βιβλίον biblion

Greek word for “scroll” · Strong’s G975 · used 34 times in 29 verses

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Meaning

βιβλίον, -ου, τό (diminutive of βίβλος, which see);

How it is translated

Glosses given for biblion in context, with how often each is used:

• book 16
• scroll 11
• books 4
• roll 2
• little scroll 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Revelation 5 (7), Revelation 22 (5), Luke 4 (2), Matthew 19 (1), Mark 10 (1), John 20 (1), John 21 (1), Galatians 3 (1), 2 Timothy 4 (1), Hebrews 9 (1)

Forms

• βιβλίον 18
• βιβλίῳ 6
• βιβλίου 6
• βιβλία 3
• βιβλίοις 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with biblion more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• γράφω graphō “to write” 14
• ἀνοίγω anoigō “to open” 7
• σφραγίς sphragis “seal” 4
• προφητεία prophēteia “prophecy” 4
• ζωή zōē “life” 5
• ἀρνίον arnion “lamb” 3
• βλέπω blepō “to see” 4
• λόγος logos “word” 5
• ἄξιος axios “worthy” 3
• ἀποστάσιον apostasion “divorce” 2
• ἑπτά hepta “seven” 3
• γῆ gē “earth” 4

Key verses

The verses using biblion that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Galatians 3:10 — For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in…
• Hebrews 9:19 — For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and…
• Revelation 1:11 — Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto…
• Revelation 5:5 — And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the…
• Revelation 5:8 — And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of…
• Revelation 5:9 — And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy…
• Revelation 13:8 — And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
• Revelation 17:8 — The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder,…
• Revelation 20:12 — And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were…
• Revelation 21:27 — And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the…
• Revelation 22:9 — Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book:…
• Revelation 22:18 — For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.