Definition
An archaic or abbreviated form referring to a Bible or biblical text; sometimes used as a shortened form in scholarly notation.
Etymology
Direct abbreviation of 'Bible,' from Greek 'biblion' (book). The shortened form appeared in medieval manuscripts where space and writing time were precious commodities.
Kelly Says
Medieval scribes abbreviated everything to save expensive parchment—'bibl' for Bible is like the 'u' in 'thru' but centuries older. These old shortcuts actually help historians date manuscripts because different regions used different abbreviations.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
መጽሐፍ ቅዱስ
metsa-haf kidus
ARالعربية
الكتاب المقدس
al-kitaab al-muqaddas
CACatalà
La Bíblia
la bee-blee-ah
ELΕλληνικά
Βίβλος
vee-blos
ESEspañol
biblia
bee-blee-ah
FISuomi
Raamattu
raa-ma-ttu
HAHA
Alqur'ani
al-qur-a-nee
HUMagyar
Biblia
bee-bee-ya
IDBahasa Indonesia
Alkitab
al-ki-tab
ITItaliano
bibbia
bee-bee-ah
KMKM
ព្រះពិធី
proh-pith-ee
MSBahasa Melayu
Alkitab
al-ki-tab
MYမြန်မာ
ဘုရားကျမ်း
bu-ra-ka-jean
NLNederlands
Bijbel
bee-bel
NONorsk
Bibelen
bee-be-len
PLPolski
Biblia
bee-bee-ah
PTPortuguês
bíblia
bee-blee-ah
RORomână
Biblie
bee-bee-lee
RUРусский
Библия
Bib-lee-ya
SVSvenska
Bibeln
bee-beln
SWKiswahili
Bibilia
bee-bee-lee-ah
THไทย
พระคัมภีร์
phra-kam-phi
UKУкраїнська
Біблія
bee-bee-lya
VITiếng Việt
Thánh Kinh
than-kinh
ZUZU
iBhayibheli
ee-bay-bee-he-lee