"Bible" meaning in English

See Bible in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /'baɪbəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bible.wav [UK] Forms: Bible, Bibles [plural]
Head templates: {{proper noun|Bible|Bibles}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The Bible is name of the holy text of Christians consisting of a collection of writings of both Jews, called the Old Testament, and Christians, called the New Testament. (This is always spelled with capital B).
    Sense id: simple-Bible-en-name-3x5dSv5R
  2. The holy writings of the Jewish tradition, called the Old Testament, are called The Bible. (This is always spelled with capital B).
    Sense id: simple-Bible-en-name-CJ6z6dou
  3. A Bible or Bibles refer to copies of The Bible. This is always spelled with capital B).
    Sense id: simple-Bible-en-name-9L37EudW
  4. A book that is like the Bible but may be about another religion or is not religious. Often, this means a book that tells everything you need to know about something. Sometime this is used in a title to make a book sound very good.
    Sense id: simple-Bible-en-name-3GfDK2AP Categories (other): Colloquial
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          "text": "The Koran is the Muslim Bible."
        },
        {
          "text": "Anton LaVey wrote a book called \"The Satanic Bible,\" for his new religion called Satanism."
        },
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          "text": "We need a history Bible to help us pass our class."
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        },
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