Strong G1449ἐγγράφω
to write in
- Transliteration
- eggraphō
- Pronunciation
- eng-graf'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
1. to mark in or on, to paint on , (Herdotus Historicus)
2. to inscribe, write in or on , (Herdotus Historicus):—;Pass., ἐγγεγραμμένος τι having something written on it, (Sophocles Tragicus); so Virgil flores inscripti nomina.
3. to enter in the public register , ἐγγρ. τὸν υἱὸν εἰς ἄνδρας (Demosthenes Orator):—;Pass., εἰς τοὺς δημότας ἐγγραφῆναι (Demosthenes Orator)
4. to enter on the judge's list, to indict , (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)
2. to inscribe, write in or on , (Herdotus Historicus):—;Pass., ἐγγεγραμμένος τι having something written on it, (Sophocles Tragicus); so Virgil flores inscripti nomina.
3. to enter in the public register , ἐγγρ. τὸν υἱὸν εἰς ἄνδρας (Demosthenes Orator):—;Pass., εἰς τοὺς δημότας ἐγγραφῆναι (Demosthenes Orator)
4. to enter on the judge's list, to indict , (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)
In the Bible
Strong G1449 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- write2
First verses
- 2 Corinthians 3:2Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
- 2 Corinthians 3:3Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐγγρᾰφ-ω,
make incisions into, τὸ στέλεχος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 5.1.2.)]
2 mark in or on, paint on, ζῷα ἐς τὴν ἐσθῆτα ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.203)]; opposed to ἐξαλείφω, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 501b.)]
3 engrave, inscribe, ἐν τῇσι στήλῃσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.102, compare 4.91; νόμους 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 30.2 (of codifiers, opposed to ἐξαλείφω))]: —middle, ἢν ἐγγράφου σὺ μνήμοσιν δέλτοις φρενῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 789)]:— passive, to be written in, ἐνεγέγραπτο δὲ τάδε ἐν αὐτῇ (i.e. τῇ ἐπιστολῇ) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.128)]; αὑτὸν εὗρεν ἐγγεγραμμένον κτείνειν found his name entered in the letter for execution,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 132; δέλτον ἐγγεγραμμένην συνθήμαθ᾽ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 157.)]
4 metaphorically, εἰ μέλλουσι τοιαῦται διάνοιαι ἐγγραφήσεσθαι ἀνθρώποις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.52.)]
5 Geometry texts, inscribe a figure in another, εἰς.. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 4.4, +others)]; ἐν.. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “Sph. Cyl.” 1.13, +others (_passive_).)]
6 in Medicine texts, include in a prescription, οἶνος ἐγγεγράφθω [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “χρονίων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.2.)]
II enter in the public register, especially of one's deme or phratria, ἐς τὰ κοινὰ γραμματεῖα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 7.1; ἐγγράψαι τὸν υἱὸν εἰς ἄνδρας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.230; εἰς τοὺς φράτερας [prev. author] 39.4; ἐ. εἰς τοὺς ἀτίμους 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 6; also ἱερὰν ἐ. τὴν οὐσίαν 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 276)]:—passive, εἰς τοὺς δημότας ἐγγραφῆναι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.261)]; Μαντίθεος ἐνεγεγράμμην by the name of M., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 39.4; τοὺς μήπω δι᾽ ἡλικίαν ἐγγεγραμμένους 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1275a15; πρὶν ἐγγραφῆναι καὶ λαβεῖν τὸ χλαμύδιον 4th c.BC: Antidotus Comicus 2; εἰς τοὺς ἐφήβους 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 366e. (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 699 is corrupt.))]
II.2 indict, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1180, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 37.24:)] —passive, ἐγγράφεσθαι λιποταξίου to be indicted for desertion, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.148.)]
II.3 of statedebtors, enter their names, ἐγγραφόντων οἱ ἄρχοντες τοῖς πράκτορσιν Legal cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 43.71)]; ἐγγεγραμμένος [ἐν ἀκροπόλει] registered among the state-debtors, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.4, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 48.1)]; also of ἄτιμοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 784d. (Perh. written ἐκγρ-, “SIG” 742.29.))]
make incisions into, τὸ στέλεχος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 5.1.2.)]
2 mark in or on, paint on, ζῷα ἐς τὴν ἐσθῆτα ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.203)]; opposed to ἐξαλείφω, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 501b.)]
3 engrave, inscribe, ἐν τῇσι στήλῃσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.102, compare 4.91; νόμους 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 30.2 (of codifiers, opposed to ἐξαλείφω))]: —middle, ἢν ἐγγράφου σὺ μνήμοσιν δέλτοις φρενῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 789)]:— passive, to be written in, ἐνεγέγραπτο δὲ τάδε ἐν αὐτῇ (i.e. τῇ ἐπιστολῇ) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.128)]; αὑτὸν εὗρεν ἐγγεγραμμένον κτείνειν found his name entered in the letter for execution,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 132; δέλτον ἐγγεγραμμένην συνθήμαθ᾽ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 157.)]
4 metaphorically, εἰ μέλλουσι τοιαῦται διάνοιαι ἐγγραφήσεσθαι ἀνθρώποις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.52.)]
5 Geometry texts, inscribe a figure in another, εἰς.. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 4.4, +others)]; ἐν.. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “Sph. Cyl.” 1.13, +others (_passive_).)]
6 in Medicine texts, include in a prescription, οἶνος ἐγγεγράφθω [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “χρονίων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.2.)]
II enter in the public register, especially of one's deme or phratria, ἐς τὰ κοινὰ γραμματεῖα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 7.1; ἐγγράψαι τὸν υἱὸν εἰς ἄνδρας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.230; εἰς τοὺς φράτερας [prev. author] 39.4; ἐ. εἰς τοὺς ἀτίμους 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 6; also ἱερὰν ἐ. τὴν οὐσίαν 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 276)]:—passive, εἰς τοὺς δημότας ἐγγραφῆναι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.261)]; Μαντίθεος ἐνεγεγράμμην by the name of M., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 39.4; τοὺς μήπω δι᾽ ἡλικίαν ἐγγεγραμμένους 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1275a15; πρὶν ἐγγραφῆναι καὶ λαβεῖν τὸ χλαμύδιον 4th c.BC: Antidotus Comicus 2; εἰς τοὺς ἐφήβους 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 366e. (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 699 is corrupt.))]
II.2 indict, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1180, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 37.24:)] —passive, ἐγγράφεσθαι λιποταξίου to be indicted for desertion, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.148.)]
II.3 of statedebtors, enter their names, ἐγγραφόντων οἱ ἄρχοντες τοῖς πράκτορσιν Legal cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 43.71)]; ἐγγεγραμμένος [ἐν ἀκροπόλει] registered among the state-debtors, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.4, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 48.1)]; also of ἄτιμοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 784d. (Perh. written ἐκγρ-, “SIG” 742.29.))]