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

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

Noun

bibel c

1. a Bible, a bible (religious text, or figuratively)

Declension

Declension of bibel
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bibel	bibeln	biblar	biblarna
Genitive	bibels	bibelns	biblars	biblarnas

Derived terms

• bibelkunnig
• bibelsprängd
• bibelvers
• konfirmationsbibel

Related terms

• Bibeln (“the Bible”)
• biblisk

See also

• Gamla testamentet (“the Old Testament”)
• Jesu
• Jesus
• Nya testamentet (“the New Testament”)
• bibliografi
• bibliotek
• kristen (“Christian”)
• kristendom (“Christianity”)
• kyrka (“church”)

References

• bibel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bibel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bibel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)