Bībele

From Ancient Greek βιβλία (biblía, “books”), plural of βιβλίον (biblíon, “small book”), originally a diminutive of βίβλος (bíblos, “book”), from βύβλος (búblos, “papyrus”) (from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported this writing material).

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Bībele f (5th declension)

1. the Bible, the Christian holy book
2. (cf. bībele) a bible, a copy of the Bible