Lexicon biblos: (the inner) bark (of a papyrus plant), hence a scroll, spec. a book Original Word: βίβλος, ου, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: biblos Phonetic Spelling: (bib'-los) Short Definition: a written book, roll, or volume Definition: a written book, roll, or volume, sometimes with a sacred connotation. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain origin Definition(the inner) bark (of a papyrus plant), hence a scroll, spec. a book NASB Translationbook (8), books (1), record (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 976: βίβλοςβίβλος, βίβλου, ἡ (or rather ἡ βύβλος (but the form βίβλος is more common when it denotes a writing), the plant called papyrus, Theophrastus, hist. plant. 4, 8, 2f; ( Pliny, h. n. 13, 11f (21f)); from its bark (rather, the cellular substance of its stem (for it was an endogenous plant)) paper was made (see Tristram, Nat. Hist. etc., p. 433f; especially Dureau de la Malle in the Memoires de l'Acad. d. Inscriptions etc. tom. 19 part 1 (1851), pp. 140-183, and (in correction of current misapprehensions) Prof. E. Abbot in the Library Journal for Nov. 1878, p. 323f, where other references are also given)), a written book, a roll or scroll: Matthew 1:1; Luke 3:4; Mark 12:26; Acts 1:20; τῆς ζωῆς, Philippians 4:3; Revelation 3:5, etc.; see βιβλίον. (From Aeschylus down.) Strong's book. Properly, the inner bark of the papyrus plant, i.e. (by implication) a sheet or scroll of writing -- book. |
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