bibel

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈb̥iˀb̥əl]

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

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

• bibel on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

bibel

1. alternative form of bible

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

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

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

• bibelfortelling
• bibeloversettelse
• bibelselskap
• bibelsk

• Bibelen

• “bibel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

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

1. a bible (as above)

• bibelselskap
• bibelsk

• Bibelen

• “bibel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

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.

• biblisk

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

• bibel in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• bibel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)