BIBLE
What does "BIBLE" mean?
The sacred scriptures of Christianity, comprising the Old and New Testaments.
Meanings
- The collection of sacred Christian writings, made up of the Old and New Testaments. She read a passage from the Bible at the service.
- The Hebrew scriptures, as the sacred text of Judaism. The Hebrew Bible is also called the Tanakh. technical
- An authoritative or indispensable book on a subject. That manual is the bible of every electrician on the crew. figurative
Did you know?
- The word 'Bible' literally means 'the books': it comes from Greek 'ta biblia', and the root 'byblos' (papyrus) traces back to the ancient Phoenician port of Byblos that shipped the writing material.
Word origin
From Greek 'ta biblia' ('the books'), plural of 'biblion' ('little book'), from 'byblos' ('papyrus'), named for the Phoenician port Byblos that exported it; via Latin 'biblia' into Old French and English.
Remember it
BIBLE comes from Greek for 'the books' - hear 'biblio-' as in bibliography, the study of books.
A little poem
A port once sold the reeds men pressed to page-
the name stuck fast and outlived every age.
couplet
Wordplay
- Calling it 'the Bible' is almost a tautology in Greek - 'ta biblia' just means 'the books', so the book of books is, quite literally, the books.
What it teaches
Every word for a sacred text was once a plain word for a thing you could hold - reverence is something we add.
Quick facts
What does BIBLE mean?
The sacred scriptures of Christianity, comprising the Old and New Testaments.
Is BIBLE a valid word?
Yes — BIBLE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BIBLE?
BIBLE has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does BIBLE come from?
From Greek 'ta biblia' ('the books'), plural of 'biblion' ('little book'), from 'byblos' ('papyrus'), named for the Phoenician port Byblos that exported it; via Latin 'biblia' into Old French and English.
What can BIBLE teach us?
Every word for a sacred text was once a plain word for a thing you could hold - reverence is something we add.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.