Lexical Definition

‎γραμματεύς‎ grammateús (gram-mat-yooce') scribe ^G:N-M
from ‎γράμμα‎. a writer, i.e. (professionally) scribe or secretary

scribe, town-clerk.

Abbott-Smith

γραμματεύς, -έως (acc. pl., -εῖς, v. Bl., §8, 2), ὁ (< γράμμα), [in LXX always for שׁטר in Hex., elsewhere chiefly for ספר;]

1. a secretary; γ. τ. πόλεως, a state-clerk: Ac 19:35.
2. In π., of a military officer (Deiss., BS, 110f.). So Jg 5:14, IV Ki 25:19 (ספר), al.
3. a scribe, a biblical scholar, teacher of the law (so first in I Es 8:3, II Es 7:6; in Lk 5:17, νομοδιδάσκαλος; in Lk 10:25, νομικός): Mt 7:29, Mk 1:22, and freq. in Gosp. γ. καὶ ἀρχιερεῖς, Mt 2:4, et al.; γ. κ. Φαρισαῖοι, Mt 5:20, et al.; γ. μαθητευθεὶς τῇ βασιλείᾳ τ. οὐρ., Mt 13:52; ποῦ σοφός; ποῦ γ., I Co 1:20 (Cremer, 167; DB, iv, 420, 800).

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

γραμματεύς-εύς, έως, ὁ,

secretary, registrar, title of officials at Athens and elsewhere, [NT+5th c.BC+]; γ. τοῦ θεοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of subordinate officials, clerk, sometimes a term of contempt, ὄλεθρος γ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ γ., in joke, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 metaphorically, recorder, of memory, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 scholar, γ. σαφής [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__4 one who traces or marks out, of Egyptian embalmers, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Acts.19.35}