Gutenberg Bible Syllabification: (Gu·ten·berg Bi·ble)Definition of Gutenberg Bible noun the edition of the Bible (Vulgate version) completed by Johannes Gutenberg in about 1455 in Mainz, Germany. It is the first complete book extant in the West and is also the earliest to be printed from movable type. Gutenberg Bible in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Gutenberg Bible in the British & World English dictionary