Strong G1122γραμματεύς

scribe

Transliteration
grammateus
Pronunciation
gram-mat-yooce'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From G1121; a writer that is (professionally) scribe or secretary: - scribe town-clerk.

Detailed definition

γραμματεύς, -έως (accusative pl., -εῖς, see Bl., §8, 2), ὁ
(γράμμα), [in LXX always for שׁטר in Hex., elsewhere chiefly for ספר;]

1. a secretary; γ. τ. πόλεως, a state-clerk: Act.19:35.

2. In π., of a military officer (Deiss., BS, 110f.). So Jdg.5:14, 4Ki.25:19 (ספר), al.

3. a scribe, a biblical scholar, teacher of the law (so first in I Est.8:3, II Est.7:6; in Luk.5:17, νομοδιδάσκαλος; in Luk.10:25, νομικός): Mat.7:29, Mrk.1:22, and frequently in Gosp. γ. καὶ ἀρχιερεῖς, Mat.2:4, and al.; γ. κ. Φαρισαῖοι, Mat.5:20, and al.; γ. μαθητευθεὶς τῇ βασιλείᾳ τ. οὐρ., Mat.13:52; ποῦ σοφός; ποῦ γ., 1Co.1:20 (Cremer, 167; DB, iv, 420, 800).
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In the Bible

Strong G1122 appears in 67 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • scribe66
  • townclerk1

First verses

  1. Matthew 2:4
    And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
  2. Matthew 5:20
    For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
  3. Matthew 7:29
    For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
  4. Matthew 8:19
    And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
  5. Matthew 9:3
    And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth.
  6. Matthew 12:38
    Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
  7. Matthew 13:52
    Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
  8. Matthew 15:1
    Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
  9. Matthew 16:21
    From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
  10. Matthew 17:10
    And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?
  11. Matthew 20:18
    Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,
  12. Matthew 21:15
    And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased,
  13. Matthew 23:2
    Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat:
  14. Matthew 23:13
    But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
  15. Matthew 23:14
    Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
  16. Matthew 23:15
    Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
  17. Matthew 23:23
    Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
  18. Matthew 23:25
    Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
  19. Matthew 23:27
    Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.
  20. Matthew 23:29
    Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
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Detailed Greek dictionary
γραμμᾰτ-εύς, έως, ὁ,
secretary, registrar, title of officials at Athens and elsewhere, [NT+5th c.BC+ (“IG” 12.15, etc.; ὁ γ. ὁ τῆς πόλεως 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.10; γ. τοῦ δήμου “OGI” 493.10 (Ephesus, 2nd c.AD), NT.Act.19.35; γ. ἀνδραπόδων “PHib.” 29.7; γ. τῶν μαχίμων “UPZ” 110.145 (2nd c.BC))]; γ. τοῦ θεοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 9(2).1109.21 (5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus Thess.))]; also of subordinate officials, clerk, sometimes a term of contempt, ὄλεθρος γ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.127; θεοῖς ἐχθρὸς καὶ γ. [prev. author] 19.95)]; ἡ γ., in joke, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 432.)]
2 metaphorically, recorder, of memory, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 39a.)]
3 scholar, γ. σαφής [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 358 (assuming variant).)]
4 one who traces or marks out, of Egyptian embalmers, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.91.)]