:Little, Brown and Company 0-316-94900-0 77-935 2798518 4535170M 360 https://archive.org/details/comradechiangchi00witk/page/360/ The cult's ideological substance was the popular digest dubbed by foreigners the Little Red Book or the Bible of Maoism. en loosely The principal important document of some area of skill or expertise. en This technical handbook is the Bible of our trade. Alternative forms en bible#Proper noun The Bible#Proper noun rare Coordinate terms Derived terms en Bible banger Bible basher Bible bashing Bible beater Bible belt Bible scholar on Bible Biblewoman Biblezine Biblism biblist Bible school bible society Bible Society Bible story Bible Students Bible study Bible thumper Bible thumping biblical Biblical bibliolatry Bishops' Bible Canadian Bible Society Golden Bible International Bible Students King James Bible none of these words are in the Bible Satanic Bible smuggler's Bible swear on a stack of Bibles Vacation Bible Vacation Bible School Vinegar Bible Descendants bn বাইবেল 1 hi बाइबिल 1 srb baibol 1 uli Baaybol’ 1 ur بائبل 1 bāibil Translations Christian holy book Afrikaans: af Bybel Albanian: sq lutjesore, sq Bibla Amharic: am መጽሐፍ ቅዱስ m Antillean Creole: gcf Bib Arabic: ar الْكِتَاب الْمُقَدَّس m Hijazi Arabic: acw الإنجيل m al-ʔinjīl Aramaic: Classical Syriac: syc ܟܬܒܐ ܩܕܝܫܐ kəṯāḇā qadīšā, syc ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ ʾewwangellīōn Armenian: hy աստվածաշունչ Աստվածաշունչ Asturian: ast Biblia f Aukan: djk Beibel Azerbaijani: az Tövrat və İncil, az İncil Cyrillic: az Төврат вә Инҹил Bashkir: ba Библия Basque: eu Biblia Belarusian: be бі́блія f, be Бі́блія f, be Свято́е Пісьмо́ n, be Свято́е Піса́нне n Bengali: bn বাইবেল, bn ধর্মপুস্তক Breton: br Bibl m Bulgarian: bg Библия f, bg Писáнието n, bg Све́тото писáние n,bg Свето́то писáние n, bg Свеще́ното писáние n Burmese: my သမ္မာကျမ်း Catalan: ca Bíblia f Chechen: ce Библи Cherokee: chr ᎪᏪᎭᎨᏛ Chichewa: ny baibulo Chinese: Cantonese: yue 聖經 Eastern Min: cdo 聖經 Hakka: hak 聖經 sṳn-kîn Hokkien: nan-hbl 聖經 sèng-keng Mandarin: cmn 聖經 Northern Min: mnp 聖經 Wu: wuu 聖經 Choctaw: cho Holisso Holittopa Chuvash: cv Библи Comorian: Maore Comorian: swb Labiblu, swb Urongozi wa Mungu c11 Ngazidja Comorian: zdj makalima ya Mngu c6 Cornish: kw Bibel m, kw Beybel m Czech: cs Bible f Danish: da bibel c Dhivehi: dv ބައިބަލް Dinka: din Wɛ̈t de Nhialic Dutch: nl Bijbel m, nl Schrift f Esperanto: eo Biblio Estonian: et Piibel Ewe: ee Biblia Faroese: fo Bíblia f Finnish: fi Raamattu French: fr Bible f Frisian: Saterland Frisian: stq Biebel f West Frisian: fy Bibel Galician: gl Biblia f Georgian: ka ბიბლია German: de Bibel f Greek: el Αγία Γραφή f, el Βίβλος f, el Βύβλος Greenlandic: kl biibili Gujarati: gu બાઇબલ Hebrew: he ספר הבריתות séfer habritót Hindi: hi बाइबिल, hi बाइबल, hi इंजील m, hi किताब-ए-मुक़द्दस Hungarian: hu biblia Iban: iba Bup Kudus Icelandic: is biblía f Ido: io biblo Indonesian: id Alkitab Ingrian: izh Bibliä, izh Raamattu dialectal Interlingua: ia biblia, ia Biblia Irish: ga Bíobla m Italian: it Bibbia f Japanese: ja 聖書 せいしょ, seisho, ja バイブル baiburu, ja 経典 きょうてん, kyōten, けいてん, keiten Kannada: kn ಬೈಬಲ್ Kashubian: csb Biblëjô Kazakh: kk Киелі Кітап Khmer: km គម្ពីរគ្រិស្តសាសនា kumpii krɨh saasnaa, km ព្រះគម្ពីរ Komi: Komi-Permyak: koi Библия Komi-Zyrian: kpv Библия Konkani: kok बायबल bāybal Korean: ko 성경(聖經), ko 성서(聖書) Kyrgyz: ky Библия, ky библия Ladino: lad Biblia Lao: lo ພະຄຳພີ Latin: la Biblia f Latvian: lv Bībele Lithuanian: lt Biblija Macedonian: mk Библија f, mk Свето писмо n Malay: ms alkitab, ms Alkitab, ms Injil, ms kitab Injil Malayalam: ml ബൈബിൾ Maltese: mt Bibbja f Il-Bibbja Manx: gv Yn Vible Māori: mi Paipera Marathi: mr बायबल, mr ख्रिस्तपुराण Marshallese: mh Baibōļ Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn библи Nahuatl: nah huehuetlahtolli Navajo: nv Diyin God Bizaad Nepali: ne बाइबल Newar: new ख्रिस्ति धर्म Norman: nrf Bibl'ye f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb bibel m Occitan: oc Bíblia f Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: cu Вївлїꙗ f Glagolitic: cu Ⰲⰻⰲⰾⰹⱑ f Ossetian: os Библи Paiwan: pwn Kai nua Cemas Papiamentu: pap Beibel Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira کِتابِ مُقَدَّس, fa-ira اِنْجیل Classical Persian: fa-cls کِتَابِ مُقَدَّس, fa-cls اِنْجِیل Plautdietsch: pdt Bibel f Polish: pl Biblia f, pl Pismo Święte n Portuguese: pt Bíblia f Punjabi: pa ਬਾਈਬਲ Western Punjabi: pnb بائبل Romanian: ro Biblie f Romansh: rm Bibgia f, rm Bibla f Russian: ru би́блия f, ru Свяще́нное Писа́ние n, ru Би́блия f Rwanda-Rundi: rw Bibiliya Sami: Northern Sami: se Biibbal Sango: sg Mbëtï tî Nzapä, sg Bîbili Scottish Gaelic: gd Bìoball m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Библија f, sh Свето Писмо n Latin: sh Biblija f, sh Sveto Pismo n Sikaiana: sky Laumea Tapu Silesian: szl Biblijo f Sindhi: sd بائبل Sinhalese: si බයිබලය Slovak: sk biblia f Slovene: sl Biblija f, sl Sveto pismo n Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Biblija f Upper Sorbian: hsb Biblija f Spanish: es Biblia f, es Escritura f, es Escrituras f-p, es Sagrada Escritura f, es Sagradas Escrituras f-p, es letras divinas f-p, es letras sagradas f-p Sranan Tongo: srn Gadobuku, srn Gadowortu Swahili: sw Biblia, sw Neno la Mungu c5 Swedish: sv bibel c Tagalog: tl Bibliya Tajik: tg Таврот ва Инҷил, tg Инҷил, tg Китоби Муқаддас Tamil: ta விவிலியம், ta வேதாகமம் Tatar: tt Библия, tt библия Telugu: te బైబిల్ Teso: teo Ebaibuli Thai: th ไบเบิล, th พระคัมภีร์ prá-kam-pii Tigrinya: ti መጽሓፍ ቅዱስ Tok Pisin: tpi Baibel Turkish: tr Kitab-ı Mukaddes, tr Kutsal Kitap, tr İncil Ottoman Turkish: ota كتاب مقدس Kitâb-ı Mukaddes Turkmen: Cyrillic: tk Инҗил Latin: tk Injil Ukrainian: uk бі́блія f, uk Бі́блія f, uk Святе́ Письмо́ n, uk Свяще́нне Писа́ння n Ulithian: uli Baaybol’ Urdu: ur بائِبِل f, ur کِتابِ مُقَدَّس f, ur اِنْجِیل f Uyghur: ug ئىنجىل, ug مۇقەددەس كىتاب Cyrillic: ug Инҗил, ug Муқәддәс Китап Uzbek: Cyrillic: uz Таврот ва Инжил, uz инжил, uz Муқаддас Китоб Latin : uz Tavrot va Injil, uz injil, uz Muqaddas Kitob Vietnamese: vi Kinh Thánh (vi 經聖), vi Thánh Kinh (vi 聖經) Volapük: vo bib Wallisian: wls Tohi tapu Welsh: cy Beibl m Yami: tao seysio Yiddish: yi ביבל f Yoruba: yo Bíbélì Yup'ik: esu Qaneryaraq, esu Qaneryaraqegtaar Zhuang: za Swnggingh Jewish holy book Tanakh holy book of another religion Estonian: et pühakiri Finnish: fi raamattu, fi pyhä kirja Hindi: hi धर्मग्रंथ m Indonesian: id kitab suci Khmer: km គម្ពីរសៃយ kumpii say Buddhist scriptures Noun A specific version, edition, translation, or copy of one of the above-mentioned texts. en s:Black Jacob A. D. Eddy 1842 38 He had just become able to read, with much effort, short sentences in his Bible, and was constantly engaged during his leisure hours in studying its pages. en November 01, 2014 Tony Bonnici US tourist held in North Korea felt ‘compelled to leave Bible’ w:The Times https://web.archive.org/web/20230827093010/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/us-tourist-held-in-north-korea-felt-compelled-to-leave-bible-8kplhgrdkqf 27 August 2023 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/us-tourist-held-in-north-korea-felt-compelled-to-leave-bible-8kplhgrdkqf 0140-0460 181820531 https://archive.li/pHXBn An American imprisoned for nearly six months in North Korea has admitted that he deliberately left a Bible in a nightclub, in one of his first major interviews since his release.“I felt once I left the Bible somewhere that God would take it the rest of the way into the hands of some kind of Christian organisation, and I’d be able to waltz out of country fat, dumb and happy, no problem... But God had other plans.” Alternative forms (specific version or copy): bible See also Etymology 2 From a en enm - diminutive of the given name en Isabel. Proper noun en matronymics. en terms derived from toponyms terms with optional capitalization calculator words en Books Bible Czech Alternative forms cs bible Pronunciation cs Proper noun f biblický the Bible The Christian holy book; the Old and New Testaments Declension f Related terms cs biblista biblistický biblistika Further reading bible French Etymology From fr la biblia, from fr grc τά βιβλία the books. Pronunciation Proper noun f the Bible The Christian holy book; the Old and New Testaments Descendants gcf Bib Labib 1 Middle English Proper noun enm proper noun 1 enm bible Middle French Proper noun frm proper noun f The Bible The Christian holy book; the Old and New Testaments