976. biblos
Strong's Concordance
biblos: (the inner) bark (of a papyrus plant), hence a scroll, spec. a book
Original Word: βίβλος, ου, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: biblos
Phonetic Spelling: (bib'-los)
Definition: (the inner) bark (of a papyrus plant), a scroll, a book
Usage: a written book, roll, or volume, sometimes with a sacred connotation.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
of uncertain origin
Definition
(the inner) bark (of a papyrus plant), hence a scroll, spec. a book
NASB Translation
book (8), books (1), record (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 976: βίβλος

βίβλος, βίβλου, (or rather βύβλος (but the form βίβλος is more common when it denotes a writing), the plant called papyrus, Theophrastus, hist. plant. 4, 8, 2f; (Pliny, h. n. 13, 11f (21f)); from its bark (rather, the cellular substance of its stem (for it was an endogenous plant)) paper was made (see Tristram, Nat. Hist. etc., p. 433f; especially Dureau de la Malle in the Memoires de l'Acad. d. Inscriptions etc. tom. 19 part 1 (1851), pp. 140-183, and (in correction of current misapprehensions) Prof. E. Abbot in the Library Journal for Nov. 1878, p. 323f, where other references are also given)), a written book, a roll or scroll: Matthew 1:1; Luke 3:4; Mark 12:26; Acts 1:20; τῆς ζωῆς, Philippians 4:3; Revelation 3:5, etc.; see βιβλίον. (From Aeschylus down.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
book.

Properly, the inner bark of the papyrus plant, i.e. (by implication) a sheet or scroll of writing -- book.

Forms and Transliterations
βιβλιω βιβλίω βίβλοι βίβλοις ΒΙΒΛΟΣ βίβλος βιβλου βίβλου βιβλους βίβλους βιβλω βίβλω βίβλῳ biblo biblō bíbloi bíblōi BIBLOS biblou bíblou biblous bíblous
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 1:1 N-NFS
GRK: ΒΙΒΛΟΣ γενέσεως Ἰησοῦ
KJV: The book of the generation of Jesus
INT: [the] book of [the] generation of Jesus

Mark 12:26 N-DFS
GRK: ἐν τῇ βίβλῳ Μωυσέως ἐπὶ
NAS: have you not read in the book of Moses,
KJV: read in the book of Moses, how
INT: in the book of Moses [in the part] on

Luke 3:4 N-DFS
GRK: γέγραπται ἐν βίβλῳ λόγων Ἠσαίου
NAS: as it is written in the book of the words
KJV: in the book of the words
INT: it has been written in [the] book of [the] words of Isaiah

Luke 20:42 N-DFS
GRK: λέγει ἐν Βίβλῳ Ψαλμῶν Εἶπεν
NAS: says in the book of Psalms,
KJV: saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD
INT: says in [the] book of Psalms said

Acts 1:20 N-DFS
GRK: γὰρ ἐν Βίβλῳ Ψαλμῶν Γενηθήτω
NAS: For it is written in the book of Psalms,
KJV: in the book of Psalms,
INT: indeed in [the] book of Psalms Let become

Acts 7:42 N-DFS
GRK: γέγραπται ἐν Βίβλῳ τῶν προφητῶν
NAS: as it is written in the book of the prophets,
KJV: in the book of the prophets,
INT: it has been written in [the] book of the prophets

Acts 19:19 N-AFP
GRK: συνενέγκαντες τὰς βίβλους κατέκαιον ἐνώπιον
NAS: brought their books together
KJV: brought their books together,
INT: having brought the books burnt [them] before

Philippians 4:3 N-DFS
GRK: ὀνόματα ἐν βίβλῳ ζωῆς
NAS: whose names are in the book of life.
KJV: names [are] in the book of life.
INT: names [are] in [the] book of life

Revelation 3:5 N-GFS
GRK: ἐκ τῆς βίβλου τῆς ζωῆς
NAS: his name from the book of life,
KJV: name out of the book of life, but
INT: from the book of life

Revelation 20:15 N-DFS
GRK: ἐν τῇ βίβλῳ τῆς ζωῆς
NAS: written in the book of life,
KJV: written in the book of life was cast
INT: in the book of life

Strong's Greek 976
10 Occurrences


βίβλῳ — 7 Occ.
ΒΙΒΛΟΣ — 1 Occ.
βίβλου — 1 Occ.
βίβλους — 1 Occ.









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