bible
Middle English
/ˈbiːbəl/
proper noun
Definitions
- The Bible Christian holy book; a copy of the Bible.
- (rare) The Koran Muslim holy book.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French bible borrowed from Latin biblia (book, Christian scripture, collection of books) derived from Ancient Greek βιβλία (books).
Origin
Ancient Greek
βιβλία
Gloss
books
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bible English
- Biblezine English
- bible English
- biblical English
- biblist English
- Biblia Finnish
- Biblia Latin
- biblia Latin
- biblia, Biblia Latin
- Biblia Hungarian
- Bibbia Italian
- bibbia Italian
- би́блия Russian
- Biblia Spanish, Castilian
- biblia Spanish, Castilian
- βιβλία Ancient Greek
- bibel Norwegian Bokmål
- Bíblia Portuguese
- bíblia Portuguese
- バイブル Japanese
- Biblia Polish
- bibel Norwegian Nynorsk
- bibel Danish
- bible Old French
- Bíblia Catalan, Valencian
- bíblia Catalan, Valencian
- biblía Icelandic
- Biblia Galician
- ไบเบิล Thai
- Beibl Welsh
- Bibl'ye Norman
- библия Bulgarian
- bibel Middle High German
- Biblia Swahili
- Bíblia Occitan
- 바이블 Korean
- Biblia Asturian
- iBhayibheli Zulu
- بائبل Urdu
- Baibōļ Marshallese
- Bāibōļ Marshallese
- iBhayibhile Xhosa
- Baibel Tok Pisin
- ბიბლია Old Georgian
- baiboly Malagasy
- 𐤂𐤁𐤋 Phoenician
- baibulo Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
- Paipel Chuukese
- Biblia Ewe