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by anil m on July 19th, 2010

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What does the word 'Bible' mean? Is the word Bible in the Bible?

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  • by DA BEN DAN yanggui zi on July 19th, 2010

    DA BEN DAN yanggui zi

    The word "Bible comes from the Egyptian word for parchment, byblos. The Greek word biblios means books or scrolls. Later, it was translated into Latin, biblia, meaning "book." The Bible is more than a single book. It is a library--ta biblia, which means "the books." In this Bible library, as in any library, you will find a variety of books--prose, poetry, songs, prayers, history, folklore, sagas, wisdom, letters, parables, proverbs, prophecy, etc. The library of the Bible is divided into two large groups of books:
    SOURCE: http://www.daily-word-of-life.com/intro_bible.htm

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  • by iwnit on July 19th, 2010

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    1) "According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word Bible is from the Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin, as used in the phrase biblia sacra ("holy book")—"In the Latin of the Middle Ages, the neuter plural for Biblia (gen. bibliorum) gradually came to be regarded as a feminine singular noun (biblia, gen. bibliae in which singular form the word has passed into the languages of the Western world.") This stemmed from the Greek term τὰ βιβλία τὰ ἅγια (ta biblia ta hagia), "the holy books", which derived from βιβλίον (biblion), "paper" or "scroll," the ordinary word for "book", which was originally a diminutive of βύβλος (byblos, "Egyptian papyrus"), possibly so called from the name of the Phoenician port Byblos (also known as Gebal) from whence Egyptian papyrus was exported to Greece.
    The Greek phrase Ta biblia (lit. "little papyrus books") was "an expression Hellenistic Jews used to describe their sacred books several centuries before the time of Jesus," and would have referred to the Septuagint. The Online Etymology Dictionary states, "The Christian scripture was referred to in Greek as Ta Biblia as early as c.223.""
    Source and further information:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible


    2) "the word "bible" is not found in the Bible, but we use it anyway to describe the Bible."
    Source and further information:
    http://www.carm.org/christianity/christian-doctrine/word-trinity-not-bible

    I checked this with an online Bible:
    "Showing results from: New International Version
    Sorry. No results found for "bible" in Keyword Search."
    http://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=bible&qs_version=NIV


    3) The word "Scripture" is present in the Bible, in various passages of the New Testament.
    There, it refers to the Jewish Bible (more or less, the Old Testament).

    It is also once in the Old Testament:
    " 1 In the first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus (a Mede by descent), who was made ruler over the Babylonian kingdom- 2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the Scriptures, according to the word of the LORD given to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years."
    Source:
    - Daniel 9 (New International Version)

    This is a passage of the Book of Daniel, referring to the Book of Jeremiah.

    "Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
    9:1-3 Daniel learned from the books of the prophets, especially from Jeremiah, that the desolation of Jerusalem would continue seventy years, which were drawing to a close. "
    Source and further information:
    http://bible.cc/daniel/9-2.htm

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  • by machoantonetty on July 19th, 2010

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    Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth... BIBLE.

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  • by ConservativelyLiberal on July 19th, 2010

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    Bigotry Intolerance Bellicose Lies Evil

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  • by The Anonymous Witch on July 31st, 2010

    The Anonymous Witch

    i think it's latin for "buy bull". ;-)

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  • by seahorse on July 31st, 2010

    seahorse

    anil have emailed some information too much to put on here .

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  • by xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on July 23rd, 2010

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    the bible means / THE BOOK.

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  • by waitingfortherapture on July 19th, 2010

    waitingfortherapture

    HOLY BIBLE= Heavenly Ordained Laws Yielding Believers Instruction Booklet for Life Eternal.

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