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  • The word is based on the Greek word biblion, which means 'book'.

    between the rock and the cold, cold sea -- Day hawkwing_lb 2005

  • The Greek word biblos was based upon this, and it came to be the word for book (a small book was termed biblion), and by the 2nd century AD, Greek

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • Byblos, which was so-named as a result of the trade and manufacture of writing material based on the Greek word biblos was based upon this, and it came to be the word for book (a small book was termed biblion), and by the 2nd century A.D. Greek

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • Byblos, which was so-named as a result of the trade and manufacture of writing material based on the Greek word biblos was based upon this, and it came to be the word for book (a small book was termed biblion), and by the 2nd century A.D. Greek

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Byblos, which was so-named as a result of the trade and manufacture of writing material based on the Greek word biblos was based upon this, and it came to be the word for book (a small book was termed biblion), and by the 2nd century A.D. Greek

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Byblos, which was so-named as a result of the trade and manufacture of writing material based on the Greek word biblos was based upon this, and it came to be the word for book (a small book was termed biblion), and by the 2nd century A.D. Greek

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Joder 2009

  • Byblos, which was so-named as a result of the trade and manufacture of writing material based on the Greek word biblos was based upon this, and it came to be the word for book (a small book was termed biblion), and by the 2nd century A.D. Greek

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Byblos, which was so-named as a result of the trade and manufacture of writing material based on the Greek word biblos was based upon this, and it came to be the word for book (a small book was termed biblion), and by the 2nd century A.D. Greek

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • This stemmed from the Greek term τὰ βιβλία τὰ ἅγια (ta biblia ta hagia), “the holy books”, which derived from βιβλίον (biblion), [4] “paper” or “scroll,” the ordinary word for “book”, which was originally a diminutive of βύβλος (byblos, “Egyptian papyrus”), possibly so called from the name of the Phoenician port Byblos (also known as Gebal) from whence Egyptian papyrus was exported to Greece.

    Think Progress » Lieberman Gets A Chuckle Out Of Peddling Far-Right Nuke Myth 2010

  • The word is a combination of the Greek words “biblion” (book) and “latria” (worship), and though it may also refer to an extreme devotion to books in general, it is more often used as a derogatory reference to making the Bible an idol rather than a “pointer”.

    Illiteracy & Bibliolatry « Illiteracy Articles « Articles « Literacy News 2009

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  • A book on a scroll.

    September 30, 2008