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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 13 times in 12 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:1 - This is a record of the ancestors of Jesus the Messiah, a descendant of David[fn] and of Abraham:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:26 - “But now, as to whether the dead will be raised—haven’t you ever read about this in the writings of Moses, in the story of the burning bush? Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, God said to Moses,[fn] ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:4 - Isaiah had spoken of John when he said,
“He is a voice shouting in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the LORD’s coming!
Clear the road for him!

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:42 - For David himself wrote in the book of Psalms:
‘The LORD said to my Lord,
Sit in the place of honor at my right hand

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:20 - Peter continued, “This was written in the book of Psalms, where it says, ‘Let his home become desolate, with no one living in it.’ It also says, ‘Let someone else take his position.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:42

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:42 - Then God turned away from them and abandoned them to serve the stars of heaven as their gods! In the book of the prophets it is written,
‘Was it to me you were bringing sacrifices and offerings
during those forty years in the wilderness, Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:19 - A number of them who had been practicing sorcery brought their incantation books and burned them at a public bonfire. The value of the books was several million dollars.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:3 - And I ask you, my true partner,[fn] to help these two women, for they worked hard with me in telling others the Good News. They worked along with Clement and the rest of my co-workers, whose names are written in the Book of Life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:5 - All who are victorious will be clothed in white. I will never erase their names from the Book of Life, but I will announce before my Father and his angels that they are mine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:8 - And all the people who belong to this world worshiped the beast. They are the ones whose names were not written in the Book of Life before the world was made—the Book that belongs to the Lamb who was slaughtered.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:15 - And anyone whose name was not found recorded in the Book of Life was thrown into the lake of fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:19 - And if anyone removes any of the words from this book of prophecy, God will remove that person’s share in the tree of life and in the holy city that are described in this book.
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