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Lexicon :: Strong's G1121 - gramma

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γράμμα
Transliteration
gramma (Key)
Pronunciation
gram'-mah
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:761,128

Strong’s Definitions

γράμμα grámma, gram'-mah; from G1125; a writing, i.e. a letter, note, epistle, book, etc.; plural learning:—bill, learning, letter, scripture, writing, written.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's G1121 in the following manner: letter (9x), bill (2x), writing (1x), learning (1x), scriptures (1x), written (with G1722) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's G1121 in the following manner: letter (9x), bill (2x), writing (1x), learning (1x), scriptures (1x), written (with G1722) (1x).

  1. a letter

  2. any writing, a document or record

    1. a note of hand, bill, bond, account, written acknowledgement of a debt

    2. a letter, an epistle

    3. the sacred writings (of the OT)

  3. letters, i.e. learning

    1. of sacred learning

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
γράμμα grámma, gram'-mah; from G1125; a writing, i.e. a letter, note, epistle, book, etc.; plural learning:—bill, learning, letter, scripture, writing, written.
STRONGS G1121:
γράμμα, -τος, τό, (γράφω), that which has been written;
1. a letter i. e. the character: Luke 23:38 [R G L brackets Tr marginal reading brackets]; Galatians 6:11.
2. any writing, a document or record;
a. a note of hand, bill, bond, account, written acknowledgment of debt (as scriptio in Varro sat. Men. 8, 1 [cf. Edersheim ii., 268ff]): Luke 16:6f. ([Josephus, Antiquities 18, 6, 3], in L text T Tr WH plural τὰ γράμματα; so of one document also in Antiph., p. 114 (30); Demosthenes, p. 1034, 16; Vulg. cautio).
b. a letter, an epistle: Acts 28:21; (Herodotus 5, 14; Thucydides 8, 50; Xenophon, Cyril 4, 5, 26, etc.).
c. τὰ ἱερὰ γράμματα the sacred writings (of the O. T.; [so Josephus, Antiquities prooem. § 3; 10, 10, 4 at the end; contra Apion 1, 10; Philo, de vit. Moys. 3, 39; de praem. et poen. § 14; leg. ad Gai. § 29, etc. — but always τὰ ἱ. γ.]): 2 Timothy 3:15 [here T WH omit; L Tr brackets τά]; γράμμα equivalent to the written law of Moses, Romans 2:27; Μωϋσέως γράμματα, John 5:47. Since the Jews so clave to the letter of the law that it not only became to them a mere letter but also a hindrance to true religion, Paul calls it γράμμα in a disparaging sense, and contrasts it with τὸ πνεῦμα i. e. the divine Spirit, whether operative in the Mosaic law, Romans 2:29, or in the gospel, by which Christians are governed, Romans 7:6; 2 Corinthians 3:6f [but in 2 Corinthians 3:7 R G T WH read the plural written in letters, so L marginal reading Tr marginal reading].
3. τὰ γράμματα, like the Latin litterae, English letters, equivalent to learning: Acts 26:24; εἰδέναι, μεμαθηκέναι γρ. (cf. German studirt haben), of sacred learning, John 7:15. (μανθάνειν, ἐπίστασθαι, etc., γράμματα are used by the Greeks of the rudiments of learning; cf. Passow, i. p. 571; [Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. a.].)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
16:6; 23:38
John
5:47; 7:15
Acts
26:24; 28:21
Romans
2:27; 2:29; 7:6
2 Corinthians
3:6; 3:7
Galatians
6:11
2 Timothy
3:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1121 matches the Greek γράμμα (gramma),
which occurs 15 times in 14 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:6 - And he said, A hundred baths of oil. And he said to him, Take thy writing and sit down quickly and write fifty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:7 - Then he said to another, And thou, how much dost thou owe? And he said, A hundred cors of wheat. And he says to him, Take thy writing and write eighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:38 - And there was also an inscription written over him in Greek, and Roman, and Hebrew letters: This is the King of the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:47 - But if ye do not believe his writings, how shall ye believe my words?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:15 - The Jews therefore wondered, saying, How knows this man letters, having never learned?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:24 - And as he answered for his defence with these things, Festus says with a loud voice, Thou art mad, Paul; much learning turns thee to madness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:21 - And they said to him, For our part, we have neither received letters from Judaea concerning thee, nor has any one of the brethren who has arrived reported or said anything evil concerning thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:27 - and uncircumcision by nature, fulfilling the law, judge thee, who, with letter and circumcision, art a law-transgressor?

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:29

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:29 - but he is a Jew who is so inwardly; and circumcision, of the heart, in spirit, not in letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:6 - but now we are clear from the law, having died in that in which we were held, so that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of letter.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:6 - who has also made us competent, as ministers of the new covenant; not of letter, but of spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit quickens.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:7 - (But if the ministry of death, in letters, graven in stones, began with glory, so that the children of Israel could not fix their eyes on the face of Moses, on account of the glory of his face, a glory which is annulled;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:11 - See how long a letter I have written to you with my own hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 3:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:15 - and that from a child thou hast known the sacred letters, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
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