What does ἐπιγραφή (epigraphḗ) mean in the Bible?
ἐπιγραφή (epigraphḗ): Written text officially inscribed on a surface, especially a formal declaration or title.
Greek · G1923
ἐπιγραφή
An inscription
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ἐπιγραφή G1923
Pronunciation epigraphḗ
What does ἐπιγραφή (epigraphḗ) mean in the Bible?
ἐπιγραφή (epigraphḗ): Written text officially inscribed on a surface, especially a formal declaration or title.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1923?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include inscription (3), an inscription (1), inscribed (1).
Where does ἐπιγραφή (epigraphḗ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 22:20. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2), Mark (2), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It inscription 3× Matthew 22:20, Mark 12:16, Luke 20:24
an inscription 1× Luke 23:38
inscribed 1× Mark 15:26
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 22:20 ἐπιγραφή to inscription Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Mark 12:16 ἐπιγραφή to inscription Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Mark 15:26 ἐπιγραφὴ to inscribed Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Luke 20:24 ἐπιγραφήν to inscription Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Luke 23:38 ἐπιγραφὴ to an inscription Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 22:20
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Mark 2 Luke 2
Source forms
ἐπιγραφή 2x epigraphē Matthew 22:20, Mark 12:16
ἐπιγραφὴ 2x epigraphē Mark 15:26, Luke 23:38
ἐπιγραφήν 1x epigraphēn Luke 20:24
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 4x Matthew 22:20, Mark 12:16, Mark 15:26, Luke 23:38
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Luke 20:24
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Written text officially inscribed on a surface, especially a formal declaration or title.
Strong's G1923
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 2 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
an inscription
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 22:20 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ἐπιγραφή; epigrafh
an inscription, title
Read verse Mark 12:16 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ἐπιγραφή; epigrafh
an inscription, title
Read verse Mark 15:26 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ἐπιγραφὴ epigrafh
an inscription, title
Read verse Luke 20:24 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἐπιγραφήν; epigrafhn
an inscription, title
Read verse Luke 23:38 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ἐπιγραφὴ epigrafh
an inscription, title
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 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 2 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Nominative (4) Number pattern Singular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 22:20 · Mark 12:16 · Mark 15:26 · Luke 23:38 4×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Luke 20:24 1×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Luke 20:20–26 ἐπιγραφή epigraphḗ
Inscription
Luke 23:32–38 ἐπιγραφή epigraphḗ
Inscription, written notice
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἐπιγραφή is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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