Found 3 items, similar to Bible.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: bible
bibel, injil, kitab injil
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Bible
Bible
n 1: the sacred writings of the Christian religions;
“he went to
carry the Word to the heathen” [syn:
Christian Bible,
Book,
Good Book,
Holy Scripture,
Holy Writ,
Scripture,
Word of God,
Word]
2: a book regarded as authoritative in its field
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Bible
Bible
\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.
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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.
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3. A book containing the sacred writings belonging to any
religion; as, the Koran is often called the Mohammedan
Bible.
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4. (Fig.) a book with an authoritative exposition of some
topic, respected by many who are experts in the field.
[PJC]
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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