The word “bible” derives from the Hellenistic Greek word “biblion” (Greek βιβλίον) meaning “the book”. The word “biblion” has its origin from the ancient Greek word “biblos/byblos” (Greek βίβλος/βύβλος) and back then had the meaning “papyrus”. Byblos, an ancient Phoenician city, nowadays in Lebanon, was exporting to ancient Greece papyrus, hence the meaning of the…

The words “testament” and also “covenant” are found in the Greek version of the bible as “διαθήκη” ( pronunciation: dee-ath-ay’-kay, definition: will, agreement). Etymologically the word is made up of the prefix “δια-” (meaning: between, through) and the noun “θήκη”<ancient Greek verb “τίθημι” (meaning: to place, to put).