About The Word Bible
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Bible
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What's The Definition Of Bible?
[n] a book regarded as authoritative in its field
[n] the sacred writings of the Christian religion; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen" Synonyms | Synonyms for Bible: Book | Good Book | Holy Scripture | Holy Writ | Scripture | Word | Word of God Related Terms | Find terms related to Bible: canon | canonical writings | Douay Bible | Holy Scripture | Holy Writ | King James Version | Revised Standard Version | Revised Version | sacred writings | Scripture | scriptures | Septuagint | Testament | the Book | the Good Book | the Scriptures | the Word | Vulgate See Also | American Revised Version | American Standard Version | Authorized Version | Douay Bible | Douay Version | Douay-Rheims Bible | Douay-Rheims Version | enchiridion | family Bible | handbook | King James Bible | King James Version | New English Bible | New Testament | Old Testament | religious text | religious writing | Revised Standard Version | Revised Version | Rheims-Douay Bible | Rheims-Douay Version | sacred text | sacred writing | Testament | text | vade mecum | Vulgate Bible In Webster's Dictionary \Bi"ble\ (b[imac]"b'l), n. [F. bible, L. biblia, pl., fr.
Gr. bibli`a, pl. of bibli`on, dim. of bi`blos, by`blos, book,
prop. Egyptian papyrus.]
1. A book. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. {The Book} by way of eminence, -- that is, the book which
is made up of the writings accepted by Christians as of
divine origin and authority, whether such writings be in
the original language, or translated; the Scriptures of
the Old and New Testaments; -- sometimes in a restricted
sense, the Old Testament; as, King James's Bible; Douay
Bible; Luther's Bible. Also, the book which is made up of
writings similarly accepted by the Jews; as, a rabbinical
Bible.
3. A book containing the sacred writings belonging to any
religion; as, the Koran is often called the Mohammedan
Bible.
{Bible Society}, an association for securing the
multiplication and wide distribution of the Bible.
{Douay Bible}. See {Douay Bible}.
{Geneva Bible}. See under {Geneva}.
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