Census
ἀπογραφήStrong’s G0582apographē
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Apographē is the Greek word usually translated “registration”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)”
Meaning
Usually translated “registration”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- registration 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
- Acts 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Greek dictionary
ἀπογραφή apographē · census
ἀπο-γραφή, -ῆς, ἡ (ἀπογράφω) [in LXX: Dan.10:21 (כָּתָב), I Est.8:30, AB, 2Ma.2:1, 3Ma.2:32 3Mac 4:15 3Mac 4:17 3Mac 7:22 * ;] 1. a written copy. 2. As law term, a deposition (Demos.). 3. In late writers, a register, enrolment, census (MM, see word; Deiss., LAE, 160, 268 f.): Luk.2:2, Act.5:37.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “census” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CENSUS, noun
- In ancient Rome, an authentic declaration made before the censors, by the citizens, of their names and places of abode.
- In the United States of America, an-enumeration of the inhabitants of all the States, taken by order of the Congress, to furnish the rule of apportioning the representation among the States, and the number of representatives to which each State is entitled in the Congress; also, an enumeration of the inhabitants of a State, taken by order of its legislature.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.