Greek · G1122 · unreviewed

γραμματεύς

:--Scribe, town-clerk.

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γραμματεύς G1122

Pronunciation grammateús

What does γραμματεύς (grammateús) mean in the Bible?

γραμματεύς (grammateús) is a Greek word meaning ":--scribe, town-clerk.". γραμματεύς, -έως (accusative pl. This term runs through the canonical themes of Justice.

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Meaning

:--scribe, town-clerk.

Extended definition

Jewish legal expert and biblical scholar who interprets and teaches the law, often opposed to Jesus in the Gospels.

(γράμμα), [in LXX always for שׁטר in Hex., elsewhere chiefly for ספר ;]

1a secretary; γ. τ. πόλεως, a state-clerk: Act.19:35.

2In π., of a military officer (Deiss., BS, 110f.). So Jdg.5:14, 4Ki.25:19 (ספר), al.

3a scribe, a biblical scholar, teacher of the law (so first in I Est.8:3, II Est.7:6; in Luk.5:17, νομοδιδάσκαλος; in Luk.10:25, νομικός): Mat.7:29, Mrk.1:22, and frequently in Gosp. γ. καὶ ἀρχιερεῖς, Mat.2:4, and al.; γ. κ. Φαρισαῖοι, Mat.5:20, and al.; γ. μαθητευθεὶς τῇ βασιλείᾳ τ. οὐρ., Mat.13:52; ποῦ σοφός; ποῦ γ., 1Co.1:20 (Cremer, 167; DB, iv, 420, 800).

Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith

Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

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×

Canonical Themes

Justice

Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Witnesses

Luke 20:45–47 γραμματέων grammateús

Scribes, teachers of the Law

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Luke 6 — The Lord of the Sabbath Forms a Kingdom People Mark 11 — The King Comes to Jerusalem: Fig Tree, Temple Judgment, Faith, Forgiveness, and Authority Mark 12 — The Rejected Son, the Greatest Commandment, the Lord of David, and the Widow’s Offering Mark 14 — The Son of Man Handed Over: Anointing, Supper, Gethsemane, Betrayal, Trial, and Denial Mark 15 — The Crucified King: Condemnation, Mockery, Death, Confession, and Burial Mark 7 — True Defilement and Boundary-Crossing Mercy Mark 8 — Seeing Jesus Clearly: Bread, Blindness, Confession, Cross, and Discipleship Mark 9 — Glory, Unbelief, Suffering, Humility, and Radical Discipleship Matthew 12 — The Lord of the Sabbath, the Servant of the Lord, and the Crisis of Unbelief Matthew 13 — The Kingdom in Parables: Hearing, Hiddenness, Growth, Worth, and Judgment Matthew 15 — Tradition, the Heart, Gentile Faith, and the Compassionate Bread of the Messiah Matthew 16 — The Confession of the Christ, the Church Christ Builds, and the Cross-Shaped Way of Discipleship Matthew 2 — The Messiah Worshiped, Threatened, Preserved, and Called Out of Egypt Matthew 20 — The First-Last Kingdom, the Ransom-Giving Son of Man, and Mercy for the Blind Matthew 21 — The King Enters Jerusalem, Judges Fruitless Religion, and Exposes Rejected-Son Leadership Matthew 23 — Woes upon Hypocritical Leadership and the Lament over Jerusalem Matthew 5 — Kingdom Blessedness, Fulfilled Law, and Heart-Level Righteousness Matthew 7 — Kingdom Discernment, the Narrow Way, and the Wise Builder Matthew 9 — Authority to Forgive, Mercy for Sinners, and Compassion for the Harvest

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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