biblos · book

What it means

biblos (βίβλος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “book”.

Written scroll.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A rolled writing.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• book ×9
• books ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×1
• Luke×2
• Acts×3
• Philippians×1
• Revelation×2

• Matthew 1:1

  The book of the origin of Jesus the Messiah, son of David, son of Abraham.

• Mark 12:26

  But concerning the dead, that they are raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, at the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob’?

• Luke 3:4

  as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, “A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

• Luke 20:42

  For David himself says in the book of Psalms, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand

• Acts 1:20

  For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his dwelling become desolate, and let there be no one living in it’; and, ‘Let another take his office.’

• Acts 7:42

  But God turned away and handed them over to worship the army of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘You did not offer me slaughtered victims and sacrifices for forty years in the wilderness, did you, house of Israel?

• Acts 19:19

  And a number of those who had practiced magic brought together their books and were burning them before everyone; and they counted up their value and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.

• Philippians 4:3

  Yes, I ask you also, true companion, help these women, who struggled together with me in the good news, together with Clement also and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.

• Revelation 3:5

  The one who conquers will thus be clothed in white clothes, and I will never erase his name from the book of life, and I will acknowledge his name before my Father and before his angels.

• Revelation 20:15

  And if anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.