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βιβλίον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: βιβλίον βιβλίου

Structure: βιβλι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: bi/blos의 지소사

Sense

  1. Strip of papyrus
  2. Small book, tablet, letter
  3. Any book or writing

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἔλαβεν Ἐζεκίασ τὰ βιβλία ἐκ χειρὸσ τῶν ἀγγέλων καὶ ἀνέγνω αὐτά. καὶ ἀνέβη εἰσ οἶκον Κυρίου καὶ ἀνέπτυξεν αὐτὰ Ἐζεκίασ ἐναντίον Κυρίου (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 19:14)
  • ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ ἀπέστειλε Μαρωδὰχ Βαλαδὰν υἱὸσ Βαλαδὰν βασιλεὺσ Βαβυλῶνοσ βιβλία καὶ μαναὰ πρὸσ Ἐζεκίαν, ὅτι ἤκουσεν ὅτι ἠρρώστησεν Ἐζεκίασ. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 20:12)
  • καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ βασιλεὺσ βιβλία ἐν χειρὶ ἀγγέλων εἰσ Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ τὰσ πόλεισ Ἰούδα πορευθῆναι ὀπίσω νομίμων ἀλλοτρίων τῆσ γῆς (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 1:44)
  • καὶ τὰ βιβλία τοῦ νόμου, ἃ εὗρον, ἐνεπύρισαν πυρὶ κατασχίσαντεσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 1:56)
  • καὶ ἡμεῖσ οὖν ἀπροσδεεῖσ τούτων ὄντεσ, παράκλησιν ἔχοντεσ τὰ βιβλία τὰ ἅγια τὰ ἐν ταῖσ χερσὶν ἡμῶν, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 12:9)

Synonyms

  1. Strip of papyrus

  2. Small book

  3. Any book or writing

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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