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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 measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bond, and sit down quickly and write fifty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:7 - Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. He saith unto him, Take thy bond, and write fourscore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:38 - And there was also a superscription over him, 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 believe not 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 marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:24 - And as he thus made his defence, Festus saith with a loud voice, Paul, thou art mad; thy much learning is turning thee mad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:21 - And they said unto him, We neither received letters from Judaea concerning thee, nor did any of the brethren come hither and report or speak any harm of thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:27 - and shall not the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who with the letter and circumcision art a transgressor of the law?

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:29

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:29 - but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the 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 have been discharged from the law, having died to that wherein we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:6 - who also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:7 - But if the ministration of death, written, and engraven on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look stedfastly upon the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which glory was passing away:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:11 - See with how large letters I write unto you with mine own hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 3:15

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