旧約聖書

Japanese

Kanji in this term
旧	約	聖	書
きゅう Grade: 5	やく Grade: 4	せい Grade: 6	しょ Grade: 2
kan'on

Alternative spelling
舊約聖書 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

旧 (kyū-, “paleo-; old”) +‎ 約 (yaku, “contract”) +‎ 聖書 (Seisho, “Bible”) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

旧(きゅう)約(やく)聖(せい)書(しょ) • (Kyūyaku Seisho) ^{←きうやくせいしょ (kiuyakuseisyo)?}

1. the Old Testament

See also

• 新(しん)約(やく)聖(せい)書(しょ) (Shin'yaku Seisho, “New Testament”)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.