聖書 — meaning in English

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.
• testament noun A legal document stating how a person wants their property divided after death.

Senses

聖書 is used for these senses in English:

• Bible The Jewish holy book that was largely incorporated into the Christian Bible.
• Holy Writ The Bible.
• 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

1. 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).
2. noun By extension, the definitive or most authoritative reference book on a subject.

biblical — full definition

1. adj Relating to, or found in, the Bible.
2. adj Extremely large or severe, beyond ordinary scale, as if drawn from a Bible story.

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