Definition
γράφω, [in LXX chiefly for כּתב ];
1. to scrape, graze (Hom.), and later (Hdt.) to sketch, draw.
2. to write;
(a) of forming or tracing letters on writing material: Jhn.8:[6], Galatians 6:11, 2 Thessalonians 3:17;
(b) to express in writing, commit to writing, record: Luke 1:63, John 19:21, 22, Revelation 1:11, 19 al.; of scripture as a standing authority (Deiss., BS, 112ff.), γέγραπται, it stands written (Luther), Matthew 4:4, Mark 7:6, Luke 4:8, Romans 1:17, 1 Corinthians 1:31, al.; id. before ἐν, Mark 1:2, Acts 1:20, al.; with accusative, to write of: John 1:46, Romans 10:5; before περί, Matthew 26:24, Mark 14:21, John 5:46; al.; with dative (WM, §31, 4), Luke 18:31; id. before ἵνα (M, Pr., 207f.), Mark 12:19, Luke 20:28; κατὰ τ. γεγραμμένον, 2 Corinthians 4:13; γεγραμμένον ἐστί, John 2:17; ἐγράφη, Romans 4:24; ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ γεγραμμένα, John 12:16;
(with) of writing directions or information, with dative of person(s): Romans 15:15, 2 Corinthians 7:12, al.;
(d) of that which contains the record or message: βιβλίον, Mark 10:4, John 21:25, Revelation 5:1; τίτλον, John 19:19; ἐπιστολήν, Acts 23:25; ἐντολήν, Mark 10:5 (cf. ἀπο-, ἐγ-, ἐπι-, κατα-, προ-).
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as γράφω:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
192 total
- Matthew 2:5γέγραπται · has written“In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:
- Matthew 4:4Γέγραπται · It is writtenBut Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
- Matthew 4:6γέγραπται · it is written“If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
- Matthew 4:7γέγραπται · It is also writtenJesus replied, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
- Matthew 4:10γέγραπται · it is written“Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus told him. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
- Matthew 11:10γέγραπται · it is writtenThis is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’
- Matthew 21:13Γέγραπται · It is writtenAnd He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
- Matthew 26:24γέγραπται · it is writtenThe Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been born.”
- Matthew 26:31γέγραπται · it is writtenThen Jesus said to them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of Me. For it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
- Matthew 27:37γεγραμμένην · writtenAbove His head they posted the written charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
- Mark 1:2γέγραπται · it is writtenAs it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.”
- Mark 7:6γέγραπται · it is writtenJesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
- Mark 9:12γέγραπται · is it writtenHe replied, “Elijah does indeed come first, and he restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected?
- Mark 9:13γέγραπται · it is writtenBut I tell you that Elijah has indeed come, and they have done to him whatever they wished, just as it is written about him.”
- Mark 10:4γράψαι · [a man] to write [his wife]They answered, “Moses permitted a man to write his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away.”
- Mark 10:5ἔγραψεν · [Moses] wroteBut Jesus told them, “Moses wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart.
- Mark 11:17γέγραπται · Is it not writtenThen Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
- Mark 12:19ἔγραψεν · wrote“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.
- Mark 14:21γέγραπται · it is writtenThe Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”
- Mark 14:27γέγραπται · it is writtenThen Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’
- Luke 1:3γράψαι · to writeTherefore, having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,
- Luke 1:63ἔγραψεν · [and] wroteZechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
- Luke 2:23γέγραπται · it is written…(as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),
- Luke 3:4γέγραπται · it is written…as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.
- Luke 4:4Γέγραπται · It is writtenBut Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”
- Luke 4:8Γέγραπται · It is writtenBut Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
- Luke 4:10γέγραπται · it is writtenFor it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You to guard You carefully,
- Luke 4:17γεγραμμένον · written…the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:
- Luke 7:27γέγραπται · it is writtenThis is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’
- Luke 10:26γέγραπται · is written“What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?”
- Luke 16:6γράψον · [and] write‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Take your bill,’ said the manager, ‘sit down quickly, and write fifty.’
- Luke 16:7γράψον · writeThen he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he replied. ‘Take your bill and write eighty,’ he told him.
- Luke 18:31γεγραμμένα · have writtenThen Jesus took the Twelve aside and said to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything the prophets have written about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.
- Luke 19:46Γέγραπται · It is writtenHe declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
- Luke 20:17γεγραμμένον · is writtenBut Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?
- Luke 20:28ἔγραψεν · wrote“Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.
- Luke 21:22γεγραμμένα · that is writtenFor these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.
- Luke 22:37γεγραμμένον · ScriptureFor I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in Me: ‘And He was numbered with the transgressors.’ For what is written about Me is reaching its fulfillment.”
- Luke 24:44γεγραμμένα · writtenJesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”
- Luke 24:46γέγραπται · [what] is writtenAnd He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,
- John 1:45ἔγραψεν · wrote aboutPhilip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
- John 2:17γεγραμμένον · writtenHis disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”
- John 5:46ἔγραψεν · wroteIf you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.
- John 6:31γεγραμμένον · writtenOur fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
- John 6:45γεγραμμένον · writtenIt is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—
- John 8:6κατέγραφεν · [and] began to writeThey said this to test Him, in order to have a basis for accusing Him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with His finger.
- John 8:8ἔγραφεν · [and] wroteAnd again He bent down and wrote on the ground.
- John 8:17γέγραπται · it is writtenEven in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid.
- John 10:34γεγραμμένον · writtenJesus replied, “Is it not written in your Law: ‘I have said you are gods’?
- John 12:14γεγραμμένον · writtenFinding a young donkey, Jesus sat on it, as it is written: