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Lexicon :: Strong's G1125 - graphō

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γράφω
Transliteration
graphō (Key)
Pronunciation
graf'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A root word
mGNT
192x in 33 unique form(s)
TR
208x in 37 unique form(s)
LXX
212x in 39 unique form(s)
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TDNT Reference: 1:742,128

Strong’s Definitions

γράφω gráphō, graf'-o; a primary verb; to "grave", especially to write; figuratively, to describe:—describe, write(-ing, -ten).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 209x

The KJV translates Strong's G1125 in the following manner: write (206x), writing (1x), describe (1x), variations of 'write' (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 209x
The KJV translates Strong's G1125 in the following manner: write (206x), writing (1x), describe (1x), variations of 'write' (1x).
  1. to write, with reference to the form of the letters

    1. to delineate (or form) letters on a tablet, parchment, paper, or other material

  2. to write, with reference to the contents of the writing

    1. to express in written characters

    2. to commit to writing (things not to be forgotten), write down, record

    3. used of those things which stand written in the sacred books (of the OT)

    4. to write to one, i.e. by writing (in a written epistle) to give information, directions

  3. to fill with writing

  4. to draw up in writing, compose

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
γράφω gráphō, graf'-o; a primary verb; to "grave", especially to write; figuratively, to describe:—describe, write(-ing, -ten).
STRONGS G1125:
γράφω; [imperfect ἔγραφον]; future γράψω; 1 aorist ἔγραψα; perfect γέγραφα; passive [present γράφομαι]; perfect γέγραμμαι; [pluperfect 3 person singular ἐγέγραπτο, Revelation 17:8 Lachmann]; 2 aorist ἐγράφην; (properly, to grave, scrape, scratch, engrave; cf. German graben, eingraben; γράψεν δὲ οἱ ὀστέον ἄχρις αἰχμή, Homer, Iliad 17, 599; σήματα 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 τὴν 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 γράμμασι 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 ἔγρ. as covering the close of the Epistle only, see Bp. 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 ἐστὶ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, Luke 1:63; μὴ γράφε· βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων κτλ., John 19:21; γράψον· μακάριοι κτλ., Revelation 14:13. γράφω τι, John 19:22; passive Revelation 1:3; τὶ ἐπί τι, Revelation 2:17; Revelation 19:16; τὶ ἐπί τινα, Revelation 3:12; ἐπί τινος, Revelation 14:1.
b. to commit to writing (things not to be forgotten), write down, record: Revelation 1:19 (γράψον εἶδες); Revelation 10:4; γράφειν εἰς βιβλίον, Revelation 1:11; ἐπὶ τὸ βιβλίον τῆς ζωῆς, Revelation 17:8; γεγραμμ. ἐν τ. βιβλίῳ [or τῇ βίβλῳ], ἐν τοῖς βιβλίοις, Revelation 13:8; Revelation 20:12, 15; Revelation 21:27; Revelation 22:18, 19; τὰ ὀνόματα ὑμῶν ἐγράφη [ἐν- (ἐγ- Tr see N, ν) γέγρ. 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 τινι, to record something for someone's use, Luke 1:3.
c. ἐγράφη and γέγραπται (in the Synoptists and Paul), and γεγραμμένον ἐστί (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; καθὼς 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 γέγρ., 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.; Gal 4:22, 27; λόγος γεγραμμένος, 1 Corinthians 15:54; κατὰ τὸ γεγραμμένον, 2 Corinthians 4:13; γεγραμμένον ἐστί, John 2:17; John 6:31; John 12:14; ἐγράφη δὲ πρὸς νουθεσίαν ἡμῶν, 1 Corinthians 10:11; ἐγράφη δἰ ἡμᾶς for our sake, Romans 4:24; 1 Corinthians 9:10; with the name of the author of the written words or of the books in which they are found: γέγραπται ἐν βίβλῳ ψαλμῶν, Acts 1:20; ἐν βίβλῳ τῶν προφητῶν, Acts 7:42; ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ [R WH δευτέρῳ] ψαλμῷ, Acts 13:33; ἐν Ἠσαΐᾳ, Mark 1:2 [not Rec.], etc. τινά or τί to write of, i. e. in writing to mention or refer to a person or a thing: ὃν ἔγραψε Μωϋσῆς whom Moses had in mind in writing of the Messiah, or whose likeness Moses delineated, John 1:45 (John 1:46); Μωϋσῆς γράφει τὴν δικαιοσύνην τὴν ἐκ νόμου, Moses, writing the words ὅτι ποιήσας αὐτά κτλ., points out the righteousness which is of the law, Romans 10:5. γέγραπται, γράφειν, etc. περί τινος, concerning one: Matthew 26:24; Mark 14:21; John 5:46; Acts 13:29; ἐπὶ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, that it should find fulfilment in him, Mark 9:12f [cf. ἵνα, II. 2b.]; ἐπ’ αὐτῷ, on him i. e. of him (cf. Winer's Grammar, 393 (368) [and ἐπί, Buttmann, 2f. β.]), John 12:16; τὰ γεγραμμένα τῷ υἱῷ τοῦ ἀνθρ. written for him, allotted to him in Scripture, i. e. to be accomplished in his career, Luke 18:31; cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 4; [yet cf. Buttmann, 178 (154)]; Μωϋσῆς ἔγραψεν ὑμῖν ἵνα etc. Moses in the Scripture commanded us that etc. [cf. Buttmann, 237 (204)], Mark 12:19; Luke 20:28.
d. γράφειν τινί 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]; 2 Cor 7:12; Philemon 1:21; 2 Peter 3:15; 1 John 2:12ff; δἰ ὀλίγων, 1 Peter 5:12; διὰ μέλανος καὶ καλάμου, 3 John 1:13; followed by the words written or to be written in the letter: Acts 15:23; Revelation 2:1, 8, 12, 18; Revelation 3:1, 7, 14; γράφειν τινί τι, 1 Corinthians 14:37; 2 Corinthians 1:13; 2 Corinthians 2:3 [L T Tr WH omit the dative]; Galatians 1:20; 1 Timothy 3:14; 1 John 1:4 [R G L]; 1 John 2:1; περί τινος, 1 John 2:26; Acts 25:26; 2 Corinthians 9:1; 1 Thessalonians 4:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:1; Jude 1:3; διὰ χειρός τινος, to send a letter by one, Acts 15:23 [see χείρ]; γράφειν τινί, followed by an infinitive, by letter to bid one do a thing, Acts 18:27; followed by μή with an infinitive (to forbid, write one not to etc.), 1 Corinthians 5:9, 11.
3. to fill with writing (German beschreiben): βιβλίον γεγραμμένον ἔσωθεν καὶ 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 τινι to write a commandment to one, Mark 10:5; 1 John 2:7; 2 John 1:5. [Compare: ἀπο-, ἐγ-, ἐπι-, κατα-, προγράφω.]

Related entry:
ἐνγράφω, see ἐν, III. 2 and 3.

Related entry:
καταγράφω: imperfect 3 person singular κατέγραφεν; to draw (forms or figures), to delineate: John 8:6 manuscript D etc. which T Tr WH (text) would substitute for R G ἔγραφεν. (Pausan. 1, 28, 2. Differently in other Greek writings.) [Perhaps it may be taken in John under the passage cited in a more general sense: to mark (cf. Pollux 9, 7, 104, etc.).]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Ezekiel
2:10
Matthew
4:4; 4:6; 4:10; 21:13; 26:24; 26:31
Mark
1:2; 7:6; 9:12; 10:4; 10:5; 11:17; 12:19; 14:21; 14:27
Luke
1:3; 1:63; 4:8; 4:10; 10:20; 18:31; 19:46; 20:28
John
1:45; 1:46; 2:17; 5:46; 6:31; 8:6; 8:6; 12:14; 12:16; 19:19; 19:21; 19:22; 21:25
Acts
1:20; 7:42; 13:29; 13:33; 15:15; 15:23; 15:23; 18:27; 23:5; 23:25; 25:26
Romans
1:17; 2:24; 3:4; 3:4; 4:24; 10:5; 11:8; 12:19; 14:11; 15:15
1 Corinthians
1:31; 2:9; 3:19; 5:9; 5:11; 9:10; 10:11; 14:37; 15:54
2 Corinthians
1:13; 2:3; 2:4; 2:9; 4:13; 7:12; 8:15; 9:1; 9:9
Galatians
1:20; 3:10; 3:13; 4:22; 4:27; 6:11
1 Thessalonians
4:9; 5:1
2 Thessalonians
3:17
1 Timothy
3:14
Philemon
1:21
1 Peter
5:12
2 Peter
3:1; 3:15
1 John
1:4; 2:1; 2:7; 2:12; 2:26
2 John
1:5
3 John
1:13
Jude
1:3
Revelation
1:3; 1:11; 1:19; 2:1; 2:8; 2:12; 2:17; 2:18; 3:1; 3:7; 3:12; 3:14; 5:1; 10:4; 13:8; 14:1; 14:13; 17:8; 17:8; 19:16; 20:12; 20:15; 21:27; 22:18; 22:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1125 matches the Greek γράφω (graphō),
which occurs 192 times in 181 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 2 / 4 (Jhn 12:16–1Co 5:11)

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:16 -

His disciples did not understand these things at first. However, when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and that they had done these things to him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:25 -

“But this happened so that the statement written in their law might be fulfilled: They hated me for no reason.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:19 -

Pilate also had a sign made and put on the cross. It said: Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:20 -

Many of the Jews read this sign, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:21 -

So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Don’t write, ‘The king of the Jews,’ but that he said, ‘I am the king of the Jews.’ ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:22 -

Pilate replied, “What I have written, I have written.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:30 -

Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples that are not written in this book.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:31 -

But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God,[fn] and that by believing you may have life in his name.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:24 -

This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who wrote them down. We know that his testimony is true.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:25 -

And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which, if every one of them were written down, I suppose not even the world itself could contain the books[fn] that would be written.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:20 -

“For it is written in the Book of Psalms:

Let his dwelling become desolate;

let no one live in it; and

Let someone else take his position.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:42 -

“God turned away and gave them up to worship the stars of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets:

House of Israel, did you bring me offerings and sacrifices

for forty years in the wilderness?

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:29 -

“When they had carried out all that had been written about him, they took him down from the tree and put him in a tomb.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:33 -

“God has fulfilled this for us, their children, by raising up Jesus, as it is written in the second Psalm:

You are my Son;

today I have become your Father.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:15 -

“And the words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written:

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:23 -

They wrote:

“From the apostles and the elders, your brothers,

To the brothers and sisters among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia:

Greetings.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:27 -

When he wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers and sisters wrote to the disciples to welcome him. After he arrived, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:5 -

“I did not know, brothers, that he was the high priest,” replied Paul. “For it is written, You must not speak evil of a ruler of your people.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:25 -

He wrote the following letter:[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:14 -

“But I admit this to you: I worship the God of my ancestors according to the Way, which they call a sect, believing everything that is in accordance with the law and written in the prophets.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:26 -

“I have nothing definite to write to my lord about him. Therefore, I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after this examination is over, I may have something to write.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:17 -

For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith,[fn] just as it is written: The righteous will live by faith.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:24 -

For, as it is written: The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:4 -

Absolutely not! Let God be true, even though everyone is a liar, as it is written:

That you may be justified in your words

and triumph when you judge.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:10 -

as it is written:

There is no one righteous, not even one.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:17 -

As it is written: I have made you the father of many nations ​— ​ in the presence of the God in whom he believed, the one who gives life to the dead and calls things into existence that do not exist.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:23 -

Now it was credited to him was not written for Abraham alone,

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:36 -

As it is written:

Because of you

we are being put to death all day long;

we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:13 -

As it is written: I have loved Jacob, but I have hated Esau.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:33 -

As it is written,

Look, I am putting a stone in Zion to stumble over

and a rock to trip over,

and the one who believes on him

will not be put to shame.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:5 -

since Moses writes about the righteousness that is from the law: The one who does these things will live by them.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:15 -

And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: How beautiful[fn] are the feet of those who bring good news.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:8 -

as it is written,

God gave them a spirit of stupor,

eyes that cannot see

and ears that cannot hear,

to this day.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:26 -

And in this way all[fn] Israel will be saved, as it is written,

The Deliverer will come from Zion;

he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:19 -

Friends, do not avenge yourselves; instead, leave room for God’s wrath, because it is written, Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:11 -

For it is written,

As I live, says the Lord,

every knee will bow to me,

and every tongue will give praise to God.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:3 -

For even Christ did not please himself. On the contrary, as it is written, The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:4 -

For whatever was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that we may have hope through endurance and through the encouragement from the Scriptures.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:9 -

and so that Gentiles may glorify God for his mercy. As it is written,

Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles,

and I will sing praise to your name.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:15 -

Nevertheless, I have written to remind you more boldly on some points[fn] because of the grace given me by God

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:21 -

but, as it is written,

Those who were not told about him will see,

and those who have not heard will understand.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:22 -

I, Tertius, who wrote this letter, greet you in the Lord.[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:19 -

For it is written,

I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,

and I will set aside the intelligence of the intelligent.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:31 -

in order that, as it is written: Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:9 -

But as it is written,

What no eye has seen, no ear has heard,

and no human heart has conceived —

God has prepared these things for those who love him.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:19 -

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, since it is written, He catches the wise in their craftiness;

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:6 -

Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying: “Nothing beyond what is written.” The purpose is that none of you will be arrogant, favoring one person over another.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:14 -

I’m not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my dear children.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:9 -

I wrote to you in a letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:11 -

But actually, I wrote[fn] you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister and is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or verbally abusive, a drunkard or a swindler. Do not even eat with such a person.


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