Strong G1124γραφή
a writing
- Transliteration
- graphē
- Pronunciation
- graf-ay'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G1125; a document that is holy Writ (or its contents or a statement in it): - scripture.
Detailed 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., 2Ti.3:16; γ. ἅγιαι, Rom.1:2; προφητικαί, Rom.16:26; al αἱ γ. τ. προφητῶν, Mat.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. Mat.21:42 26:54, Jhn.5:39, Rom.15:4; in sing., when a particular passage is referred to, as in Luk.4:21, Jhn.19:24, Rom.4:3 9:17 10:11 11:2, Jas.2:23 (Cremer, 165; DCG, ii, 584).
(AS)
(γράφω), [in LXX chiefly for כְּתָב;]
1. a drawing, painting.
2.
__(a) writing;
__(b) that which is written, a writing: πᾶσα γ., 2Ti.3:16; γ. ἅγιαι, Rom.1:2; προφητικαί, Rom.16:26; al αἱ γ. τ. προφητῶν, Mat.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. Mat.21:42 26:54, Jhn.5:39, Rom.15:4; in sing., when a particular passage is referred to, as in Luk.4:21, Jhn.19:24, Rom.4:3 9:17 10:11 11:2, Jas.2:23 (Cremer, 165; DCG, ii, 584).
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1124 appears in 51 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- scripture50
- scriptures1
First verses
- Matthew 21:42Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
- Matthew 22:29Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
- Matthew 26:54But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
- Matthew 26:56But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
- Mark 12:10And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
- Mark 12:24And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
- Mark 14:49I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled.
- Mark 15:28And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors.
- Luke 4:21And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
- Luke 24:27And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
- Luke 24:32And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
- Luke 24:45Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
- John 2:22When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
- John 5:39Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
- John 7:38He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
- John 7:42Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
- John 10:35If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
- John 13:18I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
- John 17:12While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
- John 19:24They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
γρᾰφ-ή, ἡ,
representation by means of lines: hence,
I drawing, delineation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.36)]; κατὰ γραφήν in outline, conjecture in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 193a)]; also of painting, γραφῇ κοσμέειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.24; εἰκὼν γραφῇ εἰκασμένη [prev. author] 2.182)]; the art of drawing or painting, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 277c, “Ti.” 19b.)]
I.2 that which is drawn or painted, drawing, picture, ὅσον γραφῇ only in a picture, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.73; πρέπουσά θ᾽ ὡς ἐν γραφαῖς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 242 (Lyric poetry))]; σπόγγος ὤλεσεν γραφήν[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1329; μήτε ἄγαλμα μήτε γ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1336b15)]; also of embroidery, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 232; γραφαὶ ἀπὸ κερκίδος 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 2.5.)]
I.3 γ. παρειῶν painting, rouging the cheeks, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ep.” 22.)]
II writing or the art of writing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 274b, etc.: _plural_, αἱ γ. τῶν δικῶν)] the registration of.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1321b36; γραφαὶ περὶ συμμαχίας, of treaties, [prev. work] 1280a40.)]
II.2 that which is written, writing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 683, 5th c.BC: Agatho Tragicus 4)]: hence, of various written documents, letter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.129)]: also in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 735)]; ψευδεῖς γ. spurious documents, cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.55 (but in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1311)] false statements); of published writings, τῶν φιλοσόφων [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.73 W., compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Oratoribus Veteribus” 4)]; ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ γ. in the first book, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Nat.Herc.” 1431.16)]; written law, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 934c)]; contract, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (PAmh. 2.43.13 (2nd c.BC))]: plural, copies of judgements delivered in court, [Refs (“IG” 12(2).526d8 (from Eresos).)]
II.2.b catalogue, list, return, ἱερῶν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 88.2 (2nd c.BC))]; τοῦ κατ᾽ ἄνδρα [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“OGI” 179.21 (Egypt, 1st c.BC))]; τὰς κατ᾽ ἄνδρα γραφάς [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 27.7 (2nd c.BC))], etc.; price-list, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.91.)]
II.2.c inscription, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.134, “IG” 12(5).679 (from Syros), “epigram Gr.” 347 (from Cios), 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 37.21.)]
II.2.d MS. reading, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.2.25, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.430, 3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “in librum de sensu commentarium - pars” 9.29, 5th c.AD: Hermias Alexandrinus Philosophus “in Platonis Phaedrum scholia” p.154A., etc.)]
II.3 the Holy Scripture,[NT+1st c.AD+ (Aristeas 155, NT.2Pet.1.20: _plural_, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.18, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “contra Apionem” 2.4, NT.Matt.21.42, +others)]: also in singular, of a particular passage, [NT (NT.Act.8.32, +others)]
II.4 γ. φαρμάκου medical prescription, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.293, 13.638, 15.918.)]
II.5 record-office, archive, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 11(2).203 B 101 (Delos, 3rd c.BC).)]
III (γράφομαι) as law-term,
III.1 bill of indictment in a public prosecution, λέγε, τὴν γ. αὐτὴν λαβών [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.53.)]
III.2 criminal prosecution in the interest of the state [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 8.41), γραφὴν ὕβρεως καὶ δίκην κακηγορίας ἰδίαν φεύξεται [prev. author] 21.32, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.44, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 11.28, etc.; γραφὴν γράφεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 929e, etc.; γρ. γ. τινά [prev. author] “Euthphr.” 2b, etc.; γ. ἀπενεγκεῖν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.217; γραφήν τινος διώκειν τινά 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.293; πολλὰς γ. διώξας οὐδεμίαν εἷλεν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.5; γραφὴν ἁλῶναι [prev. author] 2.2.9)]; γ. κατασκευάζειν κατά τινος, ἐπί τινα, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.103, 22.2)]; γ. εἰσέρχεσθαι, εἰσιέναι, appear before the court in a public prosecution, either as prosecutor or prosecuted, [Refs ([prev. author] 18.105.)]
III.3 generally, an ordinary public action, opposed to to special forms (such as εἰσαγγελία, εὔθυναι, etc.), γραφάς, εὐθύνας, εἰσαγγελίας, πάντα ταῦτ᾽ ἐπαγόντων μοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.249, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 3.2, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 16.12.)]
representation by means of lines: hence,
I drawing, delineation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.36)]; κατὰ γραφήν in outline, conjecture in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 193a)]; also of painting, γραφῇ κοσμέειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.24; εἰκὼν γραφῇ εἰκασμένη [prev. author] 2.182)]; the art of drawing or painting, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 277c, “Ti.” 19b.)]
I.2 that which is drawn or painted, drawing, picture, ὅσον γραφῇ only in a picture, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.73; πρέπουσά θ᾽ ὡς ἐν γραφαῖς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 242 (Lyric poetry))]; σπόγγος ὤλεσεν γραφήν[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1329; μήτε ἄγαλμα μήτε γ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1336b15)]; also of embroidery, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 232; γραφαὶ ἀπὸ κερκίδος 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 2.5.)]
I.3 γ. παρειῶν painting, rouging the cheeks, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ep.” 22.)]
II writing or the art of writing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 274b, etc.: _plural_, αἱ γ. τῶν δικῶν)] the registration of.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1321b36; γραφαὶ περὶ συμμαχίας, of treaties, [prev. work] 1280a40.)]
II.2 that which is written, writing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 683, 5th c.BC: Agatho Tragicus 4)]: hence, of various written documents, letter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.129)]: also in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 735)]; ψευδεῖς γ. spurious documents, cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.55 (but in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1311)] false statements); of published writings, τῶν φιλοσόφων [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.73 W., compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Oratoribus Veteribus” 4)]; ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ γ. in the first book, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Nat.Herc.” 1431.16)]; written law, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 934c)]; contract, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (PAmh. 2.43.13 (2nd c.BC))]: plural, copies of judgements delivered in court, [Refs (“IG” 12(2).526d8 (from Eresos).)]
II.2.b catalogue, list, return, ἱερῶν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 88.2 (2nd c.BC))]; τοῦ κατ᾽ ἄνδρα [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“OGI” 179.21 (Egypt, 1st c.BC))]; τὰς κατ᾽ ἄνδρα γραφάς [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 27.7 (2nd c.BC))], etc.; price-list, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.91.)]
II.2.c inscription, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.134, “IG” 12(5).679 (from Syros), “epigram Gr.” 347 (from Cios), 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 37.21.)]
II.2.d MS. reading, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.2.25, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.430, 3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “in librum de sensu commentarium - pars” 9.29, 5th c.AD: Hermias Alexandrinus Philosophus “in Platonis Phaedrum scholia” p.154A., etc.)]
II.3 the Holy Scripture,[NT+1st c.AD+ (Aristeas 155, NT.2Pet.1.20: _plural_, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.18, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “contra Apionem” 2.4, NT.Matt.21.42, +others)]: also in singular, of a particular passage, [NT (NT.Act.8.32, +others)]
II.4 γ. φαρμάκου medical prescription, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.293, 13.638, 15.918.)]
II.5 record-office, archive, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 11(2).203 B 101 (Delos, 3rd c.BC).)]
III (γράφομαι) as law-term,
III.1 bill of indictment in a public prosecution, λέγε, τὴν γ. αὐτὴν λαβών [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.53.)]
III.2 criminal prosecution in the interest of the state [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 8.41), γραφὴν ὕβρεως καὶ δίκην κακηγορίας ἰδίαν φεύξεται [prev. author] 21.32, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.44, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 11.28, etc.; γραφὴν γράφεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 929e, etc.; γρ. γ. τινά [prev. author] “Euthphr.” 2b, etc.; γ. ἀπενεγκεῖν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.217; γραφήν τινος διώκειν τινά 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.293; πολλὰς γ. διώξας οὐδεμίαν εἷλεν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.5; γραφὴν ἁλῶναι [prev. author] 2.2.9)]; γ. κατασκευάζειν κατά τινος, ἐπί τινα, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.103, 22.2)]; γ. εἰσέρχεσθαι, εἰσιέναι, appear before the court in a public prosecution, either as prosecutor or prosecuted, [Refs ([prev. author] 18.105.)]
III.3 generally, an ordinary public action, opposed to to special forms (such as εἰσαγγελία, εὔθυναι, etc.), γραφάς, εὐθύνας, εἰσαγγελίας, πάντα ταῦτ᾽ ἐπαγόντων μοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.249, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 3.2, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 16.12.)]