ΒΙΒΛΙΩ, βιβλιω
BIBLIŌ, bibliō
Sounds Like: BEE-blee-oh
Translations: to a book, for a book, in a book, by a book, to a scroll, for a scroll, in a scroll, by a scroll
From the root: ΒΙΒΛΙΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a book, scroll, or document. In ancient times, 'books' were typically scrolls made of papyrus or parchment. It is used here in the dative case, indicating the indirect object or location, often translated with prepositions like 'to', 'for', 'in', or 'by'.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G0976 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Deuteronomy — 29:20
- 2 Esdras — 18:8, 18:18, 19:3
- 1 Maccabees — 16:24
- Sirach — 50:27
- Jeremiah — 25:13, 39:12, 43:8, 43:10, 43:18, 51:31
- John — 20:30
- Galatians — 3:10
- Revelation — 21:27, 22:18, 22:19
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Numbers — 21:14
- Deuteronomy — 28:58, 28:61, 29:20, 29:21, 29:27, 30:10
- Joshua — 23:6
- 1 Samuel — 10:25
- 2 Samuel — 11:15
- 1 Kings — 8:53, 11:41, 14:29, 15:7, 15:23, 15:31, 16:5, 16:14, 16:20, 16:27, 16:28, 22:39, 22:46
- 2 Kings — 1:18, 8:23, 10:34, 12:19, 13:8, 13:12, 14:6, 14:15, 14:18, 14:28, 15:11, 15:15, 15:21, 15:26, 15:31, 15:36, 16:19, 20:20, 21:17, 21:25, 23:24, 23:28, 24:5
- 1 Chronicles — 9:1, 27:24
- 2 Chronicles — 13:22, 16:11, 27:7, 28:26, 34:21, 34:24, 34:31, 35:12, 35:27, 36:8
- Ezra (Alpha) — 1:10
- Ezra (Beta) — 4:15, 7:17
- Nehemiah — 8:8, 8:18, 9:3, 10:34, 12:23, 13:1
- Esther — 10:2
- Job — 19:23
- Sirach — 50:27
- Jeremiah — 25:13, 28:60, 39:12, 43:8, 43:10, 43:18, 51:31
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 12:1
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΒΙΒΛΙΟΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΒΙΒΙΟΝ — book, scroll, a book, a scroll, a writing, document, certificate
- ΒΙΒΙΩ — to a book, in a book, a book, book
- ΒΙΒΛΑΡΙΔΙΑ — little scrolls, small books, booklets
- ΒΙΒΛΑΡΙΔΙΟΝ — little book, a little book, scroll, a scroll, booklet, a booklet
- ΒΙΒΛΙΑ — books, scrolls, writings, a book, a scroll, a writing
- ΒΙΒΛΙΑΡΙΔΙΟΝ — little book, a little book, small scroll, a small scroll, booklet, a booklet
- ΒΙΒΛΙΔΙΟΝ — little book, a little book, scroll, a scroll, bill of divorce, a bill of divorce
- ΒΙΒΛΙΔΙΟΥ — of a little book, of a scroll, of a document, of a certificate
- ΒΙΒΛΙΔΙΩ — to a little book, to a scroll, to a small document
- ΒΙΒΛΙΝΑΣ — books, scrolls, writings
- ΒΙΒΛΙΟ — book, a book, scroll, a scroll, document, a document
- ΒΙΒΛΙΟΙΣ — to books, in books, on books, by books
- ΒΙΒΛΙΟΝ — book, scroll, a book, a scroll
- ΒΙΒΛΙΟΥ — of a book, of the book, of a scroll, of the scroll, of a writing, of the writing
- ΒΙΒΛΙΩΝ — of books, of scrolls, of writings, of documents
- ΒΛΒΛΙΔΙΟΝ — little book, a little book, small scroll, a small scroll, document, a document
- ΒΥΒΛΙΩ — (to) a book, (to) the book, (to) a scroll, (to) the scroll, (to) a volume, (to) the volume
- ΒΥΒΛΙΩΝ — of books, of scrolls, of writings, of documents
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