βιβλίον
or βυβλίον, τό, strip of βύβλος, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.8.4 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: hence, paper, document, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.123, 3.128, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 974, etc.; τὸ β. τοῦ ψηφίσματος “IG” 22.1.61 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; β. ἀποστασίου notice of divorce, [[ NT.Matt.19.7. ] NT]
__2 ={βιβλίδιον}, petition to the Government, = Latin libellus, [[ “BGU” 422 (2nd c.AD), “POxy.” 86.16 (4th c.AD), etc. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 ={δέλτος}, tablet, [[ LXX.Tob.7.14. ] LXX]
__II book, [[ 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 304, Theognetus Comicus 1.8, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 26d, etc.; μέγα β. ἴσον τῷ μεγάλῳ κακῷ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 359. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 book as the division of a work, ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ β. [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2 “Praef.”, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.329, etc. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.3 τὰ β. place in which books are kept, library, ἀνεθήκατε εἰς τὰ β. [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 37.8. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.4 τὰ β. τὰ ἅγια the sacred books or [[ “Scriptures”, LXX.1Mac.12.9; τὰ β. τοῦ νόμου [prev. work] 1.56. ] LXX]