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GreekG0976Noun (Feminine)

βίβλος

biblos

10Occurrences
G0976Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
a book, a roll, used much less frequently than βιβλίον, and with a "connotation of sacredness and veneration"; β. ζωῆς.
LXX: for סֶפֶר, the form βύβ- being sometimes used

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

βίβλος appears 10 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
3
Luke
2
Revelation
2
Matthew
1
Mark
1
Philippians
1

Key Passages

Acts 1:20BSB

“For it is written in the book of Psalms:‘May his place be deserted;let there be no one to dwell in it,’and,‘May another take his position.’

Acts 7:42BSB

But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets:‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offeringsforty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

Luke 3:4BSB

as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet:“A voice of one calling in the wilderness,‘Prepare the way for the Lord,make straight paths for Him.

Mark 12:26BSB

But concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?

Revelation 20:15BSB

And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.