/ˈbaɪbəl/
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Translation
The holy book of the Christian religion. It can also mean the most important book on a subject.
Word origin
From Greek biblia, meaning the books, from biblos, the papyrus paper that books were written on.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- biblia
- English cognates
- bibliography
Grammar
Gender
Pluralbibles
Examples
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With a capital B, the Bible is the Christian holy book.
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Here it means one copy of the holy book.
cookbook .
Here "bible" means the most important book on a subject.
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