Lexical Definition

‎γράφω‎ gráphō (graf'-o) to write G:V
a primary verb

describe, write(-ing, -ten).

Usage: 62 forms in 425 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
ἔγραψεν He wrote Mark.10.5 • Luke.1.63
wrote Mark.12.19 • Luke.20.28 • John.5.46 • John.19.19 • 2Pet.3.15
wrote of John.1.45
ἔγραψαν wrote Acts.18.27
ἔγραψα I have written Rom.15.15 • Gal.6.11 • 1Pet.5.12 • 1John.2.14 • 1John.2.14 • 1John.2.14 • 1John.2.21 • 1John.2.26
I wrote 1Cor.5.9 • 1Cor.5.11 • 2Cor.2.3 • 2Cor.2.4 • 2Cor.7.12
did I write 2Cor.2.9
did write Phlm.1.19
have I written 1Cor.9.15 • 1John.5.13
ἔγραψά I have written 3John.1.9
I write Phlm.1.21
ἔγραφεν he was writing John.8.6 • John.8.8
ἐγράψατε you wrote 1Cor.7.1
ἐγράφη it was written Rom.4.23 • Rom.16.27 • 1Cor.9.10 • 1Cor.16.24 • 2Cor.13.13 • Gal.6.18 • Eph.6.24 • Phil.4.23 • Col.4.18 • 1Thess.5.28 • 2Thess.3.18 • 1Tim.6.21 • 2Tim.4.22 • Titus.3.15 • Phlm.1.25 • Heb.13.25
was written Rom.15.4
were written 1Cor.10.11
εγράφη And it was written LXX.Esth.8.10
it was written LXX.Esth.8.9
was written down LXX.Ezra.8.34
εγέγραπτο he had written LXX.Deut.9.10
it had written LXX.Ezek.2.10
she wrote LXX.1Kgs.21.9
was written LXX.1Kgs.21.11
γραφόντων writing LXX.Jer.32.12
γραφόμενα to be written John.21.25
γραφούσησ writing LXX.Dan.5.5
γραφήτωσαν be written LXX.Ps.69.28
let them be written LXX.Jer.17.13
γραφήτω Let this be written LXX.Ps.102.18
let him write LXX.Esth.1.19
γραφήσονται shall be written LXX.Ps.139.16
shall they be written LXX.Ezek.13.9
γραφήναι to be written LXX.Job.19.23
to write LXX.Dan.6.9
γραφέντεσ being written LXX.Isa.4.3
γραφέντα having been written LXX.Esth.6.2 • LXX.Esth.8.5
written LXX.Esth.9.1
γράψῃσ may write Rev.10.4
γράψω I may write Acts.25.26
I will write LXX.Exod.34.1 • LXX.Deut.10.2 • LXX.Jer.31.33 • Rev.3.12
γράψον Write LXX.Exod.34.27 • LXX.Prov.3.3 • LXX.Isa.8.1 • LXX.Isa.30.8 • LXX.Jer.30.2 • LXX.Jer.36.2 • LXX.Jer.36.28 • LXX.Ezek.24.2 • LXX.Ezek.37.16 • LXX.Hab.2.2
Write up LXX.Jer.22.30
do write Luke.16.6 • Luke.16.7 • Rev.1.11 • Rev.1.19 • Rev.2.1 • Rev.2.8 • Rev.2.12 • Rev.2.18 • Rev.3.1 • Rev.3.7 • Rev.3.14 • Rev.14.13 • Rev.19.9 • Rev.21.5
γράψη should write LXX.Deut.24.3
γράψετε you shall write LXX.Deut.11.20
γράψεισ you shall write LXX.Deut.6.9 • LXX.Deut.27.3 • LXX.Deut.27.8 • LXX.Jer.32.44 • LXX.Ezek.37.16
γράψει he shall write LXX.Deut.17.18 • LXX.Deut.24.1
shall write LXX.Num.5.23 • LXX.Isa.10.19
γράψατε write LXX.Deut.31.19 • LXX.Esth.8.8
γράψασ having written John.21.24 • Acts.23.25
having written down Rom.16.22
γράψαντεσ having written Acts.15.23
γράψαι to write LXX.Ezra.5.10 • Mark.10.4 • Luke.1.3 • Acts.25.26 • 3John.1.13 • Jude.1.3
γράφων I am writing 2John.1.5
writing LXX.Deut.31.24
γράφω I am writing 2Cor.13.2 • 1Tim.3.14 • 2Pet.3.1 • 1John.2.1 • 1John.2.7 • 1John.2.8 • 1John.2.12 • 1John.2.13 • 1John.2.13
I write 1Cor.14.37 • 2Cor.13.10 • Gal.1.20 • 2Thess.3.17
do I write 1Cor.4.14
γράφουσιν are writing LXX.Isa.10.1
γράφουσι write LXX.Prov.8.15
writing LXX.Isa.10.1
γράφοντεσ for ones writing LXX.Isa.10.1
γράφομεν we write LXX.Neh.9.38 • 2Cor.1.13
write 1John.1.4
γράφηται they shall be written John.21.25
γράφεται written LXX.Esth.8.8
γράφεσθαι to be written 1Thess.5.1
γράφειν to write 2Cor.9.1 • Phil.3.1 • 1Thess.4.9 • 2John.1.12 • 3John.1.13 • Jude.1.3 • Rev.10.4
γράφει writes Rom.10.5
γράφε do write John.19.21
γεγραμμένων written Rev.20.12 • Rev.22.19
γεγραμμένουσ being written LXX.2Kgs.23.3 • LXX.2Chr.34.24 • LXX.Jer.51.60
having been written LXX.2Chr.34.31
ones being written LXX.2Kgs.23.24
γεγραμμένοσ being written LXX.Dan.12.1
having been written LXX.Dan.9.11
written John.15.25 • 1Cor.15.54 • Rev.20.15
γεγραμμένον being written LXX.Ezra.3.4 • LXX.Neh.7.5
writing LXX.Neh.8.15 • LXX.Eccl.12.10
written LXX.Josh.10.13 • LXX.Ezra.6.2 • LXX.Neh.6.6 • LXX.Neh.8.14 • LXX.Neh.13.1 • Luke.4.17 • Luke.20.17 • Luke.22.37 • John.2.17 • John.6.31 • John.6.45 • John.10.34 • John.12.14 • John.19.19 • John.19.20 • 2Cor.4.13 • Rev.2.17 • Rev.5.1 • Rev.14.1 • Rev.17.5 • Rev.19.12 • Rev.19.16
γεγραμμένοισ written Acts.24.14 • Gal.3.10
γεγραμμένοι are written LXX.2Chr.13.22
they are written LXX.1Chr.29.29 • LXX.2Chr.20.34
were written LXX.Neh.12.23
written LXX.1Chr.4.41 • LXX.1Chr.9.1 • LXX.2Chr.9.29 • LXX.2Chr.12.15 • LXX.2Chr.16.11 • LXX.2Chr.25.26 • LXX.2Chr.26.22 • LXX.2Chr.28.26 • LXX.2Chr.35.27 • Rev.21.27
written down LXX.Neh.12.22
γεγραμμένην being written LXX.Deut.28.61
one being written LXX.Deut.28.61
written Matt.27.37
γεγραμμένη is being written LXX.Jer.17.1
written Luke.23.38
γεγραμμένασ being written LXX.Deut.9.10 • LXX.Deut.29.21 • LXX.Deut.29.27 • LXX.2Chr.31.3
ones written LXX.Deut.30.10
written LXX.Exod.31.18 • Rev.22.18
γεγραμμέναι being written LXX.Deut.29.20
written LXX.Exod.32.15 • LXX.2Chr.27.7
γεγραμμένα are LXX.1Kgs.14.29 • LXX.1Kgs.15.7 • LXX.1Kgs.16.5 • LXX.1Kgs.16.14 • LXX.1Kgs.16.20 • LXX.1Kgs.16.27 • LXX.1Kgs.22.45
are written LXX.1Kgs.14.19
been written LXX.1Kgs.11.41 • LXX.2Kgs.13.12
being written LXX.Deut.28.58 • LXX.Josh.8.34 • LXX.Josh.23.6 • LXX.2Kgs.22.13 • LXX.1Chr.16.40 • LXX.2Chr.34.21 • LXX.2Chr.35.26 • LXX.Esth.3.10 • LXX.Jer.25.13
being written on LXX.Ezek.2.10
written LXX.Josh.1.8 • LXX.1Kgs.15.23 • LXX.1Kgs.15.31 • LXX.2Kgs.14.15 • LXX.2Kgs.14.28 • LXX.2Chr.24.27 • Luke.18.31 • Luke.21.22 • Luke.24.44 • John.12.16 • John.20.30 • Acts.13.29 • Rev.1.3 • Rev.19.12
γέγραφα I have written John.19.22 • John.19.22
γέγραπται are written LXX.2Chr.36.8
as written LXX.Ezra.3.2
has been written Luke.10.26 • 1Cor.4.6 • Rev.17.8
has it been written Mark.9.12
have LXX.1Kgs.22.39
have been written John.20.31 • Rev.13.8
is written LXX.2Chr.23.18 • LXX.2Chr.25.4 • LXX.Neh.10.34
it has been written Matt.2.5 • Matt.4.4 • Matt.4.6 • Matt.4.7 • Matt.4.10 • Matt.11.10 • Matt.21.13 • Matt.26.24 • Matt.26.31 • Mark.1.2 • Mark.7.6 • Mark.9.13 • Mark.11.17 • Mark.14.21 • Mark.14.27 • Luke.2.23 • Luke.3.4 • Luke.4.4 • Luke.4.8 • Luke.4.10 • Luke.7.27 • Luke.19.46 • Luke.24.46 • John.8.17 • Acts.1.20 • Acts.7.42 • Acts.13.33 • Acts.15.15 • Acts.23.5 • Rom.1.17 • Rom.2.24 • Rom.3.4 • Rom.3.10 • Rom.4.17 • Rom.8.36 • Rom.9.13 • Rom.9.33 • Rom.10.15 • Rom.11.8 • Rom.11.26 • Rom.12.19 • Rom.14.11 • Rom.15.3 • Rom.15.9 • Rom.15.21 • 1Cor.1.19 • 1Cor.1.31 • 1Cor.2.9 • 1Cor.3.19 • 1Cor.9.9 • 1Cor.10.7 • 1Cor.14.21 • 1Cor.15.45 • 2Cor.8.15 • 2Cor.9.9 • Gal.3.10 • Gal.3.13 • Gal.4.22 • Gal.4.27 • Heb.10.7 • 1Pet.1.16
it is written LXX.Josh.8.31 • LXX.2Sam.1.18 • LXX.2Kgs.14.6 • LXX.2Kgs.23.21 • LXX.2Chr.35.12 • LXX.2Chr.35.25 • LXX.Ps.40.7 • LXX.Isa.65.6
they are written LXX.2Chr.32.32 • LXX.2Chr.33.19 • LXX.Esth.10.2
was written LXX.Ezra.5.7 • LXX.Dan.9.13
written LXX.1Kgs.2.3 • LXX.2Kgs.1.18 • LXX.2Kgs.8.23 • LXX.2Kgs.10.34 • LXX.2Kgs.12.19 • LXX.2Kgs.13.8 • LXX.2Kgs.14.18 • LXX.2Kgs.15.6 • LXX.2Kgs.15.11 • LXX.2Kgs.15.15 • LXX.2Kgs.15.21 • LXX.2Kgs.15.26 • LXX.2Kgs.15.36 • LXX.2Kgs.16.19 • LXX.2Kgs.20.20 • LXX.2Kgs.21.17 • LXX.2Kgs.21.25 • LXX.2Kgs.23.28 • LXX.2Kgs.24.5 • LXX.Neh.10.36
γέγρααπται are written LXX.2Kgs.15.31
έγραψεν Baruch wrote LXX.Jer.36.4
Jehu wrote LXX.2Kgs.10.1
Jeremiah wrote LXX.Jer.51.60
Joshua wrote LXX.Josh.8.32 • LXX.Josh.24.26
he wrote LXX.Exod.34.28 • LXX.Deut.4.13 • LXX.Deut.5.22 • LXX.Deut.10.4 • LXX.Josh.8.32 • LXX.1Sam.10.25 • LXX.2Sam.11.15 • LXX.2Kgs.17.37 • LXX.2Chr.30.1 • LXX.2Chr.32.17 • LXX.Jer.36.32 • LXX.Dan.7.1
they wrote LXX.Ezra.4.6
wrote LXX.1Chr.24.6 • LXX.Ezra.4.7 • LXX.Ezra.4.7 • LXX.Esth.9.23 • LXX.Esth.9.29
έγραψε Baruch wrote LXX.Jer.36.27
David wrote LXX.2Sam.11.14
Moses wrote LXX.Num.33.2 • LXX.Deut.31.9 • LXX.Deut.31.22 • LXX.Deut.32.44
Moses wrote down LXX.Exod.24.4
he depicted LXX.1Kgs.6.29
he wrote LXX.Jer.45.1
she wrote LXX.1Kgs.21.8
wrote LXX.2Kgs.10.6 • LXX.Esth.9.20 • LXX.Esth.10.1 • LXX.Dan.6.25 • LXX.Mal.3.16
έγραψασ depicted LXX.Isa.22.16
did you write LXX.Jer.36.17 • LXX.Jer.36.29
wrote LXX.Ezek.37.20
you wrote LXX.Exod.32.32
έγραψαν they wrote LXX.Exod.39.30 • LXX.Josh.18.9 • LXX.Esth.3.12
wrote LXX.Ezra.4.8
έγραψα I wrote LXX.Exod.24.12 • LXX.Jer.32.10
έγραφον I wrote LXX.Jer.36.18
they wrote LXX.Dan.5.5
έγραφη it was written LXX.Esth.9.32

Abbott-Smith

γράφω, [in LXX chiefly for כּתב ];

1. to scrape, graze (Hom.), and later (Hdt.) to sketch, draw.
2. to write;
(a) of forming or tracing letters on writing material: [6](/btb/interlinear/43%20-%20John/8/John.8.6.html)], Ga 6:11, II Th 3:17;
(b) to express in writing, commit to writing, record: Lk 1:63, Jo 19:21, 22 Re 1:11, 19 al.; of scripture as a standing authority (Deiss., BS, 112ff.), γέγραπται, it stands written (Luther), Mt 4:4, Mk 7:6, Lk 4:8, Ro 1:17, I Co 1:31, al.; id. seq. ἐν, Mk 1:2, Ac 1:20, al.; c. acc., to write of: Jo 1:46, Ro 10:5; seq. περί, Mt 26:24, Mk 14:21, Jo 5:46; al.; c. dat. (WM, §31, 4), Lk 18:31; id. seq. ἵνα (M, Pr., 207f.), Mk 12:19, Lk 20:28; κατὰ τ. γεγραμμένον, II Co 4:13; γεγραμμένον ἐστί, Jo 2:17; ἐγράφη, Ro 4:24; ἐπ’ αὐτῷ γεγραμμένα, Jo 12:16;
(c) of writing directions or information, c. dat. pers.: Ro 15:15, II Co 7:12, al.;
(d) of that which contains the record or message: βιβλίον, Mk 10:4, Jo 21:25, Re 5:1; τίτλον, Jo 19:19; ἐπιστολήν, Ac 23:25; ἐντολήν, Mk 10:5 (cf. ἀπο-, ἐγ-, ἐπι-, κατα-, προ-).

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
Matthew 4:4 · 26:24
Mark 1:2 · 7:6 · 10:4 · 10:5 · 12:19 · 14:21
Luke 1:63 · 4:8 · 18:31 · 20:28
John 1:46 · 2:17 · 5:46 · 8:6 · 12:16 · 19:19 · 19:21 · 19:22 · 21:25
Acts 1:20 · 23:25
Romans 1:17 · 4:24 · 10:5 · 15:15
1 Corinthians 1:31
2 Corinthians 4:13 · 7:12
Galatians 6:11
2 Thessalonians 3:17
Revelation 1:11 · 1:19 · 5:1

Liddell-Scott-Jones

γράφω [ᾰ],

future -ψω[Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἔγραψα, Epic dialect γράψα [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect γέγραφα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, future γράψομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐγραψάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, future γρᾰφήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.: aorist ἐγράφην [ᾰ], [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect γέγραμμαι (also in middle sense, see near the end), 3rd.pers. singular ἔγραπται [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; participle ἐγραμμένος or ἠγρ- [Refs 1st c.AD+]: 3rd.pers. plural γεγράφαται [Refs], Doric dialect γεγράβανται [Refs]: pluperfect ἐγέγραπτο [Refs 5th c.BC+]: 3rd.pers. plural ἐγεγράφατο [Refs 8th c.BC+] only in aorist active:—scratch, graze, αἰχμὴ γράψεν οἱ ὀστέον ἄχρις [Refs 8th c.BC+]; γράψας ἐν πίνακι πτυκτῷ θυμοφθόρα πολλά having marked or drawn signs thereon, [Refs]represent by lines, draw, paint, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γῆς περιόδους γ. draw maps, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ζῷα γ., ={ζωγραφεῖν} (which see), [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—middle, ζῷα γράφεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, εἰκὼν γεγραμμένη [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 in Mathematics texts, describe a figure, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__2.b of a point or line in motion, generate a figure, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 brand, mark, [Refs 3rd c.AD+] —passive in form γεγράφαται[Refs]
__II express by written characters, write, τι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γ. τινὶ ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γ. τινί, with infinitive, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; γ. τι εἰς διφθέρας [γράφω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 811, compare 4th c.BC: Xenarchus Comicus 6; εἰς τέφραν γ. 5th c.BC: Philonides Comicus 7 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ὕδωρ, ἐν ὕδατι, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, πόθι φρενὸς γέγραπται in what leaf of memory it is written, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 inscribe, γ. εἰς σκῦλα, εἰς στήλην, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, γράφεσθαί τι to be inscribed with a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]have my name inscribed, [Refs]; ἐν τῷ προσώπῳ γραφεὶς τὴν συμφοράν having it branded on his forehead, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γεγραμμένα κωκύουσαν, of the hyacinth, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.3 write down, γ. τινὰ αἴτιον set him down as the cause, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γ. τι ἱερόν τινι register as.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in magic, invoke a curse upon, [Refs]; γ. τινὰ κληρονόμον, ἐπίτροπον, institute by a written document, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; register, enrol, ἐμὲ γράφε τῶν ἱππεύειν ὑπερεπιθυμούντων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ Κρέοντος προστάτου γεγράψομαι, as a dependent of Cr., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4 γ. τινί write a letter to one, γ. σοὶ ἵνα εἰδῇς [Refs 2nd c.BC+], etc.; εἴς τινα [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.5 γ. περί τίνος write on a subject, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἴς τινα against.., [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; πρός τινα address a work to.., [Refs]; describe, οἱ ὑφ᾽ ἡμῶν γραφόμενοι καιροί [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; especially of Prose, opposed to ποιεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.6 write down a law to be proposed: hence, propose, move, γνώμην, νόμον, ψήφισμα, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γ. πόλεμον, εἰρήνην, [Refs]: with infinitive, σὺ γράφεις ταῦτ᾽ εἶναι στρατιωτικά [Refs]; enact, νόμοι οὓς τὸ πλῆθος συνελθὸν ἔγραψε [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, παρὰ τὰ γραφέντα δρᾶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.7 prescribe, ordain, πότμος ἔγραψε [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.8 ὁ γράφων τὸν Ὀξυρυγχίτην (i.e. νομόν) the secretary for the nome of Oxyrhynchus, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; τῷ ἰδίῳ λόγῳ γράφοντι τὸν νομόν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__B middle, write for oneself or for one's own use, note down, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐγραψάμην ὑπομνήματα I wrote me down some memoranda, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; cause to be written, συγγραφήν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; γ. πρόσοδον πρὸς τὴν βουλήν petition for a hearing before the Council, [Refs]
__B.2 enrol oneself, γράψασθαι φυλῆς καὶ δήμου καὶ φρατρίας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but also [Refs 4th c.BC+] enrol me as one of your disciples, [Refs]
__B.3 as law-term, γ. τινά to indict one, τινός for some public offence, e.g. τῆς αἰσχροκερδείας, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative et infinitive, γ. τινὰ ἀδικεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+] the prosecutors, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also γράφεσθαί τι indict an act, i. e. the doer of it, as criminal, ἐγράψατο τὴν Χαβρίου δωρειάν he brought a γραφὴ παρανόμων against the person who proposed the grant to Chabrias, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ χάριν τούτων ἀποδοῦναι παρανόμων γράφει (2nd pers. singular) [Refs]
__B.3.b passive, to be indicted, γραφεὶς ἀπέφυγον [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τοῦτο τὸ ψήφισμα ἐγράφη παρανόμων was indicted as illegal, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ψηφίσματα ὑπὸ τούτου οὐδὲ γραφέντα not even indicted, [Refs 4th c.BC+] if this decree had not been proposed, as passive of [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ γεγραμμένα the articles of the indictment, [Refs]; τὸ γεγραμμένον the penalty named in the indiclment, [Refs] —but γέγραμμαι usually takes the sense of the middle, indict, [Refs 5th c.BC+]