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Strong's #1125 - γράφω
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- to write, with reference to the form of the letters
- to delineate (or form) letters on a tablet, parchment, paper, or other material
- to write, with reference to the contents of the writing
- to express in written characters
- to commit to writing (things not to be forgotten), write down, record
- used of those things which stand written in the sacred books (of the OT)
- to write to one, i.e. by writing (in a written epistle) to give information, directions
- to fill with writing
- to draw up in writing, compose
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γράφω [ᾰ],
fut. -ψω Hdt. 1.95, etc.: aor. ἔγραψα, γράψα Il. 17.599: pf. γέγραφα Cratin. 124, Th. 5.26, etc.; later γεγράφηκα PHib. 1.78.2 (iii B. C.): — Med., fut. γράψομαι Ar. Pax 107, etc. (but in pass. sense, Gal. Protr. 13): aor. ἐγραψάμην Ar. V. 894, etc.: — Pass., fut. γρᾰφήσομαι Hp. Acut. 26, Nicom.Com. 1.39, (μετεγ-) Ar. Eq. 1370; more freq. γεγράψομαι S. OT 411, Theoc. 18.47, etc.: aor. ἐγράφην [ᾰ ], Hdt. 4.91, Pl. Prm. 128c, etc.; ἐγράφθην SIG 57.5 (Milet., v B. C.), Archim. Fluit. 2.4: pf. γέγραμμαι (also in med. sense, v. fin.), 3 sg. ἔγραπται Opp. C. 3.274; part. ἐγραμμένος or ἠγρ- SIG 9 (Elis, dub.), Leg.Gort. 1.45, al.; later γεγράφημαι Ph. 2.637: 3 pl. γεγράφαται IG 12.57.10, Dor. γεγράβανται Schwyzer 90.12 (Argos): plpf. ἐγέγραπτο X. Mem. 1.2.64: 3 pl. ἐγεγράφατο D.C. 56.32. Used by Hom. only in aor. Act.: —
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1. scratch, graze, αἰχμὴ γράψεν οἱ ὀστέον ἄχρις Il. 17.599; γράψας ἐν πίνακι πτυκτῷ θυμοφθόρα πολλά having marked or drawn signs thereon, 6.169: hence, later, represent by lines, draw, paint, Hdt. 2.41, A. Eu. 50, Pl. R. 377e; γῆς περιόδους γ. draw maps, Hdt. 4.36; γ. Ἔρωθ' ὑπόπτερον Eub. 41.1; προσπεπατταλευμένον γ. τὸν Προμηθέα Men. 535.2; ἀνδριάντα γ. Pl. R. 420c; ζῷα γ., = ζωγραφεῖν (q. v.), Id. Grg. 453c: metaph., ὁπόσα τοὺς λειμῶνας αἱ ὧραι γράφουσι Philostr. Im.Praef.: — Med., ζῷα γράφεσθαι Hdt. 4.88: — Pass., εἰκὼν γεγραμμένη Ar. Ra. 537; πίνακες γεγραμμένοι τὰ Ἀλεξάνδρου ἔργα Philostr. VA 2.20.
2. Math., describe a figure, Euc. Post. 3, al., Archim. Sph.Cyl. 1.23, al., Gal. 1.47. of a point or line in motion, generate a figure, Arist. Mech. 848b10, al.; τὸ σαμεῖον ἕλικα γράψει Archim. Sph.Cyl. 1, cf. Apollon.Perg. Con. 1.2, Hero Aut. 8.1.
3. brand, mark, Opp. C. 1.326: — Pass. in form γεγράφαται, ib. 322.
II
1. express by written characters, write, τι Hdt. 1.125, etc.; γ. διαθήκην Pl. Lg. 923c, cf. X. Cyr. 4.5.34 (Pass.); γ. τινὶ ὅτι.. Th. 7.14; γ. τινί, c. inf., SIG 552.13 (Abae, iii B. C.); γ. τι εἰς διφθέρας Hdt. 5.58: prov., ὅρκους.. γυναικὸς εἰς ὕδωρ γράφω S. Fr. 811, cf. Xenarch. 6; εἰς τέφραν γ. Philonid. 7; εἰς ὕδωρ, ἐν ὕδατι, Men. Mon. 25, Pl. Phdr. 276c; ἐν χρυσῷ πίνακι Id. Criti. 120c; ἐν φλοιῷ Theoc. 18.47; καθ' ὕδατος Luc. Cat. 21; εἰς πέλαγος γράμματα γράψαι Epigr.Gr. 1038.8 (Attalia): — Pass., πόθι φρενὸς γέγραπται in what leaf of memory it is written, Pi. O. 10(11).3.
2. inscribe, γ. εἰς σκῦλα, εἰς στήλην, E. Ph. 574, D. 9.41: — Pass., γράφεσθαί τι to be inscribed with a thing, S. Tr. 157; ὧδε γέγραμμαι have my name inscribed, IG 12(7).3 * (dub.); ἐν τῷ προσώπῳ γραφεὶς τὴν συμφοράν having it branded on his forehead, Pl. Lg. 854d; γεγραμμένα κωκύουσαν, of the hyacinth, Euph. 40.
3. write down, γ. τινὰ αἴτιον set him down as the cause, Hdt. 7.214; γ. τι ἱερόν τινι register as.., Pi. O. 3.30; in magic, invoke a curse upon, Tab.Defix.Aud. 14 A 1; γ. τινὰ κληρονόμον, ἐπίτροπον, institute by a written document, Pl. Lg. 923c, 924a; register, enrol, ἐμὲ γράφε τῶν ἱππεύειν ὑπερεπιθυμούντων X. Cyr. 4.3.21; οὐ Κρέοντος προστάτου γεγράψομαι, as a dependent of Cr., S. OT 411.
4. γ. τινί write a letter to one, γ. σοὶ ἵνα εἰδῇς PGrenf. 1.11 ii 21 (ii B. C.), etc.; εἴς τινα Luc. Syr.D. 23.
5. γ. περί τίνος write on a subject, X. Cyn. 13.2, etc.; ὑπέρ τινος Plb. 1.1.4, etc.; εἴς τινα against.., Longin. 4.3; πρός τινα address a work to.., Id. 1.3; describe, οἱ ὑφ' ἡμῶν γραφόμενοι καιροί Plb. 2.56.4; esp. of Prose, opp. ποιεῖν, Isoc. 2.48: c. dupl. acc., τί.. γράψειειν ἄν σε μουσοποιὸς ἐν τάφῳ; E. Tr. 1189.
6. write down a law to be proposed: hence, propose, move, γνώμην, νόμον, ψήφισμα, etc., X. HG 1.7.34, Ar. Nu. 1429, etc.: abs. (sc. νόμον), D. 18.179; γ. καὶ νομοθετεῖν περί τινος Id. 24.48; γ. πόλεμον, εἰρήνην, Id. 10.55, 19.55: c. inf., σὺ γράφεις ταῦτ' εἶναι στρατιωτικά Id. 1.19; ἔγραψα.. ἀποπλεῖν.. τοὺς πρέσβεις Id. 18.25; enact, νόμοι οὓς τὸ πλῆθος συνελθὸν ἔγραψε X. Mem. 1.2.42: — Pass., παρὰ τὰ γραφέντα δρᾶν Pl. Plt. 295d; τὸ γεγραμμένον ὑπὸ σοῦ ψήφις μα Din. 1.70.
7. prescribe, ordain, πότμος ἔγραψε Pi. N. 6.7.
8. ὁ γράφων τὸν Ὀξυρυγχίτην (sc. νομόν) the secretary for the nome of Oxyrhynchus, POxy. 239.1 (i A. D.); τῷ ἰδίῳ λόγῳ γράφοντι τὸν νομόν PFlor. 358.5 (ii A. D.). Med., write for oneself or for one's own use, note down, Hdt. 2.82, IG 12.57.39, etc.; γ. τι ἐν φρεσίν A. Ch. 450 (lyr.); φρενῶν ἔσω S. Ph. 1325; ἐγραψάμην ὑπομνήματα I wrote me down some memoranda, Pl. Tht. 143a;
1. cause to be written, συγγραφήν D. 56.6, etc.; γ. πρόσοδον πρὸς τὴν βουλήν petition for a hearing before the Council, Id. 24.48.
2. enrol oneself, γράψασθαι φυλῆς καὶ δήμου καὶ φρατρίας IG 12.374.16, ib.2.115b21: abs., of colonists, Pl. Lg. 850b; but also (cf. A. 11.3), ἕνα τῶν μαθητῶν ἐμὲ γράφου enrol me as one of your disciples, Id. Cra. 428b.
3. as law-term, γ. τινά to indict one, τινός for some public offence, e.g. τῆς αἰσχροκερδείας, Pl. Lg. 754e; γ. [τινὰ] παρανόμων D. 18.13; in full, γραφὴν γράψασθαί τινα Ar. Nu. 1482 (but in Pass., εἴ σοι γράφοιτο δίκη ib. 758); γράψασθαι δίκας SIG 344.38 (Teos): c. acc. et inf., γ. τινὰ ἀδικεῖν Ar. V. 894, cf. Pax 107: abs., οἱ γραψάμενοι the prosecutors, Id. V. 881; ἑτέροις οὐκ ἦν γράψασθαι And. 1.75; also γράφεσθαί τι indict an act, i. e. the doer of it, as criminal, ἐγράψατο τὴν Χαβρίου δωρειάν he brought a γραφὴ παρανόμων against the person who proposed the grant to Chabrias, D. 20.146, cf. 95; τὸ χάριν τούτων ἀποδοῦναι παρανόμων γράφει (2 sg.) Id. 18.119. Pass., to be indicted, γραφεὶς ἀπέφυγον D. 18.103; τοῦτο τὸ ψήφισμα ἐγράφη παρανόμων was indicted as illegal, Aeschin. 3.62; ψηφίσματα ὑπὸ τούτου οὐδὲ γραφέντα not even indicted, D. 18.222 (but in 18.28, εἰ μὴ τοῦτ' ἐγράφη if this decree had not been proposed, as Pass. of A. 11.6); τὰ γεγραμμένα the articles of the indictment, Id. 18.56; τὸ γεγραμμένον the penalty named in the indiclment, Id. 24.83: — but γέγραμμαι usu. takes the sense of the Med., indict, Id. 18.59, 119, cf. Pl. Euthphr. 2b, Tht. 210d.
γράφω; (imperfect ἔγραφον); future γράψω; 1 aorist ἔγραψα; perfect γέγραφα; passive (present γράφομαι); perfect γεγραμμαι; (pluperfect 3 person singular ἐγέγραπτο, Revelation 17:8 Lachmann); 2 aorist ἐγράφην; (properly, to grave, scrape, scratch, engrave; cf. German graben,eingraben; γραψεν δέ οἱ ὀστέον ἄχρις αἰχμή, Homer, Iliad 17, 599; σηματα γράψας ἐν πίνακι, ibid. 6, 169; hence, to draw letters), to write;
1. with reference to the form of the letters; to delineate (or form) letters on a tablet, parchment, paper, or other material: τῷ δακτύλῳ ἔγραφεν εἰς τήν γῆν made figures on the ground, John 8:6 Rec.; οὕτω γράφω so I am accustomed to form my letters, 2 Thessalonians 3:17; πηλίκοις γραμμασι ἔγραψα with how large (and so, ill-formed (?)) letters I have written, Galatians 6:11; cf. Winer, Rückert, Hilgenfeld at the passage (for the views of those who regard ἔγραψα as covering the close of the Epistle only, see Lightfoot and Meyer; cf. Winers Grammar, 278 (261); Buttmann, 198 (171f)).
2. with reference to the contents of the writing;
a. to express in written characters, followed by the words expressed: ἔγραψε λέγων. Ἰωάννης ἐστι τό ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, Luke 1:63; μή γράφε. ὁ βασιλεύς τῶν Ἰουδαίων κτλ., John 19:21; γράψον μακάριοι κτλ., Revelation 14:13. γράφω τί, John 19:22; passive Revelation 1:3; ἐπί τί, Revelation 2:17; Revelation 19:16; τί ἐπί τινα, Revelation 3:12; ἐπί τίνος, Revelation 14:1.
b. to commit to writing (things not to be forgotten), write dozen, record: Revelation 1:19 (γράψον ἅ εἶδες); Revelation 10:4; γράφειν εἰς βιβλίον, Revelation 1:11; ἐπί τό βιβλίον τῆς ζωῆς, Revelation 17:8; γεγραμμένων ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ (or τῇ βίβλῳ), ἐν τοῖς βιβλίοις, Revelation 13:8; Revelation 20:12, 15; Revelation 21:27; Revelation 22:18, 19; τά ὀνόματα ὑμῶν ἐγράφη (ἐγγραφή (ἐγγραφή Tr see Nu) γεγραμμένον T Tr WH) ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, i. e. that ye have been enrolled with those for whom eternal blessedness has been prepared, Luke 10:20; γράφειν τί τίνι, to record something for someone's use, Luke 1:3.
c. ἐγράφη and γέγραπται (in the Synoptists and Paul), and γεγραμμένον ἐστι (in John), are used of those things which stand written in the sacred books (of the O. T.); absolutely γέγραπται, followed by the quotation from the sacred vol.: Matthew 4:4, 6f, 10; Matthew 21:13; Mark 7:6; Mark 11:17; Mark 14:27; Luke 4:8; Luke 19:46; καθώς γέγραπται, Acts 15:15, very often in Paul, as Romans 1:17; Romans 2:24; Romans 3:4 (see below); 1 Corinthians 1:31; 1 Corinthians 2:9; 2 Corinthians 8:15; 2 Corinthians 9:9; καθάπερ γεγραμμένον, Romans 11:8 T Tr WH; (Romans 3:4 T Tr WH); γέγραπται γάρ, Matthew 26:31; Luke 4:10; Acts 23:5; Romans 12:19; Romans 14:11; 1 Corinthians 3:19; Galatians 3:10, 13 Rec.;
d. γράφειν τίνι to write to one, i. e. by writing (in a written epistle) to give information, directions, etc. to one: Romans 15:15; 2 Corinthians 2:4, 9 (dative implied);
3. to fill with writing (German beschreiben): βιβλίον γεγραμμένον ἔσωθεν καί ὄπισθεν a volume written within and behind, on the back, hence, on both sides, Revelation 5:1 (Ezekiel 2:10); cf. Düsterdieck (Alford, others) at the passage
4. to draw up in writing, compose: βιβλίον, Mark 10:4; John 21:25 (Tdf. omit the verse; see WH's Appendix at the passage); τίτλον, John 19:19; ἐπιστολήν, Acts 23:25; 2 Peter 3:1; ἐντολήν τίνι to write a commandment to one, Mark 10:5; 1 John 2:7; 2 John 1:5. (Compare: ἀπογράφω, ἐγγράφω, ἐπιγράφω, καταγράφω, προ(γράφω.)
STRONGS NT 1125: καταγράφω καταγράφω: imperfect 3 person singular κατέγραφεν; to draw (forms or figures), to delineate: John 8:6 manuscript D etc. which T Tr WH (txt.) would substitute for R G ἔγραφεν. (Pausanias 1, 28, 2. Differently in other Greek writings) (Perhaps it may be taken in John, the passage cited in a more general sense: to mark (cf. Pollux 9, 7, 104, etc.).)
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γράφω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H3789];
1. to scrape, graze (Hem.), and later (Hat.) to sketch, draw.
2. to write;
(a) of forming or tracing letters on writing material: John 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; Revelation 1:19, al.; of scripture as a standing authority (Deiss., BS, 112 ff.), γέγραπται , it stands written (Luther), Matthew 4:4, Mark 7:6, Luke 4:8, Romans 1:17, 1 Corinthians 1:31, al.; id. seq. ἐν , Mark 1:2, Acts 1:20, al.; c. acc, to write of: John 1:46, Romans 10:5; seq. περί , Matthew 26:24, Mark 14:21, John 5:46, al.; c. dat. (WM, § 31, 4), Luke 18:31; id. seq. ἵνα (M, Pr., 207 f.), Mark 12:19, Luke 20:28; κατὰ τ . γεγραμμένον , 2 Corinthians 4:13; γεγραμμένον ἐστί , John 2:17; ἐγράφη δι᾽ ἡμᾶς , Romans 4:24; ἐπ ' αὐτῷ γεγραμμένα , John 12:16;
(c) of writing directions or information, c. dat. pers.: 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 -).
ἐν -γράφω
(L, Tr., ἐγγ -),
[in LXX chiefly for H3789;]
1. to inscribe, write in: pass., seq. ἐν , 2 Corinthians 3:2-3.
2. to enter in a register, enrol: pass., Luke 10:20 (cf. 1 Maccabees 13:40; and v. Dalman, Words, 209).†
κατα -γράφω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H3789;]
to trace, draw in outline (= Att... ἀναγρ -): John 8:6
(ἔγραφεν , Rec.).†
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Deissmann (BS, pp. 112 ff. 249 f.) has shown the widespread juristic use in the papyri of the ";biblical"; γέγραπται with reference to the regulative and authoritative character of the document referred to, e.g. P Par 13.13 (probably B.C. 157) ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ποήσῃ καθότι γέγραπται , ἀποτίνειν αὐτὸν τὴν φέρνην παραχρῆμα σὺν τῇ ἡμιολίᾳ , in connexion with a marriage contract, P Leid O.19 (B.C. 89) ἐὰν δὲ μ [ὴ ἀποδῷ καθ [ότι ] γέγραπται , ἀποτεισάτω Πετειμούθης κτλ . To the examples from the inscriptions we may add Priene 105.83 (c. B.C. 9) ὡς καὶ ἐν τῷ Κορνελίωι νόμωι γέγραπται , and 12.12 (soon after B.C. 300) κατὰ τὰ γεγραμμένα of a preceding decree (cf. 2 Corinthians 4:13) : see Rouffiac, p. 49 f.
For the authenticating autographic signatures to the Pauline letters, as 2 Thessalonians 3:17 ὁ ἀσπασμὸς τῇ ἐμῇ χειρὶ Παύλου , ὅ ἐστιν σημεῖον ἐν πάσῃ ἐπιστολῇ · οὕτως γράφω , see Deissmann LAE, p. 153, Milligan Documents, p. 24 f., and H. Erman in Mélanges Nicole, p. 130 ff. The perf. γεγράφηκα occurs in P Hib I. 78.2 (B.C. 244–2), BGU IV. 1205.10 (B.C. 28), both in participle : γέγραφα is exceedingly common. MGr shows the traces of both passive aorists (ἐγράφτηκα and ἐγράφηκα ). Abbott (Songs, p. 290) cites a modern proverb ὅτι γράφει δὲν ξεγράφει , ";what is written cannot be unwritten"; : cf. John 19:22.
[Supplemental from 1930 edition]
For early exx. of διά τινος ἐγράφη , see the note to P Oxy XIV. 1627.29.
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