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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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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

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)]), , (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)

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:6 - So on that day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters over the people and their foremen, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:10 -

So the taskmasters of the people and their foremen went out and spoke to the people, saying, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I am not going to give you any straw.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14 - Moreover, the foremen of the sons of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten [fn]and were asked, “Why have you not completed your required amount either yesterday or today in making brick as previously?”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:15 -

Then the foremen of the sons of Israel came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, “Why do you deal this way with your slaves?

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:19 - Then the foremen of the sons of Israel saw that they were in trouble [fn]because they were told, “You must not reduce [fn]your daily amount of bricks.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:16 -

Yahweh therefore said to Moses, “Gather for Me seventy men from the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and their officers, and take them to the tent of meeting, and let them take their stand there with you.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:5 - “The officers also shall speak to the people, saying, ‘Who is the man that has built a new house and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man dedicate it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:8 - “Then the officers shall speak further to the people and say, ‘Who is the man that is afraid and whose heart is faint? Let him go and return to his house, so that [fn]he might not make his brothers’ hearts melt like his heart.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:9 - “Now it will be that when the officers have finished speaking to the people, they shall appoint commanders of armies at the head of the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:10 -

Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:2 - Now it happened that at the end of three days the officers went through the midst of the camp;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:33 - And all Israel with their elders and officers and their judges were standing on both sides of the ark before the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, the sojourner as well as the native. Half of them stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, just as Moses the servant of Yahweh had given a command at first to bless the people of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:2 - that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and their heads and their judges and their officers, and said to them, “I am old, advanced in years.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:1 -

Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem and called for the elders of Israel and for their heads and their judges and their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:17 - and Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Seraiah was scribe;
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:25 - and Sheva was scribe, and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:3 -

Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha were scribes;

Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:10 - Now it happened that when they saw that there was much money in the chest, the king’s scribe and the high priest came up and tied it in bags and counted the money which was found in the house of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:18 - Then they called to the king, and Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, came out to them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:37 - Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:2 - Then he sent Eliakim who was over the household with Shebna the scribe and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:3 -

Now it happened 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 Yahweh saying,

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:8 -

Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the book of the law in the house of Yahweh.” And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan and he read it.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:10 - Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king saying, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:12 - Then the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, [fn]Achbor the son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:19 - And from the city he took one official who was overseer of the men of war, and five [fn]of the king’s advisers who were found in the city; and the [fn]scribe of the commander of the army who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:55 -

The families of scribes who lived at Jabez were the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. Those are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:12 - Joel was the chief and Shapham the second, then Janai and Shaphat in Bashan.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:16 - and Zadok the son of Ahitub and Abimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Shavsha was scribe;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:4 - Of these, 24,000 were to direct the work of the house of Yahweh; and 6,000 were officers and judges,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:6 - Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel the scribe, from the Levites, wrote them down in the presence of the king, the princes, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites; one father’s household taken for Eleazar and one taken for Ithamar.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:1 -

Now this is the total count of the sons of Israel, the heads of fathers’ households, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who ministered to the king in each matter of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, each division numbering 24,000:

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:32 -

Also Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a counselor, a man of understanding, and a scribe;

and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king’s sons.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:11 - “And behold, Amariah the chief priest will be over you in [fn]all that pertains to Yahweh, and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in [fn]all that pertains to the king. Also the Levites shall be officers before you. Be strong and act, and Yahweh be with the one who is good.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:11 - Now it happened that whenever the chest was brought in to the king’s officer by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, then the king’s scribe and the chief priest’s officer would come, empty the chest, take it, and return it to its place. Thus they did daily and collected much money.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:11 - Moreover, Uzziah had a military force which could wage war, which went out for military duty by divisions according to the number of their muster, prepared by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s officials.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:13 - They were also over those who carried loads, and directed all those who did the work from service to service; and some of the Levites were scribes and officials and gatekeepers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:15 - So Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the book of the law in the house of Yahweh.” And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:18 - Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king saying, “Hilkiah the priest gave me a book.” And Shaphan read from it in the presence of the king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:20 - Then the king commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, [fn]Abdon the son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:8 - [fn]Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes, as follows
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:9 -

then wrote Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their colleagues, the judges and the lesser governors, the officials, the secretaries, the men of Erech, the Babylonians, the men of Susa, that is, the Elamites,

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:17 -

Then the king sent an edict to Rehum the commander, to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their colleagues who live in Samaria and in the rest of the provinces beyond the River: “Peace. And now

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:23 -

Then as soon as the copy of King Artaxerxes’ document was read before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their colleagues, they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews and stopped them by force and military.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:6 - This Ezra went up from Babylon, and he was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses, which Yahweh, the God of Israel had given; and the king granted him all [fn]he requested because the hand of Yahweh his God was upon him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:11 -

Now this is the copy of the letter which King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, [fn]learned in the words of the commandments of Yahweh and His statutes to Israel:

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:12 -

[fn]Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace. And now

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:21 -

“So I, even I, King Artaxerxes, issue a decree to all the treasurers who are in the provinces beyond the [fn]River, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, may ask of you, it shall be done with all diligence,

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:25 -

“And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God which is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges that they may judge all the people who are in the province beyond the River, even all those who know the laws of your God; and to anyone who does not know the laws, you shall make them known.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:1 -

And all the people gathered as one man at the square which was in front of the Water Gate, and they said to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which Yahweh had commanded to Israel.


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