Word Summary
biblion: a paper, book
Original Word: βιβλίονTransliteration: biblion
Phonetic Spelling: (bib-lee'-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a paper, book
Meaning: a paper, book
Strong's Concordance
book, scroll, writing.
A diminutive of biblos; a roll -- bill, book, scroll, writing.
see GREEK biblos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 975: βιβλίονβιβλίον,
βιβλίου,
τό (diminutive of
βίβλος),
a small book, a scroll:
Luke 4:17, 20;
John 20:30;
Galatians 3:10;
2 Timothy 4:13, etc.; a written document; a sheet on which something has been written,
βιβλίον ἀποστασίου (
bill of divorcement):
Matthew 19:7;
Mark 10:4; see
ἀποστάσιον, 1.
βιβλίον ζωῆς, the list of those whom God has appointed to eternal salvation:
Revelation 13:8 (
Rec. τῇ βίβλῳ);
; see ζωή, 2 b. (From Herodotus down.)