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NASB | Matthew 1:1 The record of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham: |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 1:1 The record of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son (descendant) of David, the son (descendant) of Abraham: [Ps 132:11; Is 11:1] |
Subject: The word "Bible" |
Bible Note: Dear Justme, Probably when they were referring to God's Word generically and as a whole they might have called it "graphe," "the writings" (see, for example, Matthew 21:42 and Luke 24:27). Of course the words Torah, Naviim, and Tanakh are even older Hebrew words. I am given to understand that among Christian believers the term "ta biblia" dates as far back as the early third century. I also learned that Jerome used the term "bibliotheke," meaning a repository (like a case) of books. His term eventually replaced the Old English "bibliodece." I suppose the evolution into the word Bible was pretty easy from there. In modern Spanish it is Biblia and in German it is Bibel -- if I remember correctly -- so the etymologists' surmises sound reasonable. In Him, Doc |