1. book, scroll, written document — A written document in scroll or codex form, ranging from a physical papyrus roll to a book or register. Diminutive of βίβλος (papyrus). Cross-linguistically uniform: Arabic كتاب/سفر, German Buch, Spanish libro/carta, Hebrew ספר, Korean 책/두루마리, Hindi पुस्तक/पत्र, French livre. Luke 4:17,20 (scroll of Isaiah handed to Jesus in the synagogue -- Korean renders 두루마리 'scroll-roll'). Matt 19:7 and Mark 10:4 (βιβλίον ἀποστασίου, certificate/scroll of divorce -- English 'certificate', Spanish carta, Hindi पत्र 'letter/document'). John 20:30, 21:25 (things written in this book). Gal 3:10 (book of the Law). Heb 9:19, 10:7 (the scroll/book). Rev 1:11 (write in a scroll); Rev 5:1-9 (the sealed scroll/book with seven seals); Rev 6:14 (sky rolled up like a scroll); Rev 10:8 (the little scroll); Rev 13:8, 17:8, 20:12, 21:27 (book of life); Rev 22:7-19 (the book of this prophecy). Plural βιβλία in John 21:25 (the world itself could not contain the books), 2 Tim 4:13 (bring the books), Rev 20:12 (books were opened). All singular, plural, and case variants represent one lexical sense of a written document. 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)
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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