ΒΙΒΛΙΩΝ, βιβλιων
BIBLIŌN, bibliōn
Sounds Like: bib-LEE-ohn
Translations: of books, of scrolls, of writings, of documents
From the root: ΒΙΒΛΙΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is the genitive plural form of 'βιβλίον' (biblion), meaning 'book' or 'scroll'. It is used to indicate possession or origin, often translated as 'of books' or 'belonging to books'. For example, one might speak 'of the contents of books' or 'the reading of scrolls'. It is a compound word, derived from 'βίβλος' (biblos), which refers to the inner bark of the papyrus plant, used for writing material.
Inflection: Genitive, Plural, Neuter
Strong’s number: G0976 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 75:418
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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
- ΒΙΒΛΙΩ — to a book, for a book, in a book, by a book, to a scroll, for a scroll, in a scroll, by a scroll
- 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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