Strong's Lexicon
G1121 — γράμμα
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1121 |
|---|---|
| Word: | γράμμα |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G1125 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 14 |
| Transliteration: | gramma |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | gram'-mah |
| Meaning: | 1. a writing, i.e. a letter, note, epistle, book, etc. 2. (plural) learning |
| KJV Renderings: | bill, learning, letter, scripture, writing, written |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
γράμμα, γράμματος, τό (γράφω), that which has been written;
1. a letter i. e. the character: Luk 23:38 (R G L brackets Tr marginal reading brackets); Gal 6:11.
2. any writing, a document or record;
a. a note of hand, bill, bond, account, written acknowledgment of debt (asscriptio in Varro sat. Men. 8, 1 (cf. Edersheim ii., 268ff)): Luk 16:6 f. ((Josephus, Antiquities 18, 6, 3), in L text T Tr WH plural τά γράμματα; so of one document also in Antiph., p. 114 (30); Demosthenes, p. 1034, 16; Vulg.cautio).
b. a letter, an epistle: Act 28:21; (Herodotus 5, 14; Thucydides 8, 50; Xenophon, Cyril 4, 5, 26, etc.).
c. τά ἱερά γράμματα the sacred writings (of the O. T.; (so Josephus, Antiquities prooem. § 3; 10, 10, 4 at the end; contra Apion 1, 10; Philo, de vit. Moys. 3, 39; de praem. et poen. § 14; leg. ad Gai. § 29, etc. — but always τά ἱερά γράμματα)): 2Ti 3:15 (here T WH omit; L Tr brackets τά); γράμμα equivalent to the written law of Moses, Rom 2:27; Μωϋσέως γράμματα, Joh 5:47. Since the Jews so clave to the letter of the law that it not only became to them a mere letter but also a hindrance to true religion, Paul calls it γράμμα in a disparaging sense, and contrasts it with τό πνεῦμα i. e. the divine Spirit, whether operative in the Mosaic law, Rom 2:29, or in the gospel, by which Christians are governed, Rom 7:6; 2Co 3:6 f (but in 2Co 3:7 R G T WH read the plural written in letters, so L marginal reading Tr marginal reading).
3. τά γράμματα, like the Latinlitterae, English letters, equivalent to learning: Act 26:24; εἰδέναι, μεμαθηκέναι γράμματα (cf. German studirthaben), of sacred learning, Joh 7:15. (μανθάνειν, ἐπίστασθαί, etc., γράμματα are used by the Greeks of the rudiments of learning; cf. Passow, i. p. 571; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. a.).)
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
γράμμα (bill)
Luke 16:6
- KJV: And he said An hundred measures of oil And he said unto him Take thy bill and sit down quickly and write fifty
- GK: ο δε είπεν εκατόν βάτους ελαίου και είπεν αυτώ δέξαι σου το γράμμα και καθίσας ταχέως γράψον πεντήκοντα
Luke 16:7
- KJV: Then said he to another And how much owest thou And he said An hundred measures of wheat And he said unto him Take thy bill and write fourscore
- GK: έπειτα ετέρω είπεν συ δε πόσον οφείλεις ο δε είπεν εκατόν κόρους σίτου και λέγει αυτώ δέξαι σου το γράμμα και γράψον ογδοήκοντα
Luke 23:38
- KJV: And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek and Latin and Hebrew THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS
- GK: ην δε και επιγραφή γεγραμμένη επ΄ αυτώ γράμμασιν Ελληνικοίς και Ρωμαϊκοίς και Εβραϊκοίς ούτός εστιν ο βασιλεύς των Ιουδαίων
John 5:47
- KJV: But if ye believe not his writings how shall ye believe my words
- GK: ει δε τοις εκείνου γράμμασιν ου πιστεύετε πως τοις εμοίς ρήμασι πιστεύσετε
John 7:15
- KJV: And the Jews marvelled saying How knoweth this man letters having never learned
- GK: και εθαύμαζον οι Ιουδαίοι λέγοντες πως ούτος γράμματα οίδε μη μεμαθηκώς
Acts 26:24
- KJV: And as he thus spake for himself Festus said with a loud voice Paul thou art beside thyself much learning doth make thee mad
- GK: ταύτα δε αυτού απολογουμένου ο Φήστος μεγάλη τη φωνή έφη μαίνη Παύλε τα πολλά σε γράμματα εις μανίαν περιτρέπει
Acts 28:21
- KJV: And they said unto him We neither received letters out of Judæa concerning thee neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee
- GK: οι δε προς αυτόν είπον ημείς ούτε γράμματα περί σου εδεξάμεθα από της Ιουδαίας ούτε παραγενόμενός τις των αδελφών απήγγειλεν η ελάλησέ τι περί σου πονηρόν
Romans 2:27
- KJV: And shall not uncircumcision by nature if it fulfil the law judge thee who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law
- GK: και κρινεί η εκ φύσεως ακροβυστία τον νόμον τελούσα σε τον διά γράμματος και περιτομής παραβάτην νόμου
Romans 2:29
- KJV: But he a Jew which is one inwardly and circumcision of the heart in the spirit not in the letter whose praise not of men but of God
- GK: αλλ΄ ο εν τω κρυπτώ Ιουδαίος και περιτομή καρδίας εν πνεύματι ου γράμματι ου ο έπαινος ουκ εξ ανθρώπων αλλ΄ εκ του θεού
Romans 7:6
- KJV: But now we are delivered from the law that being dead wherein we were held that we should serve in newness of spirit and not the oldness of the letter
- GK: νυνί δε κατηργήθημεν από του νόμου αποθανόντες εν ω κατειχόμεθα ώστε δουλεύειν ημάς εν καινότητι πνεύματος και ου παλαιότητι γράμματος
2 Corinthians 3:6
- KJV: Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament not of the letter but of the spirit for the letter killeth but the spirit giveth life
- GK: ος και ικάνωσεν ημάς διακόνους καινής διαθήκης ου γράμματος αλλά πνεύματος το γαρ γράμμα αποκτείνει το δε πνεύμα ζωοποιεί
2 Corinthians 3:7
- KJV: But if the ministration of death written engraven in stones was glorious so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance which was to be done away
- GK: ει δε η διακονία του θανάτου εν γράμμασιν εντετυπώμενη εν λίθοις εγενήθη εν δόξη ώστε μη δύνασθαι ατενίσαι τους υιούς Ισραήλ εις το πρόσωπον Μωυσέως διά την δόξαν του προσώπου αυτού την καταργουμένην
Galatians 6:11
- KJV: Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand
- GK: ίδετε πηλίκοις υμίν γράμμασιν έγραψα τη εμή χειρί
2 Timothy 3:15
- KJV: And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus
- GK: και ότι από βρέφους τα ιερά γράμματα οίδας τα δυνάμενά σε σοφίσαι εις σωτηρίαν διά πίστεως της εν χριστώ Ιησού
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