Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
ancient Phoenician port (modern Jebeil, Lebanon) from which Egyptian papyrus was exported to Greece. The name probably is a Greek corruption of Phoenician Gebhal, said to mean literally "frontier town" (compare Hebrew gebhul "frontier, boundary," Arabic jabal "mountain"), or perhaps it is Canaanite gubla "mountain." The Greek name also might have been influenced by, or come from, an Egyptian word for "papyrus."
Wikipedia
Byblos, in Arabic Jubayl ( Lebanese Arabic pronunciation: ), is a Mediterranean city in the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon. It is believed to have been occupied first between 8800 and 7000 BC, and according to fragments attributed to the semi-legendary pre- Homeric Phoenician priest Sanchuniathon, it was built by Cronus as the first city in Phoenicia. It is one of the cities suggested as the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world and the site has been continuously inhabited since 5000 BC. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Byblos may refer to
- Byblos, a city in Lebanon
- Byblos Sur Mer, oldest and most trendiest hotel in Byblos, Lebanon
- Byblos Bank S.A.L., a major commercial bank in Lebanon
- Byblos Castle, a castle in Byblos, Lebanon
- Byblos Port, a port in Byblos, Lebanon
- Byblos syllabary, an undeciphered writing system
Usage examples of "byblos".
Since her father was an authority on biblical archaeology, she knew a bit about Byblos, but she wanted to refresh her memory before taking the tour.
Standing on the ramparts of a medieval castle, surveying the ruins of Byblos, Dinah decided she did not regret the night clubs of Beirut after all.
Dinah wished she could have hired a car and visited Byblos by herself.
Like many other sites, Byblos consisted mainly of low foundation walls, a foot or so high, and resembled nothing more than a rat or mouse maze, magnified in length and width but not in height.
Gloomily inspecting the carved sarcophagus of King Ahiram, who had ruled Byblos in the thirteenth century before Christ, she was reminded of the rock-cut tomb chamber, and the unkempt young maniac who had accosted her.
It was undoubtedly a legitimate bus, just like the one that had taken her to Byblos the day before.
In due course it came to the Byblos setting, and the goddess disembarked.
The king of Byblos hurried across the stage, and got down beside the queen.
The city of Sumura had fallen to Aziru's siege, and Byblos might be next.
He has a few jars of the best liquor from Byblos, that he brought over with him, and he will bring it to you.
I was young and thoughtless--I picked up a stone by the way-side, took it with me, and when she asked me for the remembrance from Byblos I silently gave her the pebble from Thebes.
OLD TESTAMENT: THE GREEK INFLUENCE One term that does not stem from ancient Hebrew is Bible, The origin of this familiar English word is byblos, which in Greek means "book.
The term Byblos stems from the Phoenician city of Byblos (near present-day Beirut, in Lebanon), which was famous in ancient times as an exporter of papyrus.