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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 976. βίβλος (biblos) -- Book, scroll</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/976.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/galatians/6-2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/976.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 976</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/975.htm" title="975">◄</a> 976. biblos <a href="../greek/977.htm" title="977">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">biblos: Book, scroll</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">βίβλος</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Feminine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>biblos<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>BEE-blos<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(bib'-los)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Book, scroll<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>a written book, roll, or volume, sometimes with a sacred connotation.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Greek word βύβλος (byblos), which refers to the papyrus plant and the material made from it.<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span> - H5612 (סֵפֶר, sepher): Refers to a book, scroll, or document.<p> - H4039 (מִגִּלָּה, megillah): Refers to a scroll or roll.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>In the New Testament, "biblos" is used to denote a written document or book. It is often used in the context of genealogies or records, as seen in the opening of the Gospel of Matthew. The term can refer to any written work, but in the biblical context, it often implies a sacred or authoritative text.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>The term "biblos" is rooted in the ancient use of papyrus, a plant that was processed into a writing material in ancient Egypt and widely used throughout the Greco-Roman world. The city of Byblos in Phoenicia was a major center for the production and export of papyrus, which is how the term came to be associated with books and writing. In the biblical context, books were precious and often hand-copied scrolls, used for recording important texts, including genealogies, laws, and prophecies.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>of uncertain origin<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>(the inner) bark (of a papyrus plant), hence a scroll, spec. a book<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>book (8), books (1), record (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 976: βίβλος</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">βίβλος</span></span>, <span class="greek2">βίβλου</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (or rather <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">βύβλος</span> (but the form <span class="greek2">βίβλος</span> is more common when it denotes a writing), the plant called papyrus, <span class="abbreviation">Theophrastus</span>, hist. plant. 4, 8, 2f; (<span class="abbreviation">Pliny</span>, h. n. 13, 11f (21f)); from its bark (rather, <span class="accented">the cellular substance of its stem</span> (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)), <span class="accented">a written book, a roll or scroll</span>: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Matthew 1:1</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/3-4.htm">Luke 3:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/12-26.htm">Mark 12:26</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/1-20.htm">Acts 1:20</a>; <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">ζωῆς</span>, <a href="/interlinear/philippians/4-3.htm">Philippians 4:3</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/3-5.htm">Revelation 3:5</a>, etc.; see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">βιβλίον</span></span>. (From <span class="abbreviation">Aeschylus</span> down.) <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>book. <p>Properly, the inner bark of the papyrus plant, i.e. (by implication) a sheet or scroll of writing -- book. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>βιβλιω βιβλίω βίβλοι βίβλοις ΒΙΒΛΟΣ βίβλος βιβλου βίβλου βιβλους βίβλους βιβλω βίβλω βίβλῳ biblo biblō bíbloi bíblōi BIBLOS biblou bíblou biblous bíblous<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/1-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 1:1</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3"><b>ΒΙΒΛΟΣ</b> γενέσεως Ἰησοῦ</span><br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">The book</span> of the generation of Jesus<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">[the] book</span> of [the] generation of Jesus<p><b><a href="/text/mark/12-26.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 12:26</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐν τῇ <b>βίβλῳ</b> Μωυσέως ἐπὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> have you not read <span class="itali">in the book</span> of Moses,<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> read in <span class="itali">the book</span> of Moses, how<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/12-26.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> in the <span class="itali">book</span> of Moses [in the part] on<p><b><a href="/text/luke/3-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 3:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">γέγραπται ἐν <b>βίβλῳ</b> λόγων Ἠσαίου</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> as it is written <span class="itali">in the book</span> of the words<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in <span class="itali">the book</span> of the words<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/3-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> it has been written in <span class="itali">[the] book</span> of [the] words of Isaiah<p><b><a href="/text/luke/20-42.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 20:42</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/20.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">λέγει ἐν <b>Βίβλῳ</b> Ψαλμῶν Εἶπεν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/20.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> says <span class="itali">in the book</span> of Psalms,<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/20.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> saith in <span class="itali">the book</span> of Psalms, The LORD<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/20-42.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> says in <span class="itali">[the] book</span> of Psalms said<p><b><a href="/text/acts/1-20.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 1:20</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">γὰρ ἐν <b>Βίβλῳ</b> Ψαλμῶν Γενηθήτω</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> For it is written <span class="itali">in the book</span> of Psalms,<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in <span class="itali">the book</span> of Psalms,<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/1-20.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> indeed in [the] <span class="itali">book</span> of Psalms Let become<p><b><a href="/text/acts/7-42.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 7:42</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">γέγραπται ἐν <b>Βίβλῳ</b> τῶν προφητῶν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> as it is written <span class="itali">in the book</span> of the prophets,<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in <span class="itali">the book</span> of the prophets,<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/7-42.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> it has been written in [the] <span class="itali">book</span> of the prophets<p><b><a href="/text/acts/19-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 19:19</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural">N-AFP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/19.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">συνενέγκαντες τὰς <b>βίβλους</b> κατέκαιον ἐνώπιον</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/19.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> brought <span class="itali">their books</span> together<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/19.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> brought <span class="itali">their books</span> together,<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/19-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> having brought the <span class="itali">books</span> burnt [them] before<p><b><a href="/text/philippians/4-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Philippians 4:3</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/philippians/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὀνόματα ἐν <b>βίβλῳ</b> ζωῆς </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/philippians/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> whose names <span class="itali">are in the book</span> of life.<br><a href="/kjvs/philippians/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> names [are] in <span class="itali">the book</span> of life.<br><a href="/interlinear/philippians/4-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> names [are] in <span class="itali">[the] book</span> of life<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/3-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 3:5</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐκ τῆς <b>βίβλου</b> τῆς ζωῆς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> his name <span class="itali">from the book</span> of life,<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> name out of <span class="itali">the book</span> of life, but<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/3-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> from the <span class="itali">book</span> of life<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/20-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 20:15</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/20.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐν τῇ <b>βίβλῳ</b> τῆς ζωῆς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/20.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> written <span class="itali">in the book</span> of life,<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/20.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> written in <span class="itali">the book</span> of life was cast<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/20-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> in the <span class="itali">book</span> of life<p><b><a href="/greek/976.htm">Strong's Greek 976</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_976.htm">10 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/biblo__976.htm">βίβλῳ — 7 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/biblos_976.htm">ΒΙΒΛΟΣ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/biblou_976.htm">βίβλου — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/biblous_976.htm">βίβλους — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/975.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="975"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="975" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/977.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="977"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="977" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>