Bible

Meaning

Name

1. The main religious text in Christianity.
2. The Jewish holy book that was largely incorporated into the Christian Bible.
3. The analogous holy book of another religion or belief.

Noun

A specific version, edition, translation, or copy of one of the above-mentioned texts.

Synonyms

Scripture

Holy Writ

scriptures

Holy Scripture

Book

📖

Good Book

Christian Bible

Word of God

Word

holy scripture

scripture

Christian scriptures

bible

bibliotheca

book

📖

oracle

sermon

holy book

sacred books

sutras

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbaɪbəl/

Etymology

From Middle English bible, from Medieval 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 which exported this writing material).
Old English used biblioþēce (from βιβλιοθήκη) and ġewritu (whence English writs) for "the Scriptures".