bibel

See also: Bibel

Danish

bibel

Etymology

From Latin biblia (“Christian scripture”), from Ancient Greek βιβλία (biblía, “books”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈb̥iˀb̥əl]

Noun

bibel c (singular definite biblen or bibelen, plural indefinite bibler)

1. Bible (Christian or Jewish holy book; also used figuratively)

Inflection

Declension of bibel

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bibel	biblen bibelen	bibler	biblerne
genitive	bibels	biblens bibelens	biblers	biblernes

Derived terms

Terms derived from “bibel”

• bibelbælte
• bibelcamping
• bibelcitat
• bibelforskning
• bibelfortolker
• bibelfortolkning
• bibelgransker
• bibelhistorie
• bibelkonkordans
• bibelkreds
• bibelkundskab
• bibelkyndig
• bibellæser
• bibellæsning
• bibelord
• bibeloversættelse
• bibelselskab
• bibelsk
• bibelskole
• bibelsted
• bibelstærk
• bibeltime
• bibeltro
• billedbibel
• børnebibel
• læse noget som Fanden læser Bibelen

See also

• bibel on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Middle English

Proper noun

bibel

1. alternative form of bible

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βιβλία (biblía, “books”), plural of βιβλίον (biblíon, “small book”).

Noun

bibel m (definite singular bibelen, indefinite plural bibler, definite plural biblene)

1. a bible (bound printed copy of the Bible; also used figuratively)

Derived terms

• bibelfortelling
• bibeloversettelse
• bibelselskap
• bibelsk

See also

• Bibelen

References

• “bibel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βιβλία (biblía, “books”), plural of βιβλίον (biblíon, “small book”).

Noun

bibel m (definite singular bibelen, indefinite plural biblar, definite plural biblane)

1. a bible (as above)

Derived terms

• bibelselskap
• bibelsk

See also

• Bibelen

References

• “bibel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek τὰ βιβλία (tà biblía, “the books”).

Noun

bibel c

1. (as a proper noun: Bibeln) the Bible

   Synonym: den heliga Skrift

2. a Bible (a specific version, edition, translation, or copy of the Bible)

   Hon hittade en gammal bibel på vinden.

   She found an old Bible in the attic.

   • 1943, Selma Lagerlöf, “Träbibeln”, in Nils Afzelius, editor, Från skilda tider I‎^[1], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 29 May 2025, page 319:

     "Vad kostar en bibel?" frågade hon.

     "How much is a Bible?" she asked.

   • 2014, Sten Hidal, “Vad kan menas med en katolsk bibelöversättning?”, in Signum‎^[2], number 8, archived from the original on 29 May 2025:

     Det var först på 1800-talet som man började ge ut biblar utan [de deuterokanoniska böckerna].

     It was only in the 19th century that they started publishing Bibles without the deuterocanonical books.

3. (figuratively) a bible (a publication considered authoritative in a particular sphere)

   Hans bok är en bibel för kropssbyggare.

   His book is a bible for bodybuilders.

   • 2015 December 1, Robert Collin, “'Låt inte myten om de farliga dubbdäcken leva vidare'”, in Sveriges Television‎^[3], archived from the original on 17 March 2023:

     Rapporten B1667 har varit en bibel för dem som vill förbjuda [...] dubbdäck.

     The B1667 report has been a bible for those who want to ban studded tires.

   • 2024 November 16, Daniel Suhonen, “Sorry, men du är lurad på 'bostadskarriären'”, in Aftonbladet‎^[4], archived from the original on 9 May 2025:

     Cervenkas bok [...] borde bli en bibel för en ny vänster. Förstod fler hur lurade vi är skulle [...] [vi] protestera.

     Cervenka's book ought to be a bible for a New Left. If more of us knew how deceived we are, we would protest.

Declension

Declension of bibel

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bibel	bibels
	definite	bibeln	bibelns
plural	indefinite	biblar	biblars
	definite	biblarna	biblarnas

Related terms

• biblisk

See also

• Gamla testamentet (“the Old Testament”)
• Nya testamentet (“the New Testament”)

References

• “bibel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• bibel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

West Frisian

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek βιβλία (biblía, “books”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːbəl/, /ˈbibəl/

Noun

bibel c (plural bibels, diminutive bibeltsje)

1. the Bible
2. a bible (authoritative book on some topic or sphere)
3. a thick book

Further reading

• “bibel”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011