What does βίβλος (bíblos) mean in the Bible?
βίβλος (bíblos): Formal roll or scroll, especially sacred texts, carrying connotation of reverence and authority.
Greek · G976
βίβλος
:--Book.
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βίβλος G976
Pronunciation bíblos
What does βίβλος (bíblos) mean in the Bible?
βίβλος (bíblos): Formal roll or scroll, especially sacred texts, carrying connotation of reverence and authority.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G976?
The BSB source-word alignment has 10 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [the] book (5), Book (3), [This is the] record (1), books (1).
Where does βίβλος (bíblos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 1:1. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (3), Luke (2), Revelation (2), Mark (1).
Are there verse guides for βίβλος (bíblos)?
This entry includes 2 verse guides that explain exact original-language forms in context.
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [the] book 5× Luke 3:4, Luke 20:42, Acts 1:20, Acts 7:42
Book 3× Mark 12:26, Revelation 3:5, Revelation 20:15
[This is the] record 1× Matthew 1:1
books 1× Acts 19:19
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 1:1 Βίβλος to [This is the] record Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Mark 12:26 βίβλῳ to Book Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Luke 3:4 βίβλῳ to [the] book Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Luke 20:42 βίβλῳ to [the] book Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Acts 1:20 βίβλῳ to [the] book Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Acts 7:42 βίβλῳ to [the] book Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Acts 19:19 βίβλους to books Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Philippians 4:3 βίβλῳ to [the] Book Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Revelation 3:5 βίβλου to Book Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Revelation 20:15 βίβλῳ to Book Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 1:1
Aligned rows 10
Books represented 6
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Luke 2 Acts 3 Philippians 1 Revelation 2
Source forms
βίβλῳ 7x biblō Mark 12:26, Luke 3:4, Luke 20:42, Acts 1:20
Βίβλος 1x Biblos Matthew 1:1
βίβλου 1x biblou Revelation 3:5
βίβλους 1x biblous Acts 19:19
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 7x Mark 12:26, Luke 3:4, Luke 20:42, Acts 1:20
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 1x Acts 19:19
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Revelation 3:5
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Matthew 1:1
Key Verse and Form Guides
Verse-level guides showing how this original-language form works in its specific context, including grammar, verse function, and guarded interpretation.
Matthew 1:1 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
Βίβλος Biblos :--book. The form strengthens the sense that the verse begins with a title or record-like opening, but the surrounding genitives carry the specific subject matter. Read verse guide Revelation 22:19 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
βίβλου biblou :--book. The form supports a reading about tampering with the prophetic written message, but it should be read with the surrounding syntax and not isolated from it. Read verse guide Evidence Summary
Greek word. Formal roll or scroll, especially sacred texts, carrying connotation of reverence and authority.
Source Gloss
:--book.
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Formal roll or scroll, especially sacred texts, carrying connotation of reverence and authority.
a book, a roll, used much less frequently than βιβλίον, and with a "connotation of sacredness and veneration" (MM, Exp., x), Mat.1:1 Mrk.12:26, Luk.3:4 20:42 Act.1:20 7:42 19:19; β. τ. ζωῆς, Php.4:3, Rev.3:5 20:15.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
13 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
biblov
a written book, roll, or volume
Read verse Mark 12:26 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
βίβλῳ biblw
a written book, roll, or volume
Read verse Luke 3:4 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
βίβλῳ biblw
a written book, roll, or volume
Read verse Luke 20:42 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
βίβλῳ biblw
a written book, roll, or volume
Read verse Acts 1:20 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
βίβλῳ biblw
a written book, roll, or volume
Read verse Acts 7:42 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
βίβλῳ biblw
a written book, roll, or volume
Read verse Acts 19:19 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
βίβλους biblouv
a written book, roll, or volume
Read verse Philippians 4:3 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
βίβλῳ biblw
a written book, roll, or volume
Read verse Revelation 3:5 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
βίβλου biblou
a written book, roll, or volume
Read verse Revelation 13:8 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
βίβλῳ biblw
a written book, roll, or volume
Read verse Revelation 20:15 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
βίβλῳ biblw
a written book, roll, or volume
Read verse biblou
a written book, roll, or volume
Read verse biblou
a written book, roll, or volume
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 10 Case pattern Dative (7) Number pattern Singular (9)
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Rev 3:5 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Mark 12:26 · Luke 3:4 · Luke 20:42 · Acts 1:20 · Acts 7:42 · Phil 4:3 · Rev 20:15 7×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Acts 19:19 1×
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain