bible

Noun
  1. The sacred writings of the Christian religions (synset 106443410)
    "he went to carry the Word to the heathen"
    associated with:
    • covenant - (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return
    • eisegesis - personal interpretation of a text (especially of the Bible) using your own ideas
    • exegesis - an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible)
    • gabriel - (Bible) the archangel who was the messenger of God
    • noachian deluge, noah and the flood, noah's flood, the flood - (Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings
    • demythologise, demythologize - remove the mythical element from (writings)
    is a type of: religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing - writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity
    subtypes: family bible - a large Bible with pages to record marriages and births
    specific instances:
    has:
    • old testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible
    • testament - either of the two main parts of the Christian Bible
    • new testament - the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible
    • text - a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon
    same as: book, christian bible, good book, holy scripture, holy writ, scripture, word, word of god
  2. A book regarded as authoritative in its field (synset 106434286)
    is a type of: enchiridion, handbook, vade mecum - a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location

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