Where does the name Bible come from?

Answer 1

The short answer is the Phoenician city of Gubla named Byblos by the Greeks, because it was through Gubla that papyrus was imported into Greece. Hence the English word Bible is derived from Byblos as "the (papyrus) book".

Expansively: Gubla (present-day Jbail in Lebanon) is a Phoenician town noted for its abundant papyrus. Before paper was derived from trees ancients used fiber from the stem of the papyrus plant upon which to write messages and documents. They rolled them up into safekeeping and handled these delicately due to their tendency to become brittle over time. Unlike wood and stone, which the ancients used for inscriptions, papyrus was lighter, easier to transport and certainly easier to use and keep.

In 1200 B.C. the Greeks renamed the city Byblos from their word for book which by this time was made of papyrus. Since books were made from pages of papyrus and Gubla was the known world's center, they called the town Byblos. Later, Romans translated the word for book (Byblos) into the Latin Biblia, and it is this word which the English word "Bible" was derived.

Answer 2

The Bible means the book.

Answer 3

god told all the people that wrote the bible to call it the bible so god made the name is the bible