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Lexicon :: Strong's G976 - biblos

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βίβλος
Transliteration
biblos (Key)
Pronunciation
bib'-los
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Primitive root
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:615,106

Strong’s Definitions

βίβλος bíblos, bib'-los; properly, the inner bark of the papyrus plant, i.e. (by implication) a sheet or scroll of writing:—book.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's G976 in the following manner: book (13x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's G976 in the following manner: book (13x).

  1. a written book, a roll, a scroll

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βίβλος bíblos, bib'-los; properly, the inner bark of the papyrus plant, i.e. (by implication) a sheet or scroll of writing:—book.
STRONGS G976:
βίβλος, -ου, ἡ, (or rather ἡ βύβλος [but the form βίβλ. is more common when it denotes a writing], the plant called papyrus, Theophrastus, hist. plant. 4, 8, 2f; [Pliny, h. n. 13, 11f (21f)]; from its bark [rather, the cellular substance of its stem (for it was an endogenous plant)] paper was made [see Tristram, Nat. Hist. etc., p. 433f; especially Dureau de la Malle in the Mémoires 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]), a written book, a roll or scroll: Matthew 1:1; Luke 3:4; Mark 12:26; Acts 1:20; τῆς ζωῆς, Philippians 4:3; Revelation 3:5, etc.; see βιβλίον. [From Aeschylus down.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
1:1
Mark
12:26
Luke
3:4
Acts
1:20
Philippians
4:3
Revelation
3:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G976 matches the Greek βίβλος (biblos),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:1 -

The record of the genealogy of [fn]Jesus the [fn]Messiah, the son (descendant) of [fn]David, the son (descendant) of Abraham:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:26 - “But concerning the raising of the dead, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:4 - as it is written and forever remains written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet,

“THE VOICE OF ONE SHOUTING IN THE WILDERNESS,

‘PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD,

[fn]MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:42 - “For David himself says in the book of Psalms,

‘THE LORD (the Father) SAID TO MY LORD (the Son, the Messiah),

“SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:20 - “For in the book of Psalms it is written,

‘LET HIS PLACE OF RESIDENCE BECOME DESOLATE,

AND LET THERE BE NO ONE TO LIVE IN IT’;

and [again],

‘LET ANOTHER TAKE HIS POSITION AS OVERSEER.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:42

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:42 - “But God turned away [from them] and handed them over to serve the [fn]host of heaven. As it is written and forever remains written in the book of the prophets, ‘IT WAS NOT [really] TO ME THAT YOU OFFERED VICTIMS AND SACRIFICES FOR FORTY YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS, WAS IT, O HOUSE OF ISRAEL?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:19 - And many of those who had practiced magical arts collected their books and [throwing book after book on the pile] began burning them in front of everyone. They calculated their value and found it to be [fn]50,000 pieces of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:3 - Indeed, I ask you too, my true companion, to help these women [to keep on cooperating], for they have shared my struggle in the [cause of the] gospel, together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:5 - ‘He who overcomes [the world through believing that Jesus is the Son of God] will accordingly be dressed in white clothing; and I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, and I will confess and openly acknowledge his name before My Father and before His angels [saying that he is one of Mine].

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:15 - And if [fn]anyone’s name was not found [fn]written in the Book of Life, he was hurled into the lake of fire.
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