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Lexicon :: Strong's G1122 - grammateus

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γραμματεύς
Transliteration
grammateus (Key)
Pronunciation
gram-mat-yooce'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TDNT Reference: 1:740,127

Trench's Synonyms: cvii. Additional Synonyms

Strong’s Definitions

γραμματεύς grammateús, gram-mat-yooce'; from G1121. a writer, i.e. (professionally) scribe or secretary:—scribe, town-clerk.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 67x

The KJV translates Strong's G1122 in the following manner: scribe (66x), townclerk (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 67x
The KJV translates Strong's G1122 in the following manner: scribe (66x), townclerk (1x).

  1. a clerk, scribe, esp.a public servant, secretary, recorder, whose office and influence differed in different states

  2. in the Bible, a man learned in the Mosaic law and in the sacred writings, an interpreter, teacher. Scribes examined the more difficult and subtle questions of the law; added to the Mosaic law decisions of various kinds thought to elucidate its meaning and scope, and did this to the detriment of religion. Since the advice of men skilled in the law was needed in the examination in the causes and the solution of the difficult questions, they were enrolled in the Sanhedrin; and are mentioned in connection with the priests and elders of the people. See a Bible Dictionary for more information on the scribes.

  3. a religious teacher: so instructed that from his learning and ability to teach advantage may redound to the kingdom of heaven

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
γραμματεύς grammateús, gram-mat-yooce'; from G1121. a writer, i.e. (professionally) scribe or secretary:—scribe, town-clerk.
STRONGS G1122:
γραμματεύς, -έως, (accusative plural -εῖς, Winers Grammar, § 9, 2; [Buttmann, 14 (13)]), ὁ, (γράμμα), Sept. for סֹפֵר and שֹׁטֵר;
1. in secular authors and here and there in the O. T. [e. g. 2 Samuel 8:17; 2 Samuel 20:25; 2 Kings 19:2; 2 Kings 25:19; Psalm 44:2 (Ps. 45:2)], a clerk, scribe, especially a public scribe, secretary, recorder, whose office and influence differed in different states: Acts 19:35 (Sir. 10:5); [cf. Lightfoot in The Contemporary Review for 1878, p. 294; Wood, Discoveries at Ephesus, Appendix, Inscriptions from the Great Theatre, p. 49 n.],
2. in the Bible, a man learned in the Mosaic law and in the sacred writings, an interpreter, teacher: Matthew 23:34; 1 Corinthians 1:20 (called also νομικός in Luke 10:25, and νομοδιδάσκαλος in Luke 5:17; [Meyer (on Matthew 22:35), while denying any essential difference between γραμματεύς and νομικός (cf. Luke 11:52, 53 — yet see critical texts), regards the latter name as the more specific (a jurisconsult) and Classic, γρ. as the more general (a learned man) and Hebraistic; it is also the more common in the Apocrypha, where νομ. occurs only 4 Macc. 5:3. As teachers they were called νομοδιδάσκαλοι. Cf. B. D. under the word Lawyer, also under the word Scribes I. 1 note]); Jeremiah 8:8 (cf. Jeremiah 2:8); Nehemiah 8:1; Nehemiah 12:26, 36; 2 Esdr. 7:6, 11, and especially Sir. 38:24, 31ff; Sir. 39:1-11. The γραμματεῖς explained the meaning of the sacred oracles, Matthew 2:4 [γρ. τοῦ λαοῦ, Joshua 1:10; 1 Macc. 5:42; cf. Sir. 44:4]; Matthew 17:10; Mark 9:11; Mark 12:35; examined into the more difficult and subtile questions of the law, Matthew 9:3; Mark 2:6; Mark 12:28; added to the Mosaic law decisions of various kinds thought to elucidate its meaning and scope, and did this to the detriment of religion, Matthew 5:20; Matthew 15:1ff; 23:2ff; Mark 7:1ff; cf. Luke 11:46. Since the advice of men skilled in the law was needed in the examination of causes and the solution of difficult questions, they were enrolled in the Sanhedrin; and accordingly in the N. T. they are often mentioned in connection with the priests and elders of the people: Matthew 21:15; Matthew 26:3 R G; Mark 11:18, 27; Mark 14:1; Mark 15:1; Luke 19:47; Luke 20:1; Luke 22:2. Cf. Schürer, Neutest. Zeitgesch. § 25 ii.; Klöpper in Schenkel v. 247ff; [and thorough articles in BB. DD. under the word Scribes; cf. W. Robertson Smith, The O. T. in the Jewish Ch., Lect. iii.]:
3. universally, a religious teacher: γραμματεὺς μαθητευθεὶς εἰς τὴν βασιλ. τῶν οὐρ. a teacher so instructed that from his learning and ability to teach advantage may redound to the kingdom of heaven, Matthew 13:52 [but G T Tr WH read μαθ. τῇ βασιλείᾳ (L ἐν τ. β.); and many interpret made a disciple unto the kingdom of heaven (which is personified); see μαθητεύω, at the end].
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Joshua
1:10
2 Samuel
8:17; 20:25
2 Kings
19:2; 25:19
Nehemiah
2; 8:1; 12:26; 12:36
Psalms
44:2; 45:2
Jeremiah
2:8; 8:8
Matthew
2:4; 5:20; 9:3; 13:52; 15:1; 17:10; 21:15; 22:35; 23:2; 23:34; 26:3
Mark
2:6; 7:1; 9:11; 11:18; 11:27; 12:28; 12:35; 14:1; 15:1
Luke
5:17; 10:25; 11:46; 11:52; 11:53; 19:47; 20:1; 22:2
Acts
19:35
1 Corinthians
1:20

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1122 matches the Greek γραμματεύς (grammateus),
which occurs 72 times in 71 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Exo 5:6–Neh 8:1)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:6 - And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:10 - And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14 - And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:15 - Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:19 - And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:16 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:5 - And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:8 - And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:9 - And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:10 - Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:2 - And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:33 - And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:2 - And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:1 - And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:17 - And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:25 - And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:3 - Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:10 - And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:18 - And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:37 - Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:2 - And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:3 - And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:8 - And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:10 - And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:12 - And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:19 - And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:55

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:55 - And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:12 - Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:16 - And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:4 - Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:6 - And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:1 - Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:32 - Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:11 - And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:11 - Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:11 - Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:13 - Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:15 - And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:18 - Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:20 - And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:8 - Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:9 - Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:17 - Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:23 - Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:6 - This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:11 - Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:12 - Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:21 - And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:25 - And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:1 - And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.

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