bible
/ˈbaɪbəl/noun
bible is spelled B-I-B-L-E: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 35 times per million words in written English, the 2,785th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bible means “Alternative letter-case form of Bible (“a specific version, edition, translation, or copy of the Christian religious text”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bible is bibles.
How many letters and syllables are in bible?
| Letters | 5: B-I-B-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 35 times per million words; the 2,785th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is bible?
Bible appears 35 times per million words in written English, the 2,785th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce bible?
- US /ˈbaɪbəl/
Bible has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-bible.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Bible.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with bible?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as bible from its last stressed vowel (/aɪbəl/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of bible
- bibles plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bible mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of Bible (“a specific version, edition, translation, or copy of the Christian religious text”).
- 2
Alternative letter-case form of Bible (“the analogous holy book of another religion”).
- 3
A comprehensive manual that describes something, or a publication with a loyal readership; a foundational text.
handyman’s bible
- 4
Ellipsis of pitch bible.
- 5
A binder containing copies of the most important documents for a particular matter.
Could you please add these to the case bible?
- 6
Synonym of holystone: a piece of sandstone used for scouring wooden decks on ships.
- 7
A compilation of problems and solutions from previous years of a given course, used by some students to cheat on tests or assignments.
- 8
Omasum, the third compartment of the stomach of ruminants
noun
- 1
A specific version, edition, translation, or copy of one of the above-mentioned texts.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bible in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense comprehensive manual:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does bible come from?
From Middle English bible, from Middle Latin biblia (“book”) (misinterpreted as a feminine from earlier Latin neuter plural biblia (“books”)), from Ancient Greek βιβλία (biblía, “books”), plural of βιβλίον (biblíon, “small book”), originally a diminutive of βίβλος (bíblos, “book”), from βύβλος (búblos, “papyrus”) (from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported this writing material). Old English used biblioþēce (from βιβλιοθήκη) and ġewritu (> English writs) for "the Scriptures".
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).