Word

βιβλίον

biblíon · G975 · Greek · 34 occurrences

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Thing

Scroll, bookScribes257 verses

Meanings

scroll, roll, book

A document consisting of a scroll or book

Examples
Matthew 19:7 They said to Him, “Why, then, did Moses command to GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE AND SEND HER AWAY?”
Luke 4:17 And the scroll of Isaiah the prophet was handed to Him. And He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written:
Luke 4:20 And He rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down; and the eyes of all the people in the synagogue were intently directed at Him.
book

The contents of a book

Examples
John 20:30 So then, many other signs Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;
Galatians 3:10 For all who are of works of the Law are under a curse; for it is written: “CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO DOES NOT ABIDE BY ALL THE THINGS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE LAW, TO DO THEM.”
Hebrews 9:19 For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses to all the people according to the Law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,
written statement, certificate, notice, record

Relatively short statements in written form

Examples
Mark 10:4 They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send his wife away.”

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

9 occurrences in 6 groups

ζωήlife 3
ἀποστάσιονwritten notice of divorce 2
νόμοςlaw, the Law 1
οὗτοςthis 1
προφητείαprophecy 1
προφήτηςprophet 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

8 occurrences in 4 groups

οὗτοςthis 6
γράφωto write 1
ἄλλοςother, another 1
κατασφραγίζωto seal 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἀνοίγωto open 1

What it doesIt is the subject

4 occurrences in 3 groups

ἀνοίγωto open 2
ἑλίσσωto roll up 1
ἐπιδίδωμιto give to 1

What is done to itIt is the object

12 occurrences in 7 groups

ἀνοίγωto open 4
λαμβάνωto receive, to take 3
γράφωto write 1
δίδωμιto give, to grant 1
εἴδωto know 1
ἀναπτύσσωto unroll a scroll 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

9 occurrences in 3 groups

ἐνin 14
εἰςto 2
ἐπίon 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

6 occurrences in 3 groups

προφητείαprophecy 3
λόγοςword, saying, message 2
κεφαλίςsection 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

In the other Testament 2 words

סֵפֶר çêpher · H5612 · scroll, book, letter: סֵפֶר (çêpher, H5612) is the Hebrew term for scroll/book/document that βιβλίον (biblíon, G975) standardly translates in LXX contexts, representing the same material object across both languages (a written document, whether scroll or codex form).
סְפַר çᵉphar · H5609 · book, roll: Aramaic סְפַר denotes the same physical object (a scroll/roll of written material) as Greek βιβλίον, functioning as direct translation equivalents across the two languages.

Semantic domains 3 entries

Written statement, certificate, notice, record33.38: Used of a specific legal document, as of the certificate of divorce Moses permitted in Matthew 19:7 and Mark 10:4.
Book33.52: Used of a written record of deeds, as of the many other signs of Jesus not written in this book in John 20:30.
Scroll, roll, book6.64: Used of a physical written scroll, as of the scroll of Isaiah handed to Jesus and then rolled up again in Luke 4:17 and 4:20.

Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

βίβλος bíblos · G976 · scroll, roll, book · 10×βιβλίονbiblíon · G975βιβλιαρίδιον bibliarídion · G974 · small scroll · 3×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon βιβλίου, τό (diminutive of βίβλος), a small book, a scroll: Lk 4:17, Lk 4:20; Jn 20:30;…

βιβλίου, τό (diminutive of βίβλος), a small book, a scroll: Lk 4:17, Lk 4:20; Jn 20:30; Gal 3:10; 2 Tim 4:13, etc.; a written document; a sheet on which something has been written, βιβλίον ἀποστασίου (bill of divorcement): Mt 19:7; Mk 10:4; see ἀποστάσιον, 1. βιβλίον ζωῆς, the list of those whom God has appointed to eternal salvation: Rev 13:8 (Rec. τῇ βίβλῳ); Rev 17:8; Rev 20:12; ; see ζωή, 2 b. (From Herodotus down.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Instruments Used in Marking and Writing30 occurrences Written Language5 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0