pocket bible
Compact holy book
A pocket bible is a small, portable edition of the Bible designed to be carried on one's person—sized to fit in a coat pocket or purse.
By extension, pocket bible describes any compact reference that someone keeps close at hand as an essential guide: This field manual became our pocket bible for survival training.
- scriptureSacred religious writings
- New TestamentSecond biblical division
- Old TestamentPre-Christian biblical canon
- testamentWritten proof or legacy
- leatherTanned animal skin
leather bound · compact · portable · devotional · daily reading · verses · psalms · gospel · hymns · traveler · bedside · worn · gilded · bookmark · faith · prayer · foxhole prayer · thumbed
- pocket referencesphrase book, digest, field guide, quick reference, reference card
- pocket bookspocketbook, miniature book, mini book
- book formatshardcover, paperback, softcover, hardback, ebook
- pocket referencehandbook, quick guide, cheat sheet, field guide, phrase book