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Bible
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Pronunciation
- IPA : /'baɪbəl/
Etymology
Latin biblia meaning a collection of books (since there are many books in the Bible), from Greek biblos (book).
Noun
bible (plural: bibles ) also Bible
- The Christian Holy book. (usually with the definite article, "the", and an initial capital letter)
- A comprehensive manual that describes something. (e.g Handyman's Bible)
- (nautical) A holystone
Translations
- Arabic: الكتاب المقدس
- Chinese: 聖經
- Danish: bibel c
- Dutch: bijbel m
- Finnish: Raamattu (1), raamattu (2)
- French: bible f
- German: Bibel f (1,2)
- Hebrew: תורה
- Indonesian: alkitab , injil
- Interlingua: biblia (1, 2)
- Italian: bibbia f
- Japanese: 聖書 (せいしょ , seisho) (1), 虎の巻 (tora no maki) (2)
- Latin: biblia
- Nahuatl: huehuetlahtolli
- Portuguese: bíblia f (1, 2)
- Romanica: biblia f
- Russian: библия f
- Slovak: biblia f
- Spanish: biblia f
- Romanian: biblie f
Related terms
- biblical
- bible basher
- bible bashing
- bible belt
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