Strong G976βίβλος
book
- Transliteration
- biblos
- Pronunciation
- bib'-los
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Properly the inner bark of the papyrus plant that is (by implication) a sheet or scroll of writing: - book.
Detailed definition
βίβλος, -ου, ἡ (variant form of βύβλος, the Egyptian papyrus, paper made from its fibrous coat),
[in LXX for סֶפֶר, the form βύβ- being sometimes used;]
a book, a roll, used much less frequently than βιβλίον, and with a "connotation of sacredness and veneration" (MM, Exp., x), Mat.1:1 Mrk.12:26, Luk.3:4 20:42 Act.1:20 7:42 19:19; β. τ. ζωῆς, Php.4:3, Rev.3:5 20:15.†
(AS)
[in LXX for סֶפֶר, the form βύβ- being sometimes used;]
a book, a roll, used much less frequently than βιβλίον, and with a "connotation of sacredness and veneration" (MM, Exp., x), Mat.1:1 Mrk.12:26, Luk.3:4 20:42 Act.1:20 7:42 19:19; β. τ. ζωῆς, Php.4:3, Rev.3:5 20:15.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G976 appears in 12 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- book12
First verses
- Matthew 1:1The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
- Mark 12:26And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
- Luke 3:4As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
- Luke 20:42And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
- Acts 1:20For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.
- Acts 7:42Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
- Acts 19:19Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
- Philippians 4:3And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.
- Revelation 3:5He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
- Revelation 13:8And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
- Revelation 20:15And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
- Revelation 22:19And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
Related to: βιβλίον
or βυβλίον, τό, strip of βύβλος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.8.4)]: hence, paper, document, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.123, 3.128, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 974, etc.; τὸ β. τοῦ ψηφίσματος “IG” 22.1.61)]; β. ἀποστασίου notice of divorce, [NT (NT.Matt.19.7.)]
2 ={βιβλίδιον}, petition to the Government, = Latin libellus, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 422 (2nd c.AD), “POxy.” 86.16 (4th c.AD), etc.)]
3 ={δέλτος}, tablet, [LXX (LXX.Tob.7.14.)]
II book, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 304, Theognetus Comicus 1.8, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 26d, etc.; μέγα β. ἴσον τῷ μεγάλῳ κακῷ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 359.)]
II.2 book as the division of a work, ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ β. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2 “Praef.”, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.329, etc.)]
II.3 τὰ β. place in which books are kept, library, ἀνεθήκατε εἰς τὰ β. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 37.8.)]
II.4 τὰ β. τὰ ἅγια the sacred books or [LXX (“Scriptures”, LXX.1Mac.12.9; τὰ β. τοῦ νόμου [prev. work] 1.56.)]
or βυβλίον, τό, strip of βύβλος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.8.4)]: hence, paper, document, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.123, 3.128, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 974, etc.; τὸ β. τοῦ ψηφίσματος “IG” 22.1.61)]; β. ἀποστασίου notice of divorce, [NT (NT.Matt.19.7.)]
2 ={βιβλίδιον}, petition to the Government, = Latin libellus, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 422 (2nd c.AD), “POxy.” 86.16 (4th c.AD), etc.)]
3 ={δέλτος}, tablet, [LXX (LXX.Tob.7.14.)]
II book, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 304, Theognetus Comicus 1.8, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 26d, etc.; μέγα β. ἴσον τῷ μεγάλῳ κακῷ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 359.)]
II.2 book as the division of a work, ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ β. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2 “Praef.”, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.329, etc.)]
II.3 τὰ β. place in which books are kept, library, ἀνεθήκατε εἰς τὰ β. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 37.8.)]
II.4 τὰ β. τὰ ἅγια the sacred books or [LXX (“Scriptures”, LXX.1Mac.12.9; τὰ β. τοῦ νόμου [prev. work] 1.56.)]