A writing
γραφήStrong’s G1124graphē
Appears in 50 verses of the New Testament
In short
Graphē is the Greek word usually translated “scripture” and “scriptures”. It appears in 50 verses of the New Testament.
“For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.”
Meaning
Usually translated “scripture” and “scriptures”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- scripture 30
- scriptures 19
- of scripture 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 12
- Acts 7
- Romans 6
- Matthew 4
- Mark 4
- Luke 4
13 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Peter 1:20In contextKnowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
- 2 Peter 3:16In contextAs also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
- 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.
All 50 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
γραφή graphē · a writing
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “scripture” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SCRIP'TURE, noun
[Latin scriptura, from scribo, to write.]
- In its primary sense, a writing; any thing written.
- Appropriately, and by way of distinction, the books of the Old and New Testament; the Bible.
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.