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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)]), 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 - The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:10 - So the taskmasters and the foremen of the people went out and said to the people, "Thus says Pharaoh, 'I will not give you straw.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14 - And the foremen of the people of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and were asked, "Why have you not done all your task of making bricks today, as hitherto?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:15 - Then the foremen of the people of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, "Why do you deal thus with your servants?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:19 - The foremen of the people of Israel saw that they were in evil plight, when they said, "You shall by no means lessen your daily number of bricks."

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:16 - And the LORD said to Moses, "Gather for me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them; and bring them to the tent of meeting, and let them take their stand there with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:5 - Then the officers shall speak to the people, saying, 'What man is there that has built a new house and has not dedicated it? Let him go back 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 to the people, and say, 'What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? Let him go back to his house, lest the heart of his fellows melt as his heart.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:9 - And when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people, then commanders shall be appointed at the head of 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,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:2 - At the end of three days the officers went through the camp

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:33 - And all Israel, sojourner as well as homeborn, with their elders and officers and their judges, stood on opposite sides of the ark before the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, half of them in front of Mount Ger'izim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:2 - Joshua summoned all Israel, their elders and heads, their judges and officers, and said to them, "I am now old and well advanced in years;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:1 - Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel; 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 Ahi'tub and Ahim'elech the son of Abi'athar were priests; and Serai'ah was secretary;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:25 - and Sheva was secretary; and Zadok and Abi'athar were priests;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:3 - Elihor'eph and Ahi'jah the sons of Shisha were secretaries; Jehosh'aphat the son of Ahi'lud was recorder;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:10 - And whenever they saw that there was much money in the chest, the king's secretary and the high priest came up and they counted and tied up in bags 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 called for the king, there came out to them Eli'akim the son of Hilki'ah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the secretary, and Jo'ah the son of Asaph, the recorder.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:37 - Then Eli'akim the son of Hilki'ah, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and Jo'ah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezeki'ah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of the Rab'shakeh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:2 - And he sent Eli'akim, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and the senior priests, covered with sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:3 - In the eighteenth year of King Josi'ah, the king sent Shaphan the son of Azali'ah, son of Meshul'lam, the secretary, to the house of the LORD, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:8 - And Hilki'ah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, "I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD." And Hilki'ah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:10 - Then Shaphan the secretary told the king, "Hilki'ah the priest has given 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 Hilki'ah the priest, and Ahi'kam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micai'ah, and Shaphan the secretary, and Asai'ah the king's servant, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:19 - and from the city he took an officer who had been in command of the men of war, and five men of the king's council who were found in the city; and the secretary 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:55

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:55 - The families also of the scribes that dwelt at Jabez: the Ti'rathites, the Shim'e-athites, and the Su'cathites. These are the Ken'ites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:12 - Jo'el the chief, Shapham the second, Ja'nai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:16 - and Zadok the son of Ahi'tub and Ahim'elech the son of Abi'athar were priests; and Shavsha was secretary;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:4 - "Twenty-four thousand of these," David said, "shall have charge of the work in the house of the LORD, six thousand shall be officers and judges,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:6 - And the scribe Shemai'ah the son of Nethan'el, a Levite, recorded them in the presence of the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahim'elech the son of Abi'athar, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the priests and of the Levites; one father's house being chosen for Elea'zar and one chosen for Ith'amar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:1 - This is the list of the people of Israel, the heads of fathers' houses, the commanders of thousands and hundreds, and their officers who served the king in all matters concerning the divisions that came and went, month after month throughout the year, each division numbering twenty-four thousand:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:32 - Jonathan, David's uncle, was a counselor, being a man of understanding and a scribe; he and Jehi'el the son of Hach'moni attended the king's sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:11 - And behold, Amari'ah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadi'ah the son of Ish'mael, the governor of the house of Judah, in all the king's matters; and the Levites will serve you as officers. Deal courageously, and may the LORD be with the upright!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:11 - And whenever the chest was brought to the king's officers by the Levites, when they saw that there was much money in it, the king's secretary and the officer of the chief priest would come and empty the chest and take it and return it to its place. Thus they did day after day, and collected money in abundance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:11 - Moreover Uzzi'ah had an army of soldiers, fit for war, in divisions according to the numbers in the muster made by Je-i'el the secretary and Ma-asei'ah the officer, under the direction of Hanani'ah, one of the king's commanders.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:13 - were over the burden bearers and directed all who did work in every kind of service; and some of the Levites were scribes, and officials, and gatekeepers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:15 - Then Hilki'ah said to Shaphan the secretary, "I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD"; and Hilki'ah gave the book to Shaphan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:18 - Then Shaphan the secretary told the king, "Hilki'ah the priest has 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 Hilki'ah, Ahi'kam the son of Shaphan, Abdon the son of Micah, Shaphan the secretary, and Asai'ah the king's servant, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:8 - Rehum the commander and Shim'shai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Ar-ta-xerx'es the king as follows--

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:9 - then wrote Rehum the commander, Shim'shai the scribe, and the rest of their associates, the judges, the governors, the officials, the Persians, the men of Erech, the Babylonians, the men of Susa, that is, the Elamites,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:17 - The king sent an answer: "To Rehum the commander and Shim'shai the scribe and the rest of their associates who live in Sama'ria and in the rest of the province Beyond the River, greeting. And now

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:23 - Then, when the copy of King Ar-ta-xerx'es' letter was read before Rehum and Shim'shai the scribe and their associates, they went in haste to the Jews at Jerusalem and by force and power made them cease.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:6 - this Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses which the LORD the God of Israel had given; and the king granted him all that he asked, for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:11 - This is a copy of the letter which King Ar-ta-xerx'es gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, learned in matters of the commandments of the LORD and his statutes for Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:12 - "Ar-ta-xerx'es, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven. And now

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:21 - "And I, Ar-ta-xerx'es the king, make a decree to all the treasurers in the province Beyond the River: Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, requires of you, be it done with all diligence,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:25 - "And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God which is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people in the province Beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your God; and those who do not know them, you shall teach.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:1 - And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate; and they told Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the LORD had given to Israel.

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