Bible
Bible noun - A book made up of the writings accepted by Christians as coming from God.
Show all Definitions
Synonyms for Bible
Vulgate and bible are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vulgate" instead a noun "Bible".
Nearby Word: biblical
Vulgate
Vulgate noun - The Latin edition of the Bible translated from Hebrew and Greek mainly by St. Jerome at the end of the 4th century; as revised in 1592 it was adopted as the official text for the Roman Catholic Church.
Show all Definitions
Synonyms for Vulgate
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
-
Medieval and Renaissance artists such as Michelangelo often depicted Moses with horns, due to the Vulgate (Latin Bible translation) misreading the Hebrew of The Book Of Exodus 34:35 as stating that Moses's face was "horned" (keren) instead of "shining" (karan).
Source: Horned Humanoid - The even more traditional Vulgate Bible will almost never be quoted, although it can happen because it's written in Latin.
Source: Christianity Is Catholic -
Jerome in the Latin Vulgate Bible used the uncommon word cornutus (="shining") in translating Exodus XXXIV. xxix.
Source: Holy Halo
Cite this Source
Vulgate and Bible. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bible/vulgate
Bible & Vulgate. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bible/vulgate>.
Vulgate or Bible. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bible/vulgate.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "bible" and "Vulgate" have occurred on timeline