γραφή
graphē
a writing
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word "graphē" (Strong's number: G1124) refers to a writing or a written document. Its primary meaning is a physical record of information, such as a letter, a scroll, or a book. This word is used 51 times in the Bible, indicating its significance in ancient Greek culture and literature. The range of usage for "graphē" is quite broad, encompassing various forms of written communication, including letters (e.g., Romans 16:22), official documents (e.g., Acts 6:15), and even divine revelations (e.g., John 1:1). This versatility suggests that "graphē" was a fundamental concept in ancient Greek society, essential for recording and conveying information. The significance of "graphē" lies in its role as a tangible representation of knowledge, ideas, and messages. In a pre-digital era, written documents were the primary means of communication and record-keeping, making "graphē" a vital tool for preserving history, transmitting culture, and facilitating social interaction.
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Occurrences in Scripture
51 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes?’
Matthew 22:29But Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
Matthew 26:54How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?”
Matthew 26:56But all this has happened that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.
Mark 12:10Haven’t you even read this Scripture: ‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the head of the corner.
Mark 12:24Jesus answered them, “Isn’t this because you are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God?
Mark 14:49I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you didn’t arrest me. But this is so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled.”
Mark 15:28The Scripture was fulfilled, which says, “He was counted with transgressors.”
Luke 4:21He began to tell them, “Today, this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”
Luke 24:27Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
Luke 24:32They said to one another, “Weren’t our hearts burning within us, while he spoke to us along the way, and while he opened the Scriptures to us?”
Luke 24:45Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures.
John 2:22When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this, and they believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
John 5:39“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.
John 7:38He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”
John 7:42Hasn’t the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”
John 10:35If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture can’t be broken),
John 13:18I don’t speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen. But that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.’
John 17:12While I was with them in the world, I kept them in your name. I have kept those whom you have given me. None of them is lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
Acts 8:35Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him about Jesus.
John 19:24Then they said to one another, “Let’s not tear it, but cast lots for it to decide whose it will be,” that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which says, “They parted my garments among them. For my cloak they cast lots.” Therefore the soldiers did these things.
John 19:28After this, Jesus, seeing that all things were now finished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I am thirsty.”
John 19:36For these things happened that the Scripture might be fulfilled, “A bone of him will not be broken.”
John 19:37Again another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they pierced.”
John 20:9For as yet they didn’t know the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
Acts 1:16“Brothers, it was necessary that this Scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus.
Acts 8:32Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn’t open his mouth.
Acts 17:2Paul, as was his custom, went in to them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
Acts 18:24Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was mighty in the Scriptures.
Acts 18:28for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
Romans 1:2which he promised before through his prophets in the holy Scriptures,
Romans 4:3For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”
Romans 9:17For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
Romans 10:11For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed.”
Romans 11:2God didn’t reject his people, which he foreknew. Or don’t you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:
Romans 15:4For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through perseverance and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
Romans 16:26{14.25} having been made manifest however now through also Scriptures prophetic according to the commandment of the Eternal God unto the obedience of faith — to all the Gentiles having been made known —
1 Corinthians 15:3For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
1 Corinthians 15:4that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
Galatians 3:8The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the Good News beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you all the nations will be blessed.”
Galatians 3:22But the Scripture imprisoned all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
Galatians 4:30However what does the Scripture say? “Throw out the servant and her son, for the son of the servant will not inherit with the son of the free woman.”
1 Timothy 5:18For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle the ox when it treads out the grain.” And, “The laborer is worthy of his wages.”
2 Timothy 3:16Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,
Acts 17:11Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
James 2:8However, if you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.
James 2:23So the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God.
James 4:5Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously”?
1 Peter 2:6Because it is contained in Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen and precious: He who believes in him will not be disappointed.”
2 Peter 1:20knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of private interpretation.