bible

Bi-ble · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (capitalized) The sacred scriptures of Christianity, comprising the Old and New Testaments.

  2. 2.

    (capitalized) The Jewish scriptures (the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh).

  3. 3.

    (lowercase) A book considered authoritative on a particular subject.

Forms

plural: bibles

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    Bible Belt — A region in the southern and midwestern United States with strong evangelical Christianity.
  • •
    swear on a Bible — To make a solemn oath.
  • •
    the gospel truth — Absolute truth (referring to the Gospels in the Bible).

Related words

See also: biblical, scripture, testament

Etymology

From Old French bible, from Medieval Latin biblia, from Greek biblia ("books"), plural of biblion ("book"), from biblos ("papyrus, scroll"), from Byblos, the Phoenician city that exported papyrus.