Bible Questions Answered:
“What does the word bible mean by
itself...”
Heriberto/ El Cajon, California
Bible Answer:
The Word "Bible," does not
appear in the Word of God. Bible has a Greek origin from the word for
papyrus. Papyrus was a plant the Egyptians used in the making of
paper. Greeks called the papyrus plant biblos. Scrolls were written
on papyrus and thus they were known as biblos. The Greek word
"biblia," means scrolls or books.
The Bible is such a writing, a
compilation of books, and it has gone by many names.
THE LAW:
Psalm 119:1 KJV
Blessed are the undefiled in The
Way, who walk in The Law* Of The Lord.
*Law-Hebrew:
Towrah (To-raw): Torah-A precept or statue, the Decalogue or
Pentateuch: law.
Psalm 19:7 KJV
The Law Of The Lord is
perfect, converting the soul: The Testimony of The Lord is
sure, making wise the simple.
Deuteronomy
31:26 KJV
Take this book of The Law,
and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your
God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
THE
TESTIMONY:
Psalm 119:2 KJV
Blessed are they that keep His Testimonies*, and that seek
Him with the whole heart.
*Testimonies-Hebrew: Edah (Ay-daw): Testimony, witness.
Isaiah 8:20 KJV
To The Law and to The Testimony*: if they speak not
according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
*Testimony-Hebrew: Tuwdah (Teh-oo-daw): Attestation, i.e. a
precept usage: testimony.
PRECEPTS:
Psalm 119:4 KJV
Thou hast commanded us to keep thy Precepts* diligently.
*Precepts-Hebrew: Piqquwd (Pik-kood):
Appointed, i.e. a mandate (of God); commandment, precept, statue.
STATUE:
Psalm 119:5 KJV
O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes*!
*Statues-Hebrew: Choq (Khoke): An enactment, hence an
appointment (of time, space quantity, labor or usage): appointed,
bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree, due, law, measure,
necessary ordinance, portion, set time, statue, task.
COMMANDMENT:
Psalm 119:6 KJV
Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy
commandments*.
*Commandments-Hebrew: Mitsvah (Mits-vaw): A command, whether
human or divine: (which was) commanded, law, ordinance, precept.
Exodus 24:12 KJV
And The Lord said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be
there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a Law, and
Commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach
them.
JUDGMENT:
Psalm 119:7 KJV
I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have
learned thy righteous judgments*.
*Judgments-Hebrew: Mishpat (Mish-pawt): A verdict, a sentence
or formal decree, divine law, determination, form to be judged,
judgment, (of lawful manner), measure, order, ordinance,
right, sentence.
Leviticus 9:16 KJV
And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to The
Manner*.
*Manner-Hebrew: Mishpat.
WORD:
Psalm 119:9 KJV
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed
thereto according to thy Word*.
*Word-Hebrew: Dabar (Daw-bawr):
A word; (as spoken of) or thing; advice, answer, chronicles,
commandment, confer, counsel, decree, judgment, reason, somewhat to
say, speech, spoken, thought, tidings,, word.
New Testament:
THE
WORD
Luke
11:28 KJV
But He said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word*
of God, and keep it.
*Word-Greek: Logos (Log-os):
Something said (including
the thought): a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the
mental faculty) or motive; communication, concerning, doctrine,
preaching, reason, speaker, speech, talk, tidings, treatise,
utterance, word, work.
WORDS
OF THE LORD:
Psalm
12:6 KJV
The Words*
Of The Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth,
purified seven times.
*Words-Hebrew: Imrah (Im-raw):
Commandment, speech, word.
New Testament:
WORD
OF CHRIST:
Colossians
3:16 KJV
Let The Word* Of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom;
teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and
spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
*Word-Greek: Logos (Log-os):
Something said (including
the thought): a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the
mental faculty) or motive; communication, concerning, doctrine,
preaching, reason, speaker, speech, talk, tidings, treatise,
utterance, word, work.
BOOK:
Psalm
40:7 KJV
Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book* it is
written of me,
*Book-Hebrew:
Cepher (Say-fer): Writing,
(the art or a document); a book: evidence, letter, register, scroll.
THE
GOSPEL:
Romans
1:16 KJV
For I am not ashamed of The Gospel* of Christ: for it is
the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the
Jew first, and also to the Greek.
*Gospel-Greek: Euaggelion (Yoo-ang-ghel-ee-on): A good
message, i.e. the gospel.
SCRIPTURES:
Romans 1:2 KJV
(Which He had promised afore by His prophets in The Holy
Scriptures*,)
*Scriptures-Greek: Graphe (Graf-ay): Document, i.e. holy Writ
(it contents or statement in it): scripture.
II Timothy 3:15 KJV
And that from a child thou hast known The Holy Scriptures*,
which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which
is in Christ Jesus.
*Scriptures-Greek: Gramma (Gram-mah): A
writing, i.e. a letter, note, epistle, book, etc. scripture, writing.
ORACLES:
Acts 7:38 KJV
This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the
angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who
received the lively oracles* to give unto us:
*Oracles-Greek: Logion (Log-ee-on): An utterance (of God):
oracle.
SWORD OF THE
SPIRIT:
Ephesians 6:17 KJV
And take the helmet of salvation, and The Sword* Of The
Spirit, which is The Word Of God:
*Sword-Greek: Machaira (Makh-ahee-rah): A knife,war, judicial
punishment: sword.
TRUTH:
John 17:17 KJV
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth*.
*Truth-Greek: Aletheia (Al-ay-thi-a): True, truly, truth.
WORD OF LIFE:
Philippians 2:16 KJV
Holding forth The Word Of Life*; that I may rejoice in the
day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither labored in vain.
*Life-Greek: Zoe (Dzo-ay): Life (time).
