Greek noun (feminine) · G976
βίβλος
biblosbib'-los
book
10 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: bíblos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G976is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G976
properly, the inner bark of the papyrus plant, i.e. (by implication) a sheet or scroll of writing
The King James renders it: book.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
biblos is rendered "book". It stands 10 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Three of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 1:1This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
Matthew 1:1Βίβλος
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's ten uses are in Acts.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- book9
- books1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| βιβλίον | biblion | scroll | Uses34 |
| βιβλιαρίδιον | bibliaridion | little scroll | Uses3 |
All 10, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- βίβλῳ7
- Βίβλος1
- βίβλου1
- βίβλους1
The grammar of each form
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular7N-DSF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine plural1N-APF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1N-GSF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1N-NSF
Matthew
one use
This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
- Βίβλοςbiblosnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: book
Mark
one use
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’?
- βίβλῳbiblonoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: book
Luke
two uses
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.
- βίβλῳbiblonoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: book
For David himself says in the book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand
- βίβλῳbiblonoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: book
Acts
three uses
“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.’
- βίβλῳbiblonoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: book
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 offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
- βίβλῳbiblonoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: book
And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.
- βίβλουςbiblousnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: books
Philippians
one use
Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have labored with me for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.
- βίβλῳbiblonoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: book
Revelation
two uses
Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.
- βίβλουbiblounoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: book
And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
- βίβλῳbiblonoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: book
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.