Definition of Bible
1. Noun. The sacred writings of the Christian religions. "He went to carry the Word to the heathen"
Generic synonyms: Religious Text, Religious Writing, Sacred Text, Sacred Writing
Specialized synonyms: Family Bible
Specialized synonyms: Vulgate, Douay Bible, Douay Version, Douay-rheims Bible, Douay-rheims Version, Rheims-douay Bible, Rheims-douay Version, Authorized Version, King James Bible, King James Version, Revised Version, New English Bible, American Revised Version, American Standard Version, Revised Standard Version
Terms within: Old Testament, Testament, New Testament, Text
Examples of category: Covenant, Eisegesis, Exegesis, Gabriel, Noachian Deluge, Noah And The Flood, Noah's Flood, The Flood, Demythologise, Demythologize
Derivative terms: Biblical, Biblical, Scriptural
2. Noun. A book regarded as authoritative in its field.
Definition of Bible
1. n. A book.
Definition of Bible
1. an authoritative publication [n -S] : BIBLICAL [adj]
Medical Definition of Bible
1. The book composed of writings generally accepted by christians as inspired by god and of divine authority. (12 Dec 1998)
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Literary usage of Bible
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1. Ecumenical Missionary Conference, New York, 1900 by Ecumenical conference on foreign missions, New York, 1900 (1900)
"CHAPTER XXIV THE bible GIVEN TO THE NATIONS The Church and bible Translation—Beginning
of Modern bible Work- Difficulties in Translation—Experience in bible ..."
2. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll by Robert Green Ingersoll (1900)
"Colonel, are your views of religion based upon the bible ? Answer. I regard the
bible, especially the Old Testament, the same as I do most other ancient ..."
3. Messages of the Men and Religion Movement by Men and Religion Forward Movement (1912)
"HOW WE GOT OUR bible PROFESSOR IRA M. PRICE University of Chicago I. Our bible,
as we have it today, has come down through a long line of ancestors. ..."
4. The Social Teachings of the Prophets and Jesus by Charles Foster Kent (1917)
"Hitherto the bible has been regarded primarily as a theological text-book. ...
But at last we are beginning to see that the bible is far more than a ..."
5. The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America by Bibliographical Society of America (1918)
"THE WITTENBERG ORIGINALS OF THE LUTHER bible BY L. FRANKLIN GRUBER this period
... Fourteen editions (not different versions) of the bible in High German, ..."
6. A Critical and Historical Introduction to the Canonical Scriptures of the by Wilhelm Martin Leberecht De Wette (1843)
"OBJECT OF AN INTRODUCTION TO THE bible. UNDER the name Introduction to the bible,
Introduc- tio sive Isagoge in Scripturam Sacram, or Introduction to the ..."
7. Village Sermons Preached at Whatley by Richard William Church (1897)
"THE bible A GIFT OF GOD " Whatsoever things were written aforetime were written
for our ... It is from11 the bible we learn that Christ will come back; ..."
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