Bibeln

See also: bibeln

German

Pronunciation

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Noun

Bibeln

  1. plural of Bibel

Swedish

Etymology

See bibel

Proper noun

Bibeln c (genitive Bibelns)

  1. (Christianity) the Bible
    Hyponyms: Gamla testamentet, Nya testamentet
    • 1842, Esaias Tegnér, Tal vid särskilta tillfällen III [Speeches on special occasions III]‎[1], Joh. P. Lönnegren, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Uppsala universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 9 September 2025, page 98:
      Man säger att Bibeln förklarar sig [själv]. Ja, men för [vem]? För de fromma.
      They say the Bible explains itself. Yes, but for whom? For the pious.
    • 1962, Hans Ruin, “Lyrisk "modernism" i Kalevala [Lyrical "modernism" in the Kalevala]”, in Det skönas förvandlingar [The Metamorphoses of the Beautiful]‎[2], Wahlström & Widstrand, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 9 September 2025:
      Inte utan skäl har "Kalevalas" öde jämförts med Bibelns.
      It is not without reason that the fate of the Kalevala has been compared to that of the Bible.

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