Greek · G975 · unreviewed

βιβλίον

A roll

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βιβλίον G975

Pronunciation biblíon

What does βιβλίον (biblíon) mean in the Bible?

βιβλίον (biblíon) is a Greek word meaning "a roll". βιβλίον, -ου, τό (diminutive of βίβλος, which see), [in LXX also in the alternat.

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Meaning

a roll

Extended definition

A written document, especially a scroll or codex containing text meant to be read aloud or studied.

1a paper, letter, written document: β. ἀποστασίου, bill of divorce, Mat.19:7, Mrk.10:4.

2a book, a roll: Luk.4:17, 20 Jhn.20:30 21:25, Gal.3:10, 2Ti.4:13, Heb.9:19 10:7, Rev.1:11 5:1-9 6:14 10:8 20:12 22:7-19; β. τ. ζωῆς, Rev.13:8 17:8 20:12 21:27.

Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith

Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Neuter Luke 4:17 · Rev 6:14 · Rev 20:12 3×

Nominative · Plural · Neuter Rev 20:12 1×

Genitive · Singular · Neuter Heb 10:7 · Rev 22:7 · Rev 22:9 · Rev 22:10 · Rev 22:18 · Rev 22:19 6×

Dative · Singular · Neuter John 20:30 · Gal 3:10 · Rev 13:8 · Rev 21:27 · Rev 22:18 · Rev 22:19 6×

Dative · Plural · Neuter Rev 20:12 1×

Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 19:7 · Mark 10:4 · Luke 4:17 · Luke 4:20 · Heb 9:19 · Rev 1:11 · Rev 5:1 · Rev 5:2 · Rev 5:3 · Rev 5:4 · Rev 5:5 · Rev 5:8 · Rev 5:9 · Rev 10:8 · Rev 17:8 15×

Accusative · Plural · Neuter John 21:25 · 2 Tim 4:13 2×

Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Biblical Witnesses

Jeremiah 32:6-15 deed biblíon

A written legal document recording a property transaction

Jeremiah 36:1-8 scroll biblíon

A written scroll containing Jeremiah's prophetic words dictated to Baruch

Jeremiah 36:20-26 scroll biblíon

The written scroll read before the king and subsequently burned

Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

John 21 — The Risen Lord Restores, Commissions, Shepherds, and Testifies through His Witness Mark 10 — The Way of the Servant King: Marriage, Children, Wealth, Cross, Ransom, and Sight Matthew 19 — Marriage from Creation, Children Received, Riches Renounced, and the Reward of Following Christ

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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