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The word "Bible" doesn't stand for anything, but this is what it means:

Bi·ble

[bahy-buhl]or /ˈbaɪbəl/

-noun

1.

the collection of sacred writings of the Christian religion, comprising the Old and New Testaments.

2.

Also called Hebrew Scriptures. the collection of sacred writings of the Jewish religion: known to Christians as the Old Testament.

3.

( often lowercase ) the sacred writings of any religion.

4.

( lowercase ) any book, reference work, periodical, etc., accepted as authoritative, informative, or reliable: He regarded that particular bird book as the birdwatchers' bible.

Origin:

1300-50; Middle English bible, bibel < Old French bible < Medieval Latin biblia (feminine singular) < Greek, in tà biblía tà hagía (Septuagint) the holy books; biblíon, byblíon papyrus roll, strip of papyrus, equivalent to býbl ( os ) papyrus (after Býblos, a Phoenician port where papyrus was prepared and exported) + -ion noun suffix

-Related forms

an·ti-Bi·ble, adjective

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