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Bible Definition

Bi·ble (bī′bəl)

noun

  1. the sacred book of Christianity; Old Testament and New Testament: some Roman Catholic versions also include all or part of the Apocrypha
  2. the Holy Scriptures of Judaism, identical with the Old Testament of Christianity
  3. a copy or particular edition of the Scriptures
  4. any collection or book of writings sacred to a religion the Koran is the Muslim Bible
  5. any book regarded as authoritative or official

Etymology: ME & OFr < ML biblia < Gr, collection of writings, in LGr(Ec), the Scriptures (pl. of biblion, book) < biblos, papyrus, after Byblos (now Dschebēl), Phoen city from which papyrus was imported

bible Synonyms

bible

n.

  1. Ultimate authority

    handbook, text, guidebook, manual, vade mecum, creed, accepted statement, authority, guide, unquestioned doctrine, court of final appeal, scripture, canon, the last word*, Hoyle*.

  2. Holy Scripture; capitalized

    Scripture, the Good Book, God's word, the Word, the Scriptures, the Holy Scriptures, the Old Testament, the New Testament, the Torah, the Canon, the Testaments, Sacred History, the Writings of the Apostles and Prophets, Holy Writ, the Holy Bible, the Word of God, Testament, the Book.

    Famous Bibles include: Vulgate, Douay, King James or Authorized Version (KJV), Tyndale, Coverdale, Wycliffe, Revised Standard Version (RSV), Luther's, Wenzel, Mazarin, Wujek's, Gutenberg, Geneva or Breeches, Vinegar, Cicked, American or Revised, New English Bible (NEB).

  3. Other sacred texts include: Koran, Veda, Masora, Alcoran, Tripitaka, Torah, Talmud, the Analects, Book of Mormon, the Eddas.

Bible Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • translate: Their page on gender states that they are trying to translate the bible on its own terms on this issue.
  • read: First thought: Nun reading a bible in some secluded cloister.
  • interpret: The important thing when reading and interpreting the bible is to understand what type of truth we expect to receive from it.
  • believe: Whatever brand of Christianity is adopted, they believe the bible.
  • prove: The Moabite Stone is another exhibit meant to prove the bible, but regretably it does not.
  • teach: So a church leader who is a " hired hand " can teach the bible and feed the sheep.

Adjective modifier

  • Hebrew: God also gave Moses the first five books of the Hebrew bible called the Torah.
  • one-stop: New Baby Name £ 6.99 US$13.63 E10.83 The essential one-stop baby-naming bible.
  • holy: Much more similar language may be found in their holy bible, the Vedas.
  • Greek: Demetrius's use of proper names and characteristic expressions match the Septuagint, the Greek bible, not the Hebrew scriptures.

Modifies a noun

  • basher: Of course the bible bashers tell us this is merely metaphorical.
  • verse: I use the site for reading bible verses most mornings.
  • passage: Don´t have your theory, then try to fit bible passages around it!
  • believer: I want bible believers to become bible scholars, and think for themselves rather than let the church think for them.
  • reading: He was just in time for the second bible reading from Paul's letter to the Ephesians.
  • alive: BIBLE ALIVE - the January issue is available from the porch today at £ 1.75 per copy.

Noun used with modifier

  • baby-naming: New Baby Name £ 6.99 US$13.63 E10.83 The essential one-stop baby-naming bible.
  • family: A family bible records Mary Dent, Bradwell, Buckinghamshire, April 1840.