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Strong's G976 · Greek

βίβλος

biblos · bib'-los

properly, the inner bark of the papyrus plant, i.e. (by implication) a sheet or scroll of writing


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

βίβλος (G976)

10 βίβλος , -ου, ἡ (variant form of βύβλος , the Egyptian papyrus , paper made from its fibrous coat), [in LXX for סֶפֶר , the form βύβ- being sometimes used;] a book , a roll , used much less freq. than βιβλίον , and with a "connotation of sacredness and veneration" (MM, Exp. , x), Mt 1:1 Mk 12:26 , Lk 3:4 20:42 Ac 1:20 7:42 19:19 ; β. τ. ζωῆς , Phl 4:3 , Re 3:5 20:15 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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