The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

βίβλος

Lemmaβίβλος
Citation formβίβλος, ου, ἡ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa written book, roll, or volume
Strong’sG0976
Transliterationbíblos
KJV glosses:--book.
Derivationproperly, the inner bark of the papyrus plant, i.e. (by implication) a sheet or scroll of writing
SBLGNT occurrences10

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
Βίβλος
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-)Matthew 1:1
βίβλου
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-)Revelation 3:5
βίβλους
noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-)Acts 19:19
βίβλῳ
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-)Mark 12:26
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-)Luke 20:42
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-)Luke 3:4
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-)Acts 1:20
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-)Acts 7:42
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-)Philippians 4:3
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-)Revelation 20:15

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: βιβλος.