圣经 — meaning in English
Shèng jīng
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English meaning
- Bible name The central sacred text of Judaism and Christianity, made up of the Old and New Testaments (or the Old Testament alone, for Jewish tradition).
- biblical adj Relating to, or found in, the Bible.
- print verb To produce text or images on paper or another surface, typically using a machine.
- testament noun A legal document stating how a person wants their property divided after death.
Senses
圣经 is used for these senses in English:
- Bible The Jewish holy book that was largely incorporated into the Christian Bible.
- Holy Writ The Bible.
- biblical Of or relating to the Bible.
- print (uncountable) The letters forming the text of a document.
- testament One of the two parts to the scriptures of the Christian religion: the New Testament, considered by Christians to be a continuation of the Hebrew scriptures, and the Hebrew scriptures themselves, which they refer to as the Old Testament.
Bible — full definition
- name The central sacred text of Judaism and Christianity, made up of the Old and New Testaments (or the Old Testament alone, for Jewish tradition).
- noun By extension, the definitive or most authoritative reference book on a subject.
biblical — full definition
- adj Relating to, or found in, the Bible.
- adj Extremely large or severe, beyond ordinary scale, as if drawn from a Bible story.