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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'bible' Resulted in 2 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 2 Definitions Bible proper noun (Bibles) The Christian holy book. The Jewish holy book that was largely incorporated into the Christian Bible. The analogous holy book of another religion. A specific version, edition, translation, or copy of any of the above. Translations:  Dutch: bijbel French: Bible German: Bibel Italian: Bibbia Spanish: Biblia adjective  (context, disputed usage) Biblical Since times, Israel has had many enemies. Etymology: See bibleEtymology, bible.       bible noun  A comprehensive manual that describes something. (e.g., handyman"s bible). (nautical) A holystone. Translations:  German: Bibel Etymology: biblia "a collection of books" (since there are many books in the Bible) < Ancient Greek (polytonic, ), (biblia) "books", plural of (polytonic, ) (biblion) "book", originally a diminutive of (polytonic, ) (biblos) < (polytonic, ) (bublos) "papyrus" (from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported this writing material)        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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