Definition
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, Matthew 19:7, Mark 10:4.
2. a book, a roll: Luke 4:17, 20, John 20:30; 21:25, Galatians 3:10, 2 Timothy 4:13, Hebrews 9:19; 10:7, Revelation 1:11; 5:1-9; 6:14; 10:8; 20:12; 22:7-19; β. τ. ζωῆς, Revelation 13:8; 17:8; 20:12; 21:27.
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as βιβλίον:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
34 total
- Matthew 19:7βιβλίον · a certificate“Why then,” they asked, “did Moses order a man to give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”
- Mark 10:4βιβλίον · a certificateThey answered, “Moses permitted a man to write his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away.”
- Luke 4:17βιβλίον · [the] scroll of; βιβλίον · [it]…the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:
- Luke 4:20βιβλίον · scrollThen He rolled up the scroll, returned it to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him,
- John 20:30βιβλίῳ · bookJesus performed many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book.
- John 21:25βιβλία · booksThere are many more things that Jesus did. If all of them were written down, I suppose that not even the world itself would have space for the books that would be written.
- Galatians 3:10βιβλίῳ · BookAll who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
- 2 Timothy 4:13βιβλία · scrollsWhen you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, and my scrolls, especially the parchments.
- Hebrews 9:19βιβλίον · scrollFor when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,
- Hebrews 10:7βιβλίου · [the] scrollThen I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’”
- Revelation 1:11βιβλίον · a scroll…saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
- Revelation 5:1βιβλίον · a scrollThen I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One seated on the throne. It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.
- Revelation 5:2βιβλίον · scrollAnd I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”
- Revelation 5:3βιβλίον · scrollBut no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look inside it.
- Revelation 5:4βιβλίον · scrollAnd I began to weep bitterly, because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or look inside it.
- Revelation 5:5βιβλίον · scrollThen one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
- Revelation 5:8βιβλίον · scrollWhen He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
- Revelation 5:9βιβλίον · scrollAnd they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
- Revelation 6:14βιβλίον · a scrollThe sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.
- Revelation 10:8βιβλίον · small scrollThen the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the small scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel standing on the sea and on the land.”
- Revelation 13:8βιβλίῳ · BookAnd all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.
- Revelation 17:8βιβλίον · BookThe beast that you saw—it was, and now is no more, but is about to come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. And those who dwell on the earth whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet will be.
- Revelation 20:12βιβλία · books; βιβλίον · [them]; βιβλίοις · booksAnd I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.
- Revelation 21:27βιβλίῳ · BookBut nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
- Revelation 22:7βιβλίου · book“Behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of prophecy in this book.”
- Revelation 22:9βιβλίου · bookBut he said to me, “Do 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!”
- Revelation 22:10βιβλίου · bookThen he told me, “Do not seal up the words of prophecy in this book, because the time is near.
- Revelation 22:18βιβλίου · book; βιβλίῳ · bookI testify to everyone who hears the words of prophecy in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book.
- Revelation 22:19βιβλίου · book; βιβλίῳ · bookAnd if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and the holy city, which are described in this book.