noun · neuter
bibliem
Greekβιβλίον (biblion)
Strong’sG975
a papyrus roll
stem bibli-34 times in the New Testamentin 8 of 27 books5 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
βιβλίον, -ου, τό
(dim. of βίβλος, q.v.), [in LXX also in the alternat. form βυβ-, chiefly for סֶפֶר and the most freq. of the cognate forms;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G975 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidbib-lee'-on
a roll
Froma diminutive of G976;
King Jamesbill, book, scroll, writing.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | bibliem3×βιβλίον | biblieim1×βιβλία |
| of, belonging to genitive | biblieu6×βιβλίου | biblieiu |
| to, for dative | biblie6×βιβλίῳ | bibliei1×βιβλίοις |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
biblie is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
34 occurrences, every one of them listed
bibliem“scroll”subject or objectdirect singular3×
Luke 4:17“scroll”kai epidōita auto bibliem tou profētou Ēsaiou kai anaptussaratos tem bibliem heuriskata ton topon hou ate grafirētem;the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:
Revelation 6:14“scroll”kai tos ouranos apochōrizita hōs bibliem helissirōtem, kai pantem orem kai nēsas ek toiu topoiu auteiu kinila.The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.
Revelation 20:12“book”kai horama toin nekroin, toin megoin kai toin mikroin, histanarētoin enōpion tou thronou, kai biblieim anoigila; kai allem bibliem anoigita, hem atō tau zōau; kai krinila tois nekrois ek teiu grafirēteiu en tei bibliei kata teim ergeim autoiu.And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.
biblieu“book”of, belonging togenitive singular6×
Hebrews 10:7“book”tote legama; Idou hēkamō, en kefalia biblieu grafitē peri mu, teu poiara, tor theor, tem thelēmem su.Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’”
Revelation 22:7“book”kai idou erchemō tachu; makarios tos tērarōtos toin logoin tau profēteiau teu biblieu houteu.“Behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of prophecy in this book.”
Revelation 22:9“book”kai legatō mi; Horasōr mē; sundoulos su amō kai toiu adelfoiu su toiu profētoiu kai toiu tērarōtoiu toin logoin teu biblieu houteu; to theo proskunasar.But he said to me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God!”
Revelation 22:10“book”Kai legatō mi; Mē sfragizaseia toin logoin tau profēteiau teu biblieu houteu, tos kairos gar engus atō.Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of prophecy in this book, because the time is near.
Revelation 22:18“book”Marturamō mis panto to akouarōto toin logoin tau profēteiau teu biblieu houteu; ean tinos epitithateia epi auteim, epitithati tos theos epi auton tain plēgain tain grafirētain en te biblie houte;I testify to everyone who hears the words of prophecy in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book.
Revelation 22:19“book”kai ean tinos afairateia apo toiu logoiu teu biblieu tau profēteiau houtau, afairati tos theos tem merem autou apo teu xuleu tau zōau kai ek tau politau tau hagiau, toiu grafirētoiu en te biblie houte.And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and the holy city, which are described in this book.
biblie“book”to, fordative singular6×
John 20:30“book”Polleim men oun kai alleim sēmeim poiata tos Iēsus enōpion toiu mathētoiu, heim ouk atō grafirēteim en te biblie houte;Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book.
Galatians 3:10“book”Hosois gar ek ergeiu nomou alō hupo kataran alō, grafitē gar hoti Epikataratos pantos hos ouk emmenatō pantei tei grafirētei en te biblie tou nomou teu poiara auteim.All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
Revelation 13:8“book”kai proskunali auton pantois tois katoikarōtois epi tau gēau, hou ouk grafitē tem onomem autou en te biblie tau zōau teu arnieu teu sfazirēteu apo katabolau kosmou.And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast — all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.
Revelation 21:27“book”kai ouk mē eiserchateia eis autan pantem koinem kai poiarōtos bdelugmem kai pseusem, ei mē tois grafirētois en te biblie tau zōau teu arnieu.But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
Revelation 22:18“book”Marturamō mis panto to akouarōto toin logoin tau profēteiau teu biblieu houteu; ean tinos epitithateia epi auteim, epitithati tos theos epi auton tain plēgain tain grafirētain en te biblie houte;I testify to everyone who hears the words of prophecy in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book.
Revelation 22:19“book”kai ean tinos afairateia apo toiu logoiu teu biblieu tau profēteiau houtau, afairati tos theos tem merem autou apo teu xuleu tau zōau kai ek tau politau tau hagiau, toiu grafirētoiu en te biblie houte.And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and the holy city, which are described in this book.
biblieim“books”subject or objectdirect plural1×
Revelation 20:12“books”kai horama toin nekroin, toin megoin kai toin mikroin, histanarētoin enōpion tou thronou, kai biblieim anoigila; kai allem bibliem anoigita, hem atō tau zōau; kai krinila tois nekrois ek teiu grafirēteiu en tei bibliei kata teim ergeim autoiu.And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.
bibliei“books”to, fordative plural1×
Revelation 20:12“books”kai horama toin nekroin, toin megoin kai toin mikroin, histanarētoin enōpion tou thronou, kai biblieim anoigila; kai allem bibliem anoigita, hem atō tau zōau; kai krinila tois nekrois ek teiu grafirēteiu en tei bibliei kata teim ergeim autoiu.And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.
bibliem15×
Matthew 19:7“certificate”legalō auto; Tinem oun Mōusos entelleta dōara bibliem apostasieu kai apoluara autan?“Why then,” they asked, “did Moses order a man to give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”
Mark 10:4“certificate”tois de legala; Epitrepata Mōusos bibliem apostasieu grafara kai apoluara.They answered, “Moses permitted a man to write his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away.”
Luke 4:17“scroll”kai epidōita auto bibliem tou profētou Ēsaiou kai anaptussaratos tem bibliem heuriskata ton topon hou ate grafirētem;the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:
Luke 4:20“scroll”kai ptussaratos tem bibliem apodōaratos to hupēreto kathizata; kai pantoiu tois ofthalmois en ta sunagōga ale atenizarōtois auto.Then He rolled up the scroll, returned it to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him,
Hebrews 9:19“scroll”laliratau gar pantau entolau kata ton nomon hupo Mōusou panto to lao, lambaratos tem haimem toiu moschoiu meta hudōreu kai erieu kokkineu kai hussōpau autem tē tem bibliem kai panton ton laon rantizata,For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,
Revelation 1:11“book”legarōtau; Hem blepasō grafasar eis bibliem kai pempasar tai hepta ekklēsai, eis Efesan kai eis Smurnan kai eis Pergaman kai eis Thuateireim kai eis Sardiain kai eis Filadelfeian kai eis Laodikeian.saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
Revelation 5:1“scroll”Kai horama epi tan dexan tou katherōtou epi tou thronou bibliem grafirētem esōthen kai opisthen, katasfragizirētem sfragiai hepta.Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One seated on the throne. It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.
Revelation 5:2“scroll”kai horama angelon ischuron kērussarōton en fōna mega; Tinos axios anoigara tem bibliem kai luara tain sfragiain auteu?And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”
Revelation 5:3“scroll”kai oudenos dunete en to ourano oude epi tau gēau oude hupokatō tau gēau anoigara tem bibliem oute bleparō autem.But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look inside it.
Revelation 5:4“scroll”kai mis klaiame pollem hoti oudenos axios heuriskita anoigara tem bibliem oute bleparō autem;And I began to weep bitterly, because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or look inside it.
Revelation 5:5“scroll”kai henos ek toiu presbuteroiu legatō mi; Mē klaiasōr; idou nikata tos leōnos tos ek tau fulau Ioudaou, tas rizas David, anoigara tem bibliem kai tain hepta sfragiain auteu.Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
Revelation 5:8“scroll”kai hote lambata tem bibliem, teim tessares zōeim kai tois eikosi tessares presbuterois piptala enōpion teu arnieu, echarōtois hekastos kitharan kai fialain chrusouain gemarōtain thumiameiu, hais alō tais proseuchais toiu hagioiu;When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
Revelation 5:9“scroll”kai adalō ōdan kainan legarōtois; Axios asō lambara tem bibliem kai anoigara tain sfragiain auteu, hoti sfazisa kai agorazasa to theo en te haime su ek pantau fulau kai glōssau kai laou kai ethneu,And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
Revelation 10:8“scroll”Kai tas fōnas han akouama ek tou ouranou, palin lalarōtan meta mu kai legarōtan; Hupagasōr lambasar tem bibliem tem anoigirētem en ta cheira tou angelou tou histanarētou epi tau thalassau kai epi tau gēau.Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the small scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel standing on the sea and on the land.”
Revelation 17:8“book”tem thērem hem horasa ate kai ouk atō, kai mellatō anabainarō ek tau abussau, kai eis apōleian hupagatō; kai thaumazili tois katoikarōtois epi tau gēau, hoiu ouk grafitē tem onomem epi tem bibliem tau zōau apo katabolau kosmou, bleparōtoiu tem thērem hoti ate kai ouk atō kai pareieti.The beast that you saw — it was, and now is no more, but is about to come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. And those who dwell on the earth whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet will be.
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John 21:25“books”atō de kai alleim polleim heim poiata tos Iēsus, hotineim ean grafiteiō kata henem, oude auton oiemō ton kosmon chōrari teim grafirōteim biblieim.There are many more things that Jesus did. If all of them were written down, I suppose that not even the world itself would have space for the books that would be written.
2 Timothy 4:13“books”ton failonon, hon apoleipama en Trōada para Karpo, ercherōtos ferasōr, kai teim biblieim, malista tain membranain.When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, and my scrolls, especially the parchments.