Holy book's title derives from ancient city

What does the word 'Bible' mean? The name 'Bible' comes from the word 'byblos', which means 'papyrus' or 'book'.

In ancient Phoenicia (Greek name for Canaan), one of the main cities was Byblos, and it was a big exporter of papyrus.

Romance languages used the word 'biblia' as a name for the Scriptures. The word evolved into Bibliotheca, Bibliam, Bibylle, Byble and Bible.