What does γραμματεύς · Φαρισαῖος mean in the Bible?
γραμματεύς · Φαρισαῖος is a Greek phrase meaning "teachers of the law and Pharisees, religious interpreters and leaders".
Greek · G1122, G5330
γραμματέων καὶ Φαρισαίων
:--Scribe, town-clerk. · a separatist, i.e. exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary
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γραμματεύς G1122 :--scribe, town-clerk.
Pronunciation grammateús
Jewish legal expert and biblical scholar who interprets and teaches the law, often opposed to Jesus in the Gospels.
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Φαρισαῖος G5330 a separatist, i.e. exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary
Pronunciation Pharisaîos
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What does γραμματέων καὶ Φαρισαίων (grammateōn kai Pharisaiōn) mean in the Bible?
γραμματεύς · Φαρισαῖος is a Greek phrase meaning "teachers of the law and Pharisees, religious interpreters and leaders".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1122, G5330?
G1122, G5330 is connected to 62 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. teachers of the law and Pharisees, religious interpreters and leaders
Source Gloss
teachers of the law and Pharisees, religious interpreters and leaders
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 6 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 6 Aligned forms 62 Case pattern Nominative (32) Number pattern Plural (57)
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 7:29 · Matt 15:1 · Matt 17:10 · Matt 21:15 · Matt 23:2 · Matt 26:57 · Mark 1:22 · Mark 2:16 · Mark 3:22 · Mark 7:5 · Mark 9:11 · Mark 11:18 · Mark 11:27 · Mark 12:35 · Mark 14:1 · Mark 14:53 27×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 8:19 · Matt 13:52 · Mark 12:32 · Acts 19:35 · 1 Cor 1:20 5×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 5:20 · Matt 9:3 · Matt 12:38 · Matt 16:21 · Matt 27:41 · Mark 2:6 · Mark 7:1 · Mark 8:31 · Mark 12:28 · Mark 12:38 · Mark 14:43 · Mark 15:1 · Mark 15:31 · Luke 9:22 · Luke 20:39 · Luke 20:46 17×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Matt 20:18 · Mark 10:33 2×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 2:4 · Matt 23:34 · Mark 9:14 · Acts 4:5 · Acts 6:12 5×
Vocative · Plural · Masculine Matt 23:13 · Matt 23:15 · Matt 23:23 · Matt 23:25 · Matt 23:27 · Matt 23:29 6×
Word Origins
γραμματέων καὶ Φαρισαίων is built from this root:
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain