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γραφή

graphēa writingHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine50 occurrences13 books50 verses

Definition

γραφή, -ῆς, ἡ

(γράφω), [in LXX chiefly for כְּתָב ;]

1. a drawing, painting.

2.

(a) writing;

(b) that which is written, a writing: πᾶσα γ., 2 Timothy 3:16; γ. ἅγιαι, Romans 1:2; προφητικαί, Romans 16:26; al αἱ γ. τ. προφητῶν, Matthew 26:56; ἡ γ., αἱ γ., the sacred writings, the Scriptures (i.e. the OT; see Milligan, NTD, 205); in pl., when the sacred writings as a whole are meant, e.g. Matthew 21:42; 26:54, John 5:39, Romans 15:4; in sing., when a particular passage is referred to, as in Luke 4:21, John 19:24, Romans 4:3; 9:17; 10:11; 11:2, James 2:23 (Cremer, 165; DCG, ii, 584).

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as γραφή:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

50 total
  1. Matthew 21:42γραφαῖς · Scriptures
    Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
  2. Matthew 22:29γραφὰς · Scriptures
    Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
  3. Matthew 26:54γραφαὶ · Scriptures
    But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way?”
  4. Matthew 26:56γραφαὶ · writings
    But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.
  5. Mark 12:10γραφὴν · Scripture
    Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
  6. Mark 12:24γραφὰς · Scriptures
    Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?
  7. Mark 14:49γραφαί · Scriptures
    Every day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me. But this has happened that the Scriptures would be fulfilled.”
  8. Luke 4:21γραφὴ · Scripture
    …and He began by saying, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”
  9. Luke 24:27γραφαῖς · Scriptures
    And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.
  10. Luke 24:32γραφάς · Scriptures
    They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
  11. Luke 24:45γραφάς · Scriptures
    Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
  12. John 2:22γραφῇ · Scripture
    After He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this. Then they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
  13. John 5:39γραφάς · Scriptures
    You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
  14. John 7:38γραφή · Scripture
    Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
  15. John 7:42γραφὴ · Scripture
    Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”
  16. John 10:35γραφή · Scripture
    If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—
  17. John 13:18γραφὴ · Scripture
    I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
  18. John 17:12γραφὴ · Scripture
    While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
  19. John 19:24γραφὴ · Scripture
    So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it. Instead, let us cast lots to see who will get it.” This was to fulfill the Scripture: “They divided My garments among them, and cast lots for My clothing.” So that is what the soldiers did.
  20. John 19:28γραφὴ · Scripture
    After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”
  21. John 19:36γραφὴ · Scripture
    Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.”
  22. John 19:37γραφὴ · Scripture
    And, as another Scripture says: “They will look on the One they have pierced.”
  23. John 20:9γραφὴν · Scripture
    For they still did not understand from the Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.
  24. Acts 1:16γραφὴν · Scripture
    “Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.
  25. Acts 8:32γραφῆς · Scripture
    The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
  26. Acts 8:35γραφῆς · Scripture
    Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.
  27. Acts 17:2γραφῶν · Scriptures
    As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
  28. Acts 17:11γραφὰς · Scriptures
    Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.
  29. Acts 18:24γραφαῖς · Scriptures
    Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the Scriptures.
  30. Acts 18:28γραφῶν · Scriptures
    For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.
  31. Romans 1:2γραφαῖς · Scriptures
    …the gospel He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,
  32. Romans 4:3γραφὴ · Scripture
    For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
  33. Romans 9:17γραφὴ · Scripture
    For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
  34. Romans 10:11γραφή · Scripture
    It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
  35. Romans 11:2γραφή · Scripture
    God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel:
  36. Romans 15:4γραφῶν · Scriptures
    For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
  37. Romans 16:26γραφῶν · the writings
    …but now revealed and made known through the writings of the prophets by the command of the eternal God, in order to lead all nations to the obedience that comes from faith—
  38. 1 Corinthians 15:3γραφάς · Scriptures
    For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
  39. 1 Corinthians 15:4γραφάς · Scriptures
    …that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
  40. Galatians 3:8γραφὴ · Scripture
    The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”
  41. Galatians 3:22γραφὴ · Scripture [ pronounces ]
    But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.
  42. Galatians 4:30γραφή · Scripture
    But what does the Scripture say? “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”
  43. 1 Timothy 5:18γραφή · Scripture
    For the Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and, “The worker is worthy of his wages.”
  44. 2 Timothy 3:16γραφὴ · Scripture [is]
    All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
  45. James 2:8γραφήν · Scripture
    If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
  46. James 2:23γραφὴ · Scripture
    And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.
  47. James 4:5γραφὴ · Scripture
    Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
  48. 1 Peter 2:6γραφῇ · Scripture
    For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
  49. 2 Peter 1:20γραφῆς · of Scripture
    Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation.
  50. 2 Peter 3:16γραφὰς · [the] Scriptures
    He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.