Research on the English Bible Vocabulary and the Relevant Significance in English Learning

Vocabulary in a broad sense includes word and its equivalent like phrase,idiom,allusion and proverb.As a proudly literary and philosophical work,the Bible has great impact on English vocabulary.It is not only the direct source of millions of words,idioms and proverbs in English,but also greatly enrich English vocabulary by means of generalization and derivation.These vocabularies are still widely used in English.Probing into these vocabularies may enlarge the learner's vocabulary,enhance their understanding to English works and even help to make successful cross-cultural communication.