Well attestedNamed through a historical place-name
Bible
noun · first attested 13th century
The word for the book traces to a Phoenician port that traded papyrus.
The Christian scriptures, or the Hebrew scriptures.
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- Relationship
- Named through a historical place-name
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 13th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Byblos
- In English
Bible
Greek biblion, a book, is generally derived from Byblos, the Phoenician city through which papyrus was traded. The city is now Jbeil in Lebanon.
Lebanon
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