βιβλίον G0975
book, scroll, written document — a papyrus roll, codex, or register; diminutive of biblos
Biblion, the diminutive of biblos ('papyrus'), appears 34 times in the New Testament denoting any formal written document — from a certificate of divorce (Matt 19:7; Mark 10:4) to the prophetic scroll of Isaiah that Jesus unrolled in the Nazareth synagogue (Luke 4:17-20). Its most dramatic occurrences are in Revelation, where the sealed scroll that only the Lamb can open drives the apocalyptic narrative (Rev 5:1-9), and the book of life determines final destiny (Rev 20:12; 21:27). The word bridges the mundane and the cosmic: the same term names a legal divorce paper and the heavenly registry of the redeemed. Cross-linguistic glosses — Spanish 'libro,' French 'livre,' German 'Buch' — converge on a single 'book/document' sense.
Senses
1. book, scroll, written document — A written document in scroll or codex form, ranging from legal certificates to prophetic and apocalyptic texts. Covers the divorce certificate (Matt 19:7; Mark 10:4), Isaiah's scroll read at Nazareth (Luke 4:17), the sealed scroll of Revelation (Rev 5:1-9), and the book of life (Rev 20:12; 21:27). The diminutive of biblos, it spans the mundane and the cosmic. 34×
AR["السِّفْرِ","الكِتابَ","الكِتَابَ","سِفرَ","سِفرِ","سِفْرٌ","سِفْرِ","كِتابًا","كِتابٍ","كِتَاب","كِتَابِ"]·ben["পুস্তক","পুস্তক,","পুস্তকে","পুস্তকের"]·DE["Buch"]·EN["a-scroll","book","of-book","scroll"]·FR["livre"]·heb["הַ-סֵּפֶר","הָ-","סֵפֶר"]·HI["इस","को-प्रणाम-कर","पुस्तक","पुस्तक,","यदि","समय"]·ID["gulungan,","kitab"]·IT["libro","rotolo"]·jav["kitab","kitab-gulungan","kitabipun"]·KO["책","책-을","책과","책을","책의","책이"]·PT["do-livro","livro"]·RU["книга","книге","книги","книгу","книгу,"]·ES["de-libro","libro"]·SW["kitabu","kitabu,","la-kitabu"]·TR["Bergama'ya","kitabı","kitabın","kitabına","kitabında","kitabının","kitap","kitapta","tomar","tomarı"]·urd["کتاب","کتاب-پر","کتاب-کے"]
Matt 19:7, Mark 10:4, Luke 4:17, Luke 4:17, Luke 4:20, John 20:30, John 21:25, Gal 3:10, 2 Tim 4:13, Heb 9:19, Heb 10:7, Rev 1:11 (+22 more)
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
βιβλίον or βυβλίον, τό, strip of βύβλος, Refs 4th c.BC+: hence, paper, document, Refs 5th c.BC+; β. ἀποστασίου notice of divorce, NT __2 ={βιβλίδιον}, petition to the Government, = Latin libellus, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __3 ={δέλτος}, tablet, LXX __II book, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.2 book as the division of a work, ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ β. Refs 1st c.AD+ __II.3 τὰ β. place in which books are kept, library, ἀνεθήκατε εἰς τὰ β. Refs 1st c.AD+ __II.4 τὰ β. τὰ ἅγια the sacred books or LXX