βιβλίον

biblion

strip of

Appears 13 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Phaedrus 6
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230d8
235d6
243c2
266d6
268c3
228b2
Theaetetus 2
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143c7
143b5
Apology 1
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26d8
Phaedo 1
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97b8
Philebus 1
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38e12
Protagoras 1
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329a3
Symposium 1
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177b5

Dictionary (LSJ)

βιβλίον or βυβλίον, τό, A. strip of βύβλος, Thphr. HP 4.8.4: hence, paper, document, Hdt. 1.123, 3.128, Ar. Av. 974, etc.; τὸ β. τοῦ ψηφίσματος IG 22.1.61; β. ἀποστασίου notice of divorce, Ev.Matt. 19.7. 2. = βιβλίδιον, petition to the Government, = Lat. libellus, BGU 422 (ii A. D.), POxy. 86.16 (iv A. D.), etc. 3. = δέλτος, tablet, LXX To. 7.14. II. book, Eup. 304, Theognet. 1.8, Pl. Ap. 26d, etc.; μέγα β. ἴσον τῷ μεγάλῳ κακῷ Call. Fr. 359. 2. book as the division of a work, ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ β. Dsc. 2 Praef., Ph. 1.329, etc. 3. τὰ β. place in which books are kept, library, ἀνεθήκατε εἰς τὰ β. D.Chr. 37.8. 4. τὰ β. τὰ ἅγια the sacred books or Scriptures, LXX 1 Ma. 12.9; τὰ β. τοῦ νόμου ib.1.56.

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