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torah | bible |

As a proper noun bible is

the main religious text in christianity or bible can be .

As a noun bible is

a specific version, edition, translation, or copy of one of the above-mentioned texts.

torah

English

(wikipedia Torah)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • The first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures, attributed to Moses and therefore also known as the Five Books of Moses.
    • Tradition holds that the Torah was handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai.
  • The full body of written Jewish law, including the Tanakh, the Talmud, the Mishnah and the midrashic texts.
    • It says in the Torah that both gossip and murder cause irreparable damage.
  • The whole of Jewish law, both written and unwritten.
  • The encompassing philosophy of Judaism.

    • Synonyms

    * (Five Books of Moses) Pentateuch

    Noun

  • (en noun)
  • A specially written scroll containing the five books of Moses, such as those used in religious services.
    • An anonymous donor has provided us with a lovely new Torah .
  • A book containing the five books of Moses.
    • There was a lovely leather-bound Torah on the bookshelf.

    Synonyms

    * Books of Moses * the Law * Pentateuch *

    See also

    * Chumash * Old Testament * Tanakh * Septuagint * Talmud

    Anagrams

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    bible

    English

    (wikipedia bible)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A comprehensive manual that describes something. (e.g., handyman’s bible).
  • * 1995 , Gary Wolf, "The Curse of Xanadu", Wired Magazine
    • Computer Lib was written as a popular primer, but its most profound effect was on computer programmers, who needed little persuasion about the value of computers. Its tone – energetic, optimistic, inexhaustible, confused – matched theirs exactly. Having set out to appeal to the general public, Nelson managed to publish an insider's bible and highly intimate guide to hacker culture.
  • (nautical) A holystone.
  • Collection of sacred writing of the Christian religion

    • Related terms

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