Strong's Greek: 1125. γράφω (graphó) -- To write

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Strong's Lexicon

graphó: To write

Original Word: γράφω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: graphó
Pronunciation: GRAH-fo
Phonetic Spelling: (graf'-o)
Definition: To write
Meaning: I write; pass: it is written, it stands written (in the scriptures).

Word Origin: A primary verb

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H3789 (כָּתַב, kathab): To write, inscribe

- H5608 (סָפַר, saphar): To count, recount, relate, scribe

Usage: The Greek verb "graphó" primarily means "to write." It is used in the New Testament to denote the act of writing, whether it be the physical act of inscribing characters on a surface or the broader concept of composing written works. This term is often used in the context of the Scriptures, referring to the written Word of God, as well as letters and other forms of communication.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient world, writing was a significant means of communication and record-keeping. The ability to write was a valued skill, often associated with scribes and scholars. In the context of the Bible, writing was crucial for the transmission of God's laws, prophecies, and teachings. The Jewish tradition placed a high value on the written Torah, and the early Christian community continued this emphasis by preserving the teachings of Jesus and the apostles in written form.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
a prim. verb
Definition
to write
NASB Translation
read (1), sent this letter (1), write (37), writes (1), writing (14), written (117), wrote (20).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 1125: γράφω

γράφω; (imperfect ἔγραφον); future γράψω; 1 aorist ἔγραψα; perfect γέγραφα; passive (present γράφομαι); perfect γεγραμμαι; (pluperfect 3 person singular ἐγέγραπτο, Revelation 17:8 Lachmann); 2 aorist ἐγράφην; (properly, to grave, scrape, scratch, engrave; cf. German graben,eingraben; γραψεν δέ οἱ ὀστέον ἄχρις αἰχμή, Homer, Iliad 17, 599; σηματα γράψας ἐν πίνακι, ibid. 6, 169; hence, to draw letters), to write;

1. with reference to the form of the letters; to delineate (or form) letters on a tablet, parchment, paper, or other material: τῷ δακτύλῳ ἔγραφεν εἰς τήν γῆν made figures on the ground, John 8:6 Rec.; οὕτω γράφω so I am accustomed to form my letters, 2 Thessalonians 3:17; πηλίκοις γραμμασι ἔγραψα with how large (and so, ill-formed (?)) letters I have written, Galatians 6:11; cf. Winer, Rückert, Hilgenfeld at the passage (for the views of those who regard ἔγραψα as covering the close of the Epistle only, see Lightfoot and Meyer; cf. Winers Grammar, 278 (261); Buttmann, 198 (171f)).

2. with reference to the contents of the writing;

a. to express in written characters, followed by the words expressed: ἔγραψε λέγων. Ἰωάννης ἐστι τό ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, Luke 1:63; μή γράφε. ὁ βασιλεύς τῶν Ἰουδαίων κτλ., John 19:21; γράψον μακάριοι κτλ., Revelation 14:13. γράφω τί, John 19:22; passive Revelation 1:3; ἐπί τί, Revelation 2:17; Revelation 19:16; τί ἐπί τινα, Revelation 3:12; ἐπί τίνος, Revelation 14:1.

b. to commit to writing (things not to be forgotten), write dozen, record: Revelation 1:19 (γράψον ἅ εἶδες); Revelation 10:4; γράφειν εἰς βιβλίον, Revelation 1:11; ἐπί τό βιβλίον τῆς ζωῆς, Revelation 17:8; γεγραμμένων ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ (or τῇ βίβλῳ), ἐν τοῖς βιβλίοις, Revelation 13:8; Revelation 20:12, 15; Revelation 21:27; Revelation 22:18, 19; τά ὀνόματα ὑμῶν ἐγράφη (ἐγγραφή (ἐγγραφή Tr see Nu) γεγραμμένον T Tr WH) ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, i. e. that ye have been enrolled with those for whom eternal blessedness has been prepared, Luke 10:20; γράφειν τί τίνι, to record something for someone's use, Luke 1:3.

c. ἐγράφη and γέγραπται (in the Synoptists and Paul), and γεγραμμένον ἐστι (in John), are used of those things which stand written in the sacred books (of the O. T.); absolutely γέγραπται, followed by the quotation from the sacred vol.: Matthew 4:4, 6f, 10; Matthew 21:13; Mark 7:6; Mark 11:17; Mark 14:27; Luke 4:8; Luke 19:46; καθώς γέγραπται, Acts 15:15, very often in Paul, as Romans 1:17; Romans 2:24; Romans 3:4 (see below); 1 Corinthians 1:31; 1 Corinthians 2:9; 2 Corinthians 8:15; 2 Corinthians 9:9; καθάπερ γεγραμμένον, Romans 11:8 T Tr WH; (Romans 3:4 T Tr WH); γέγραπται γάρ, Matthew 26:31; Luke 4:10; Acts 23:5; Romans 12:19; Romans 14:11; 1 Corinthians 3:19; Galatians 3:10, 13 Rec.; ; ὁ λόγος ὁ γεγραμμένος, 1 Corinthians 15:54; κατά τό γεγραμμένον, 2 Corinthians 4:13; γεγραμμένον ἐστι, John 2:17; John 6:31; John 12:14; ἐγράφη δέ πρός νουθεσίαν ἡμῶν, 1 Corinthians 10:11; ἐγράφη δἰ ἡμᾶς for our sake, Romans 4:24; 1 Corinthians 9:10; with the name of the author of the written words or of the books in which they are found: γέγραπται ἐν βίβλῳ ψαλμῶν, Acts 1:20; ἐν βίβλῳ τῶν προφητῶν, Acts 7:42; ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ (R WH δευτέρῳ) ψαλμῷ, Acts 13:33; ἐν Ἠσαΐᾳ, Mark 1:2 (not Rec.), etc. τινα or τί to write of, i. e. in writing to mention or refer to a person or a thing: ὅν ἔγραψε Μωϋσῆς whom Moses had in mind in writing of the Messiah, or whose likeness Moses delineated, John 1:45 (46); Μωϋσῆς γράφει τήν δικαιοσύνην τήν ἐκ νόμου, Moses, writing the words ὅτι ὁ ποιήσας αὐτά κτλ., points out the righteousness which is of the law, Romans 10:5. γέγραπται, γράφειν, etc. περί τίνος, concerning one: Matthew 26:24; Mark 14:21; John 5:46; Acts 13:29; ἐπί τόν υἱόν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, that it should find fulfilment in him, Mark 9:12f (cf. ἵνα, II. 2b.); ἐπ' αὐτῷ, on him i. e. of him (cf. Winer's Grammar, 393 (368) (and ἐπί, Buttmann, 2f. β.)), John 12:16; τά γεγραμμένα τῷ υἱῷ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου written for him, allotted to him in Scripture, i. e. to be accomplished in his career, Luke 18:31; cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 4; (yet cf. Buttmann, 178 (154)); Μωϋσῆς ἔγραψεν ὑμῖν ἵνα etc. Moses in the Scripture commanded us that etc. (cf. Buttmann, 237 (204)), Mark 12:19; Luke 20:28.

d. γράφειν τίνι to write to one, i. e. by writing (in a written epistle) to give information, directions, etc. to one: Romans 15:15; 2 Corinthians 2:4, 9 (dative implied); ; Philemon 1:21; 2 Peter 3:15; 1 John 2:12ff; δἰ ὀλίγων, 1 Peter 5:12; διά μέλανος καί καλάμου, 3 John 1:13; followed by the words written or to be written in the letter: Acts 15:23; Revelation 2:1, 8, 12, 18; Revelation 3:1, 7, 14; γράφειν τίνι τί, 1 Corinthians 14:37; 2 Corinthians 1:13; 2 Corinthians 2:3 (L T Tr WH omit the dative); Galatians 1:20; 1 Timothy 3:14; 1 John 1:4 (R G L); ; περί τίνος, 1 John 2:26; Acts 25:23; 2 Corinthians 9:1; 1 Thessalonians 4:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:1; Jude 1:3; διά χειρός τίνος, to send a letter by one, Acts 15:23 (see χείρ); γράφειν τίνι, followed by an infinitive, by letter to bid one do a thing, Acts 18:27; followed by μή with an infinitive (to forbid, write one not to etc.), 1 Corinthians 5:9, 11.

3. to fill with writing (German beschreiben): βιβλίον γεγραμμένον ἔσωθεν καί ὄπισθεν a volume written within and behind, on the back, hence, on both sides, Revelation 5:1 (Ezekiel 2:10); cf. Düsterdieck (Alford, others) at the passage

4. to draw up in writing, compose: βιβλίον, Mark 10:4; John 21:25 (Tdf. omit the verse; see WH's Appendix at the passage); τίτλον, John 19:19; ἐπιστολήν, Acts 23:25; 2 Peter 3:1; ἐντολήν τίνι to write a commandment to one, Mark 10:5; 1 John 2:7; 2 John 1:5. (Compare: ἀπογράφω, ἐγγράφω, ἐπιγράφω, καταγράφω, προ(γράφω.)

STRONGS NT 1125: καταγράφωκαταγράφω: imperfect 3 person singular κατέγραφεν; to draw (forms or figures), to delineate: John 8:6 manuscript D etc. which T Tr WH (txt.) would substitute for R G ἔγραφεν. (Pausanias 1, 28, 2. Differently in other Greek writings) (Perhaps it may be taken in John, the passage cited in a more general sense: to mark (cf. Pollux 9, 7, 104, etc.).)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

describe, write.

A primary verb; to "grave", especially to write; figuratively, to describe -- describe, write(-ing, -ten).

Forms and Transliterations

γέγρααπται γεγραμμενα γεγραμμένα γεγραμμέναι γεγραμμενας γεγραμμένας γεγραμμένη γεγραμμενην γεγραμμένην γεγραμμενοι γεγραμμένοι γεγραμμενοις γεγραμμένοις γεγραμμενον γεγραμμένον γεγραμμενος γεγραμμένος γεγραμμένους γεγραμμενων γεγραμμένων γεγραπται γέγραπται γεγραφα γέγραφα γραφε γράφε γραφει γράφει γραφειν γράφειν γραφέντα γραφέντες γραφεσθαι γράφεσθαι γράφεται γραφήναι γραφήσονται γραφηται γράφηται γραφήτω γραφήτωσαν γραφομεν γράφομεν γραφομενα γραφόμενα γράφοντες γραφόντων γραφούσης γράφουσι γράφουσιν γραφω γράφω γραφων γράφων γραψαι γράψαι γραψαντες γράψαντες γραψας γράψας γράψατε γράψει γράψεις γράψετε γράψη γραψης γράψῃς γραψον γράψον γραψω γράψω εγέγραπτο εγραφεν έγραφεν ἔγραφεν εγραφη εγράφη έγραφη ἐγράφη έγραφον εγραψα έγραψα έγραψά ἔγραψα ἔγραψά εγραψαν έγραψαν ἔγραψαν έγραψας εγραψατε εγράψατέ ἐγράψατε έγραψε εγραψεν έγραψεν ἔγραψεν κατεγραφεν κατέγραφεν egraphe egraphē egráphe egráphē egraphen égraphen egrapsa égrapsa égrapsá egrapsan égrapsan egrapsate egrápsate egrapsen égrapsen gegrammena gegramména gegrammenas gegramménas gegrammenen gegrammenēn gegramménen gegramménēn gegrammenoi gegramménoi gegrammenois gegramménois gegrammenon gegrammenōn gegramménon gegramménōn gegrammenos gegramménos gegrapha gégrapha gegraptai gégraptai graphe gráphe graphei gráphei graphein gráphein graphesthai gráphesthai graphetai graphētai gráphetai gráphētai grapho graphō grápho gráphō graphomen gráphomen graphomena graphómena graphon graphōn gráphon gráphōn grapsai grápsai grapsantes grápsantes grapsas grápsas grápseis grápsēis grapses grapsēs grapso grapsō grápso grápsō grapson grápson kategraphen katégraphen

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Englishman's Concordance

Matthew 2:5 V-RIM/P-3S
GRK: οὕτως γὰρ γέγραπται διὰ τοῦ
NAS: is what has been written by the prophet:
KJV: for thus it is written by the prophet,
INT: thus indeed it has been written by the

Matthew 4:4 V-RIM/P-3S
GRK: ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν Γέγραπται Οὐκ ἐπ'
NAS: and said, It is written, MAN
KJV: and said, It is written, Man
INT: having answered he said It has been written Not by

Matthew 4:6 V-RIM/P-3S
GRK: σεαυτὸν κάτω γέγραπται γὰρ ὅτι
NAS: down; for it is written, HE WILL COMMAND
KJV: down: for it is written, He shall give
INT: yourself down it has been written indeed

Matthew 4:7 V-RIM/P-3S
GRK: Ἰησοῦς Πάλιν γέγραπται Οὐκ ἐκπειράσεις
NAS: to him, On the other hand, it is written, YOU SHALL NOT PUT
KJV: unto him, It is written again,
INT: Jesus Again it has been written not You will test

Matthew 4:10 V-RIM/P-3S
GRK: Ὕπαγε Σατανᾶ γέγραπται γάρ Κύριον
NAS: Satan! For it is written, YOU SHALL WORSHIP
KJV: for it is written, Thou shalt worship
INT: Get you away Satan it has been written indeed [The] Lord

Matthew 11:10 V-RIM/P-3S
GRK: περὶ οὗ γέγραπται Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ
NAS: whom it is written, BEHOLD,
KJV: [he], of whom it is written, Behold, I
INT: concerning whom it has been written Behold I

Matthew 21:13 V-RIM/P-3S
GRK: λέγει αὐτοῖς Γέγραπται Ὁ οἶκός
NAS: And He said to them, It is written, MY HOUSE
KJV: unto them, It is written, My
INT: he says to them It has been written the house

Matthew 26:24 V-RIM/P-3S
GRK: ὑπάγει καθὼς γέγραπται περὶ αὐτοῦ
NAS: just as it is written of Him; but woe
KJV: goeth as it is written of him:
INT: goes as it has been written concerning him

Matthew 26:31 V-RIM/P-3S
GRK: νυκτὶ ταύτῃ γέγραπται γάρ Πατάξω
NAS: night, for it is written, I WILL STRIKE DOWN
KJV: for it is written, I will smite
INT: night this it has been written indeed I will strike

Matthew 27:37 V-RPM/P-AFS
GRK: αἰτίαν αὐτοῦ γεγραμμένην ΟΥΤΟΣ ΕΣΤΙΝ
NAS: up the charge against Him which read, THIS
KJV: his accusation written, THIS IS
INT: accusation of him written This is

Mark 1:2 V-RIM/P-3S
GRK: Καθὼς γέγραπται ἐν τῷ
NAS: As it is written in Isaiah
KJV: As it is written in the prophets,
INT: as it has been written in

Mark 7:6 V-RIM/P-3S
GRK: ὑποκριτῶν ὡς γέγραπται ὅτι Οὗτος
NAS: of you hypocrites, as it is written: THIS
KJV: as it is written, This
INT: hypocrites as it has been written this

Mark 9:12 V-RIM/P-3S
GRK: καὶ πῶς γέγραπται ἐπὶ τὸν
NAS: And [yet] how is it written of the Son
KJV: and how it is written of the Son
INT: and how it has been written of the

Mark 9:13 V-RIM/P-3S
GRK: ἤθελον καθὼς γέγραπται ἐπ' αὐτόν
NAS: just as it is written of him.
KJV: they listed, as it is written of him.
INT: they desired as it has been written of him

Mark 10:4 V-ANA
GRK: βιβλίον ἀποστασίου γράψαι καὶ ἀπολῦσαι
NAS: permitted [a man] TO WRITE A CERTIFICATE
KJV: suffered to write a bill
INT: a bill of divorce to write and to divorce [her]

Mark 10:5 V-AIA-3S
GRK: σκληροκαρδίαν ὑμῶν ἔγραψεν ὑμῖν τὴν
NAS: of your hardness of heart he wrote you this
KJV: of your heart he wrote you this
INT: hardness of heart of you he wrote for you the

Mark 11:17 V-RIM/P-3S
GRK: αὐτοῖς Οὐ γέγραπται ὅτι Ὁ
NAS: and say to them, Is it not written, MY HOUSE
KJV: Is it not written, My
INT: to them not has it been written the

Mark 12:19 V-AIA-3S
GRK: Διδάσκαλε Μωυσῆς ἔγραψεν ἡμῖν ὅτι
NAS: Moses wrote for us that IF
KJV: Master, Moses wrote unto us, If
INT: Teacher Moses wrote for us that

Mark 14:21 V-RIM/P-3S
GRK: ὑπάγει καθὼς γέγραπται περὶ αὐτοῦ
NAS: just as it is written of Him; but woe
KJV: goeth, as it is written of him:
INT: goes as it has been written concerning him

Mark 14:27 V-RIM/P-3S
GRK: ταύτη ὅτι γέγραπται Πατάξω τὸν
NAS: because it is written, I WILL STRIKE DOWN
KJV: for it is written, I will smite
INT: this for it has been written I will strike the

Luke 1:3 V-ANA
GRK: καθεξῆς σοι γράψαι κράτιστε Θεόφιλε
NAS: from the beginning, to write [it] out for you in consecutive order,
KJV: from the very first, to write unto thee
INT: with method to you to write most excellent Theophilus

Luke 1:63 V-AIA-3S
GRK: αἰτήσας πινακίδιον ἔγραψεν λέγων Ἰωάννης
NAS: for a tablet and wrote as follows,
KJV: a writing table, and wrote, saying,
INT: having asked for a writing tablet he wrote saying John

Luke 2:23 V-RIM/P-3S
GRK: καθὼς γέγραπται ἐν νόμῳ
NAS: (as it is written in the Law
KJV: (As it is written in the law
INT: as it has been written in [the] law

Luke 3:4 V-RIM/P-3S
GRK: ὡς γέγραπται ἐν βίβλῳ
NAS: as it is written in the book
KJV: As it is written in the book
INT: as it has been written in [the] book

Luke 4:4 V-RIM/P-3S
GRK: ὁ Ἰησοῦς Γέγραπται ὅτι Οὐκ
NAS: answered him, It is written, MAN
KJV: him, saying, It is written, That man
INT: Jesus It has been written That not