the bible

Definition of the bible in English English dictionary: word; scripture; revelation
Bible: The Jewish holy book that was largely incorporated into the Christian Bible
Bible: The Christian holy book
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The Bible.: Holy Writ
The Bible.: Holy Book
bible: A comprehensive manual that describes something. (e.g., handyman’s bible)
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bible: {n} the books of the old and new testament
Bible: A specific version, edition, translation, or copy of any of the above
Bible: Biblical
Bible: {i} book containing the Old and New Testaments (Christianity); book containing the Old Testament (Judaism)
Bible: A Bible is a copy of the Bible. Sacred scriptures of Judaism and Christianity. The Jewish scriptures consist of the Torah (or Pentateuch), the Neviim ("Prophets"), and the Ketuvim ("Writings"), which together constitute what Christians call the Old Testament. The Pentateuch and Joshua relate how Israel became a nation and came to possess the Promised Land. The Prophets describe the establishment and development of the monarchy and relate the prophets' messages. The Writings include poetry, speculation on good and evil, and history. The Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Bible includes additional Jewish writings called the Apocrypha. The New Testament consists of early Christian literature. The Gospels tell of the life, person, and teachings of Jesus. The Acts of the Apostles relates the earliest history of Christianity. The Epistles (Letters) are correspondence of early church leaders (chiefly St. Paul) and address the needs of early congregations. Revelation is the only canonical representative of a large genre of early Christian apocalyptic literature. See also biblical source, biblical translation
Bible: The analogous holy book of another religion
Bible: The Bible is the holy book on which the Jewish and Christian religions are based
bible: 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
bible: (adj biblical; from Greek biblos, "book") The designation normally used for the Hebrew Bible plus the Christian New Testament; in classical Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox Christianity it designates the Hebrew Bible plus the Apocrypha plus the New Testament
bible: The Bible is God's inspired word for people Click here for more on Bibles
bible: the basic literature of Christianity, comprising the Old Testament which essentially describes the history of the Jewish people up to the birth of Christ, and the New Testament which describes the events of the life of Christ and their aftermath
bible: (noun)-the sacred writings of the Christian religion
bible: Written by Jack Martells and published in 1976, the Bible has photos of both flattops and pulltabs from the United States It does not list cans larger than 12 oz It does not give values to cans but it does give reference numbers, indicates approximately when a can first appeared, and has lots of interesting information on dating cans, different types of cans, etc Still useful for the novice collector!
bible: The Tanak, "Hebrew Bible," called O T by the Anshei Mattif-Kazav
bible: A book
bible: 1 spiritual study 2 human kind’s search for enlightenment
bible: The holy text used by Christians It is includes Hebrew Scripture (Old Testament), Christian Scripture (New Testament) Some faith groups also include a group of writings called the Apocrypha
bible: The scriptures sacred to Christians, consisting of the books of Hebrew bible and the New Testament The scriptures sacred to Christians, consisting of the books of Hebrew bible and the New Testament
bible: A book containing the sacred writings belonging to any religion; as, the Koran is often called the Mohammedan Bible
bible: we usually think of it as one book, but it is really a collection of many different books (27 in the NT; up to 46 in the OT, depending on how they are counted, as explained above); the word comes from the Greek ta biblia ("ta biblia"), which is a plural word meaning "books" (see John 21: 25; 2Tim 4: 13; Rev 20: 12)
bible: a book regarded as authoritative in its field
bible: The Hebrew Bible It includes the books of the Torah, Prophets and Writings
bible: the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen"
bible: A comprehensive manual that describes something. (e.g., handyman's bible)
bible: A detailed and sometimes authoritative reference book covering a particular operating system, platform, or application Originally, this was used generically to describe fundamental source books; more recently, it has been embraced by computer book publishers as a marketing ploy
bible: A holystone
bible: Also, the book which is made up of writings similarly accepted by the Jews; as, a rabbinical Bible
bible: a book regarded as authoritative in its field the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen
bible: The acquired name for Jehovah God's holy written word of truth The name, meaning ``little books'', comes through Latin from Greek It does not appear in the work itself, but came into use many years after its canon was complete See {Word of Jehovah}
bible: The Holy Book of the Christians, contains the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament), the New Testament and sometimes the Apocrypha
bible: n A work high on the tolerant people's list of books to be burned
bible: Mormon: One of four books Mormons consider scripture They believe it to be the Word of God "as far as it is translated correctly" (Eighth Article of Faith) They believe many precious parts have been lost from it (1 Nephi 13: 28) Consequently they consider it the least reliable of the scriptures Many Mormons are not familiar with it Christian: The inspired, complete and inerrant Word of God
bible: Teachings of G-d to human beings; see "TANAKH"
bible: A Greek word meaning "books" or "library," our Bible is a library of books that were written over many centuries about people's experiences with God