βιβλίον
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.