Christian terms regularly used in the Bible come from the historic languages of Aramaic, Hebrew, Greek and Latin.  The Old (Jewish) Testament was written in Hebrew with some texts in Aramaic and Greek.  The New Testament was written in a form of Koine Greek.  Latin increasingly became the language of the bible in the Western half of the Roman Empire from the 5th century.  In the last few hundred years the bible has been translated in the local or secular language.  The bible remains the most printed and most popular book in the World.

If the Bible is truly the inerrant Word of God, why are there so many different versions of it? Why do some people insist their translation is the best, and some versions are heretical? Shouldn’t there just be one? The reasons behind the proliferation of bible translations are complex. But can be simplified to something very simple: audience and purpose. Is it a study bible or is it for introducing someone to the Christin faith? Many of us have heard that the bible is the best-selling book of all time. This is a true statement. In fact, it’s not even close. It is estimated that a bible is present in 85% of U.S. households, and that the average bible-per-house ratio is over four.

All this to say that even with a average of for bibles per American household, we still continue to purchase millions of bibles each and every year. Much of the reason for this is that Americans are upgrading bibles, giving them as gifts. And just as often, we are buying different versions of the bible

To read a glossary of Biblical terms frequently used in the bible click on –  GLOSSARY.