Bībele

See also: bībele, bībelē, and Bībelē

Latvian

Bībele

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Bībele f (5th declension)

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

Declension

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