ΒΙΒΛΟΥΣ, βιβλους
BIBLOUS, biblous
Sounds Like: BEEB-loos
Translations: books, scrolls, a book, a scroll
From the root: ΒΙΒΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a book, scroll, or any written document. In ancient times, these were typically scrolls made of papyrus or parchment. It is often used to refer to sacred writings or records. The form ΒΙΒΛΟΥΣ is the accusative plural of the noun, indicating that the books or scrolls are the direct object of a verb.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0976 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 26:1
Justin Martyr
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 2 — 1:9
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 1 — 3:2
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 19:19
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΒΙΒΛΟΣ.
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.
- ΒΙΒΛΔΙΟΝ — book, a book, scroll, a scroll, volume, a volume, writing, a writing
- ΒΙΒΛΙΝΟΝ — of papyrus, made of papyrus, papyrus-like
- ΒΙΒΛΟΙ — books, scrolls, volumes
- ΒΙΒΛΟΙΣ — (to) books, (to) scrolls, (to) records
- ΒΙΒΛΟΝ — book, a book, scroll, a scroll
- ΒΙΒΛΟΣ — book, a book, scroll, a scroll, volume, a volume
- ΒΙΒΛΟΥ — of a book, of a scroll, of a record, of a document
- ΒΙΒΛΩ — (to) a book, (to) a scroll, (to) a volume, (to) a record
- ΒΙΒΛΩΝ — (of) books, (of) scrolls
- ΒΥΒΛΟΙΣ — to books, to scrolls, to papyrus rolls
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