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βιβλίονStrong’s G0975biblion
Appears in 30 verses of the New Testament
In short
Biblion is the Greek word usually translated “book”, “scroll” and “books”. It appears in 30 verses of the New Testament.
“They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?”
Meaning
Usually translated “book”, “scroll” and “books”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- book 14
- scroll 9
- books 4
- a roll 2
- a scroll 2
- scroll of 1
- of book 1
- a book 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 20
- Luke 2
- John 2
- Hebrews 2
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
8 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 10:4And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
- Luke 4:17And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
- Luke 4:20And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
- John 20:30And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:
- John 21:25And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.
- Galatians 3:10For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
Greek dictionary
βιβλίον biblion · scroll
βιβλίον, -ου, τό (diminutive of βίβλος, which see), [in LXX also in the alternat. form βυβ-, chiefly for סֶפֶר and the most frequently of the cognate forms ;] 1. a paper, letter, written document: β. ἀποστασίου, bill of divorce, Mat.19:7, Mrk.10:4. 2. a 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. † (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “scroll” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SCROLL, noun
[probably formed from roll, or its root.]
- “The heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll” Isaiah 34:4
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.