bible
/ˈbaɪbəl/BIGH-buhl
/ˈbaɪbəl/BIGH-buhl
Meaningthe book
Common meaning: the holy book
- bibla book, scrollLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 150 · scan
Journey through time
- Greekβιβλίον‘a book, scroll’
- Latinbiblia
- Frenchbible
- Middle Englishbiblesource
- Englishbible‘the holy book’ · today
bibl also in: bibliography
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek βιβλίον ‘a book, scroll’.
Roots
- βιβλίον Greek “a book, scroll”
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