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Lexicon :: Strong's G975 - biblion

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βιβλίον
Transliteration
biblion (Key)
Pronunciation
bib-lee'-on
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A diminutive of βίβλος (G976)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:617,106

Strong’s Definitions

βιβλίον biblíon, bib-lee'-on; a diminutive of G976; a roll:—bill, book, scroll, writing.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x

The KJV translates Strong's G975 in the following manner: book (29x), bill (1x), scroll (1x), writing (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x
The KJV translates Strong's G975 in the following manner: book (29x), bill (1x), scroll (1x), writing (1x).

  1. a small book, a scroll, a written document

  2. a sheet on which something has been written

    1. a bill of divorcement

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βιβλίον biblíon, bib-lee'-on; a diminutive of G976; a roll:—bill, book, scroll, writing.
STRONGS G975:
βιβλίον, -ου, τό, (diminutive of βίβλος), a small book, a scroll: Luke 4:17, 20; John 20:30; Galatians 3:10; 2 Timothy 4:13, etc.; a written document; a sheet on which something has been written, β. ἀποστασίου [bill of divorcement]: Matthew 19:7; Mark 10:4; see ἀποστάσιον, 1. βιβλίον ζωῆς, the list of those whom God has appointed to eternal salvation: Revelation 13:8 [Rec. τῇ βίβλῳ]; Rev 17:8; 20:12; 21:27; see ζωή, 2 b. [From Herodotus down.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
19:7
Mark
10:4
Luke
4:17; 4:20
John
20:30
Galatians
3:10
2 Timothy
4:13
Revelation
13:8; 17:8; 20:12; 21:27

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G975 matches the Greek βιβλίον (biblion),
which occurs 34 times in 29 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:7 - They said to him, “Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:4 - They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:17 - And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:20 - And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:30 - Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:25 - Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:10 - For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:13 - When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, also the books, and above all the parchments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:19 - For when every commandment of the law had been declared by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:7 - Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God,
as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:11 - saying, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:1 - Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:2 - And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:3 - And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:4 - and I began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:5 - And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:8 - And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:9 - And they sang a new song, saying,
“Worthy are you to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God
from every tribe and language and people and nation,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:14 - The sky vanished like a scroll that is being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:8 - Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the scroll that is open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:8 - and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:8 - The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to rise from the bottomless pit[fn] and go to destruction. And the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because it was and is not and is to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:12 - And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:27 - But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:7 - “And behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:9 - but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:10 - And he said to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:18 - I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:19 - and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.
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