Dictionary

scripture en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈskɹɪpt͡ʃɚ/ (General-American)
• /ˈskɹɪptʃə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin scrīptūrader. Middle English scripture English scripture From Middle English scripture, from Latin scrīptūra (“a writing, scripture”), from scrīptum, the supine of scrībō (“to write”). By surface analysis, script + -ure.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A sacred writing or holy book.
   • In a word, they were made uſe of by the immediate ſucceſſors of the Apoſtles, and many of them read in the Public Aſſemblies of Chriſtians, as Canonical Scripture, without the leaſt mark of Diſtinction, in point of Autority[…] 1732, George Reynolds, A diſſertation: or, Inquiry Concerning the Canonical Autority of the Goſpel according to Mathew; […] , 2nd edition, page 4:
   • The primary scripture in Zoroastrianism is the Avesta.
   • It would be quite unwise to deem the whole historical enterprise as wrong-headed and to think that one can revert to the gospels' way of reading scripture, […] 2001, Leander Keck, Who is Jesus?, →ISBN, page 143:
2. (broadly, countable, uncountable) An authoritative statement.
3. (countable, uncountable) A (short) passage or verse from the Bible.
4. (Hinduism, countable, uncountable) a Hindu liturgical text

Forms

Deriveds

scripture cake

Relateds

script

Translations (42)

ca escriptura (any sacred writing or book) · ru свяще́нная кни́га (any sacred writing or book) · txb śāstär (any sacred writing or book) · id kitab suci (any sacred writing or book) · hi धर्मग्रंथ (any sacred writing or book) · ru писа́ние (any sacred writing or book) · is ritningin (any sacred writing or book) · cy ysgrythur (any sacred writing or book) · is ritningargrein (any sacred writing or book) · es escritura (any sacred writing or book) · el γραφή (any sacred writing or book) · got 𐌼𐌴𐌻 (any sacred writing or book) · fi pyhä kirja (any sacred writing or book) · ang ǣ (any sacred writing or book) · cmn 聖書 /圣书 (any sacred writing or book) · hu szentírás (any sacred writing or book) · cs posvátná kniha (any sacred writing or book) · vi thánh thư (any sacred writing or book) · pt escritura (any sacred writing or book) · tr yazı (any sacred writing or book) · pl święta księga (any sacred writing or book) · de Schrift (any sacred writing or book) · fi pyhä kirjoitus (any sacred writing or book) · et pühakiri (any sacred writing or book) · ja 聖句 (any sacred writing or book) · id kitab (any sacred writing or book) · de heilige Schrift (any sacred writing or book) · tl banal na kasulatan (any sacred writing or book) · ru свяще́нное писа́ние (any sacred writing or book) · he כְּתוּבִים (any sacred writing or book) · bg свето писание (any sacred writing or book) · pl autorytatywna wypowiedź (an authoritative statement) · nrf êcrituthe (any sacred writing or book) · ota یازی (any sacred writing or book) · mi karaipiture (any sacred writing or book) · es escriptura (any sacred writing or book) · eo skribo (any sacred writing or book) · pa کَتیب (any sacred writing or book) · pa ਕਤੇਬ (any sacred writing or book) · fr écriture (any sacred writing or book) · pro scriptura (any sacred writing or book) · tl kasulatan (any sacred writing or book)