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Strong G1121γράμμα

something written

Transliteration
gramma
Pronunciation
gram'-mah
Morphology
Greek Noun Neuter

Definition

From G1125; a writing that is a letter note 6
epistle book etc.; plural learning: - bill learning letter scripture writing written.

Detailed definition

γράμμα, -τος, τό
(γράφω), [in LXX for סֵפֶר, etc.;]

1. that which is traced or drawn, a picture.

2. that which is written;
__(1) a character, letter: Gal.6:11;
__(2) a writing, a written document;
__(a) a bill or account: Luk.16:6, 7;
__(b) a letter: Act.28:21;
__(with) τὰ ἱερὰ γ., the sacred writings, i.e. the OT: 2Ti.3:15 (so in Philo, Vit. Mos., iii, 39);
__(d) τὸ γ., the letter, the written word as an external authority in contrast with the direct influence of the Spirit as manifested in the new Covenant: Rom.2:27, 29 7:6, 2Co.3:6, 7;
__(3) τὰ γ., letters, i.e. learning: Jhn.7:15, Act.26:24. (In π. an illiterate person is very frequently referred to as γράμματα μ᾽̀ εἰδότης, and this "never means anything else than inability to write": MM, Exp., x; but see also Cremer, 166; DCG, i, 202; ii, 584.)
† (AS)

In the Bible

Strong G1121 appears in 14 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • letter8
  • bill2
  • learning1
  • scripture1
  • write1
  • writing1

First verses

  1. Luke 16:6
    And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
  2. Luke 16:7
    Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.
  3. Luke 23:38
    And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
  4. John 5:47
    But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
  5. John 7:15
    And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
  6. Acts 26:24
    And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
  7. Acts 28:21
    And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee.
  8. Romans 2:27
    And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?
  9. Romans 2:29
    But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
  10. Romans 7:6
    But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
  11. 2 Corinthians 3:6
    Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
  12. 2 Corinthians 3:7
    But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
  13. Galatians 6:11
    Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand.
  14. 2 Timothy 3:15
    And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
γράμμα, ατος, τό,
Doric dialect γράθμα, probably in [Refs 6th c.BC+ (“IG” 4.506 (Heraeum, 6th-5th c.BC),compare “Anecdota Graeca - MSS. Bibl. Oxon.” 1.102)], but γράσσμα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 4.554 (Argos, 5th c.BC))]: late Aeolic dialect plural γρόππατα, [Refs (“epigram Gr.” 990.11 (from Balbilla))]: (γράφω):— that which is drawn: plural, lines of a drawing, picture, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1146 (of tapestry), 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.81)]; picture, Ἀπέλλεω γ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 4.73, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 6.352 (from Erinna))]: singular, drawing, picture, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 472d, “Cra.” 430e, compare 431c)]: plural, figures in a picture, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Procopius Gazaeus Rhetor “ἔκφρασις ὡρολογίου” p.157B.)]
II written character, letter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.139, 148, etc.)]: in plural, letters, characters, γραμμάτων τε συνθέσεις [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 460; πηλίκοις γ. NT.Gal.6.11)]; the letters, the alphabet, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.58; τὰ γ. καὶ τὰς συλλαβάς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 390e; γ. Φοινίκια 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 514)]; Ἀσσύρια, Ἑλληνικά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.87; γράμματα ἐπίστασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 689d)]; μαθεῖν to have learnt to read, [Refs ([prev. author] “Prt.” 325e; γ. μὴ εἰδέναι “SIG” 2844.6)]; ἐδίδασκες γράμματα, ἐγὼ δ᾽ ἐφοίτων you kept school—I went there, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.265; ἤτοι τέθνηκεν ἢ διδάσκει γ. “Comica Adespota” 20; παιδεύειν γράμματα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1337b24)]; τέχνη ἡμῶν γ. our profession is that of the scribe, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (PTeb. 316.16 (1st c.AD).)]
II.b articulate sound, letter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 18c; τὰ γ. πάθη ἐστὶ τῆς φωνῆς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 895a12)]; γράμματα φθέγγεσθαι[Refs ([prev. work] 8, compare “PA” 660a5.)]
II.c παρὰ γράμμα λέγοντα.. σκοπεῖν etymologically, [Refs ([prev. author] “MM” 1185b39)]; τὰ παρὰ γ. σκώμματα puns, [Refs ([prev. author] “Rh.” 1412a28)]; but ἀρετὴν παρὰ γ. διώκοντες, with reference to Νικαρέτη, the mistress of Stilpo, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Crates Thebanus Poeta Philosophus 1.)]
II.d inscription, τὸ Δελφικὸν γ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 229e, compare “Chrm.” 164d, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.24, etc., “IG” 2.2876, +others: proverbial, εἰς πέλαγος.. γράμματα γράψαι “epigram Gr.” 1038.8 (from Attalia).)]
II.2 in plural, notes in music, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 11.78 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus).)]
II.3 mathematical diagram, epigram cited in [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 8.12.)]
II.4 letter inscribed on the lots which the δικασταί drew, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 277, +others, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 64.4)]; practically, = division of dicasts, ἐν ὁποίῳ γ. δειπνεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 683)]; ἁ κατὰ γράμμα φυλακά the roster of guards, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 569.21 (Cos, 3rd c.BC).)]
II.4.b quarters of a town, [Refs (“PRein.” 49.2)]; accent, [Refs (EM 240.42, 12th c.AD: Zonaras Legal icographus)]
II.5 a small weight, 1/24 ounce, scruple, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Andromachus Poeta Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.114, “Geoponica” 7.13.2, “PLips.” 62 ii 27 (4th c.AD).)]
III in plural, set of written characters, piece of writing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.124)]: hence, letter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 5.14, “IG” 22.103.8, etc.; γραμμάτων πτυχαί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 144, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 594, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 347c)]; inscription, epitaph, etc., ἐκόλαψε ἐς τὸν τάφον γράμματα λέγοντα τάδε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.187, compare 4.91, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.12, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 18.47, “IG” 3.751.)]
III.2 papers, documents, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.30, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 36.21, etc. (_sing._, 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 65.14))]; τούτων τὰ γ. the documents to prove this, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 32.14; τὰ γ. τῆς δίκης 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 772)]; τὰ δημόσια γ. the public records, Decrees cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.55)]; title-deeds, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 65.14)]; account of loans, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 49.59; ἐπικαρπίαν ἐν γράμμασιν ἀποφέρειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 955d)]; contract or estimate, [Refs (“BCH” 46.323 (from Teos))]; catalogue, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.4.12)]: in singular, bond, [NT (NT.Luke.16.7)]; note of hand, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 18.6.3.)]
III.3 a man's writings, i.e. book, treatise, τὰ τοῦ Ζήνωνος γ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 127c (but _sing._, [prev. work] 128a))]: plural, books, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.1; Πλάτωνος τὸ περὶ ψυχῆς γ. 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 25, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 9.63 (3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus), 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).928)]; τὰ ἱερὰ γ. the Holy [NT+3rd c.BC+ (“Scriptures”, “OGI” 56.36 (3rd c.BC), 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.574, NT.2Tim.3.15, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “contra Apionem” 1.10)]; ἱερὰ γ., = Imperial rescripts, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 12(5).132 (Paros, 3rd c.AD))]; = hieroglyphics, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“OGI” 90.54 (Rosetta, 2nd c.BC))]: in singular, the [NT+2nd c.AD+ (“Law” of 2nd c.AD(?): Moses Alchemista, NT.Rom.2.27, +others)]; opposed to πνεῦμα, [Refs ([prev. work]29: _sing._,)]article of a treaty, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.29.)]
III.4 laws or rules, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 425b, “Plt.” 292a, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 1050)]; κατὰ γράμματα ἄρχειν, opposed to ἄνευ γραμμάτων, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 293a; ἡ κατὰ γ. καὶ νόμους πολιτεία 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1286a15, compare 1272a38: οἱ κατὰ γ. νόμοι, opposed to οἱ κατὰ τὰ ἔθη, [prev. work] 1287b5, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 299d; κατὰ γράμματα ἰατρεύεσθαι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1287a34; ἡ ἐκ τῶν γ. θεραπεία [prev. work] 40.)]
IV in plural, also, letters, learning, ἀπείρους γραμμάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 26d, etc.)]