Strong's Lexicon
G976 — βίβλος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G976 |
|---|---|
| Word: | βίβλος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | (not given) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 10 |
| Transliteration: | biblos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | bib'-los |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) the inner bark of the papyrus plant 2. (by implication) a scroll or sheet of writing |
| KJV Renderings: | book |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
βίβλος, βίβλου, ἡ (or rather ἡ 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: Mat 1:1; Luk 3:4; Mar 12:26; Act 1:20; τῆς ζωῆς, Php 4:3; Rev 3:5, etc.; see βιβλίον. (From Aeschylus down.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
βίβλος (book)
Matthew 1:1
- KJV: The book of the generation of Jesus Christ the son of David the son of Abraham
- GK: βίβλος γενέσεως Ιησού Χριστού υιού Δαβίδ υιού Αβραάμ
Mark 12:26
- KJV: And 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 the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob
- GK: περί δε των νεκρών ότι εγείρονται ουκ ανέγνωτε εν τη βίβλω Μωσέως επί της βάτου ως είπεν αυτώ ο θεός λέγων εγώ ο θεός Αβραάμ και ο θεός Ισαάκ και ο θεός Ιακώβ
Luke 3:4
- KJV: As 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
- GK: ως γέγραπται εν βίβλω λόγων Ησαϊου του προφήτου λέγοντος φωνή βοώντος εν τη ερήμω ετοιμάσατε την οδόν κυρίου ευθείας ποιείτε τας τρίβους αυτού
Luke 20:42
- KJV: And David himself saith in the book of Psalms LORD said unto my Lord Sit thou on my right hand
- GK: και αυτός Δαβίδ λέγει εν βίβλω ψαλμών είπεν ο κύριος τω κυρίω μου κάθου εκ δεξιών μου
Acts 1:20
- KJV: For 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
- GK: γέγραπται γαρ εν βίβλω ψαλμών γενηθήτω η έπαυλις αυτού έρημος και μη έστω ο κατοικών εν αυτή και την επισκοπήν αυτού λάβοι έτερος
Acts 7:42
- KJV: Then God turned and gave them up to worship the host of heaven as it is written in the book of the prophets house of Israel have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness
- GK: έστρεψε δε ο θεός και παρέδωκεν αυτούς λατρεύειν τη στρατιά του ουρανού καθώς γέγραπται εν βίβλω των προφητών μη σφάγια και θυσίας προσηνέγκατέ μοι έτη τεσσαράκοντα εν τη ερήμω οίκος Ισραήλ
Acts 19:19
- KJV: Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together and burned them before all and they counted the price of them and found fifty thousand of silver
- GK: ικανοί δε των τα περίεργα πραξάντων συνενέγκαντες τας βίβλους κατέκαιον ενώπιον πάντων και συνεψήφισαν τας τιμάς αυτών και εύρον αργυρίου μυριάδας πέντε
Philippians 4:3
- KJV: And I intreat thee also true yokefellow help those women which laboured with me in the gospel with Clement also and other my fellowlabourers whose names in the book of life
- GK: ναι ερωτώ και σε σύζυγε γνήσιε συλλαμβάνου αυταίς αίτινες εν τω ευαγγελίω συνήθλησάν μοι μετά και Κλήμεντος και των λοιπών συνεργών μου ων τα ονόματα εν βίβλω ζωης
Revelation 3:5
- KJV: He 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
- GK: ο νικών ούτος περιβαλείται εν ιματίοις λευκοίς και ου εξαλείψω το όνομα αυτού εκ της βίβλου της ζωής και ομολογησομαι το όνομα αυτού ενώπιον του πατρός μου και ενώπιον των αγγέλων αυτου
Revelation 13:8
- KJV: And 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
- GK: και προσκυνήσουσιν αυτώ παντες οι κατοικούντες επί της γης ων ου γέγραπται το όνομα εν τω βιβλιω της ζωής του αρνίου του εσφαγμένου από καταβολής κόσμου
Revelation 20:15
- KJV: And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire
- GK: και ει ουχ ευρέθη εν τη βίβλω της ζωής γεγραμμένος εβλήθη εις την λίμνην του πυρός
Revelation 22:19
- KJV: And 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 the things which are written in this book
- GK: και εάν τις αφέλη από των λόγων του βιβλίου της προφητείας ταύτης αφέλοι ο θεός το μέρος αυτού από του ξύλου της ζωής και εκ της πόλεως της αγίας των γεγραμμένων εν τω βιβλίω τούτω