noun · feminine
biblas
Greekβίβλος (biblos)
Strong’sG976
a written book, roll, or volume
stem bibl-10 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
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;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G976 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidbib'-los
Fromproperly, the inner bark of the papyrus plant, i.e. (by implication) a sheet or scroll of writing
King Jamesbook.
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 nominative | biblas1×Βίβλος | biblais |
| object accusative | biblan | biblain1×βίβλους |
| direct address vocative | biblar | biblair |
| of, belonging to genitive | biblau1×βίβλου | biblaiu |
| to, for dative | bibla7×βίβλῳ | biblai |
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
bibla 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
10 occurrences, every one of them listed
biblas“book”subjectnominative singular1×
Matthew 1:1“book”Biblas genesiau Iēsu christou huiou David huiou Abraam.This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
biblau“book”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Revelation 3:5“book”tos nikarōtos houtōs periballeti en himatiei leukei, kai ouk mē exaleifami tem onomem autou ek tau biblau tau zōau, kai homologami tem onomem autou enōpion tou patērou mu kai enōpion toiu angeloiu autou.Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.
bibla“book”to, fordative singular7×
Mark 12:26“book”peri de toiu nekroiu hoti egeirilō ouk anaginōskava en ta bibla Mōusou epi tou batou pōs legata auto tos theos legarōtos; Mis tos theos Abraam kai tos theos Isaak kai tos theos Iakōb?But concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?
Luke 3:4“book”hōs grafitē en bibla logoiu Ēsaiou tou profētou; Fōnas boarōtou en ta erēma; Hetoimazavar tan hodan kuriou, euthuain poiavōr tain tribain autou.as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.
Luke 20:42“book”autos gar David legatō en bibla psalmoiu; Legata kurios to kurio mu; Kathesōr ek dexeiu muFor David himself says in the book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand
Acts 1:20“book”grafitē gar en bibla psalmoiu; Ginitar tas epaulias autou erēmas kai mē atōr tos katoikarōtos en auta, kai; Tan episkopan autou lambatar heteros.“For it is written in the book of Psalms: ‘May his place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in it,’ and, ‘May another take his position.’
Acts 7:42“book”strefata de tos theos kai paradōata autoin latreuarō ta stratia tou ouranou, kathōs grafitē en bibla toiu profētoiu; Mē sfagieim kai thusiain prosferava mi eteim tesserakonta en ta erēma, oikor Israēl?But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
Philippians 4:3“book”nai erōtamō kai sin, gnēsior suzugor, sullambesōr autai, hotinais en te euangelie sunathlala mi meta kai Klēmou kai toiu loipoiu sunergoiu mu, hoiu teim onomeim en bibla zōau.Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have contended at my side for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.
Revelation 20:15“book”kai ei tinos ouk heuriskita en ta bibla tau zōau grafirētos, ballita eis tan limnan teu pureu.And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
biblain“books”objectaccusative plural1×
Acts 19:19“books”hikanois de toiu teim periergeim prassaratoiu sumferaratois tain biblain katakaiale enōpion pantoiu; kai sumpsēfizala tain timain autaiu kai heuriskala argurieu muriadain pente.And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.