Strong's Concordance grammateus: a writer, scribe Original Word: γραμματεύς, έως, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: grammateus Phonetic Spelling: (gram-mat-yooce') Short Definition: a scribe, town-clerk, man of learning Definition: (a) in Jerusalem, a scribe, one learned in the Jewish Law, a religious teacher, (b) at Ephesus, the town-clerk, the secretary of the city, (c) a man of learning generally. HELPS Word-studies 1122 grammateús (from graphō, "to write") – a scribe. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1122: γραμματεύςγραμματεύς, γραμματέως (accusative plural γραμματεῖς, Winers Grammar, § 9, 2; (Buttmann, 14 (13))), ὁ (γράμμα), the Sept. for סֹפֵר and שֹׁטֵר; 1. in secular authors and here and there in the O. T. (e. g. 2 Samuel 8:17; 2 Samuel 20:25; 2 Kings 19:2; 2 Kings 25:19; Psalm 44:2 2. in the Bible, a man learned in the Mosaic law and in the sacred writings, an interpreter, teacher: Matthew 23:34; 1 Corinthians 1:20 (called also νομικός in Luke 10:25, and νομοδιδάσκαλος in Luke 5:17; (Meyer (on Matthew 22:35), while denying any essential different between γραμματεύς and νομικός (cf. Luke 11:52, 53 — yet see critical texts), regards the latter name as the more specific (a jurisconsult) and Classic, γραμματεύς as the more general (a learned man) and Hebraistic; it is also the more common in the Apocrypha, where νομικός occurs only 4 Macc. 5:3. As teachers they were called νομοδιδάσκαλοι. Cf. B. D. under the word 3. universally, a religious teacher: γραμματεύς μαθητευθείς εἰς τήν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν a teacher so instructed that from his learning and ability to teach advantage may redound to the kingdom of heaven, Matthew 13:52 (but G T Tr WH read μαθητευθείς τῇ βασιλεία (L ἐν τῇ βασιλείαν); and many interpret made a disciple unto the kingdom of heaven (which is personified); see μαθητεύω, at the end). From gramma. A writer, i.e. (professionally) scribe or secretary -- scribe, town-clerk. see GREEK gramma Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 112264 Occurrences γραμματεῖς — 40 Occ. γραμματέων — 17 Occ. γραμματεὺς — 5 Occ. γραμματεῦσιν — 2 Occ. Matthew 2:4 N-AMP GRK: ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ γραμματεῖς τοῦ λαοῦ NAS: the chief priests and scribes of the people, KJV: and scribes of the people INT: chief priests and scribes of the people Matthew 5:20 N-GMP Matthew 7:29 N-NMP Matthew 8:19 N-NMS Matthew 9:3 N-GMP Matthew 12:38 N-GMP Matthew 13:52 N-NMS Matthew 15:1 N-NMP Matthew 16:21 N-GMP Matthew 17:10 N-NMP Matthew 20:18 N-DMP Matthew 21:15 N-NMP Matthew 23:2 N-NMP Matthew 23:13 N-VMP Matthew 23:14 Noun-VMP Matthew 23:15 N-VMP Matthew 23:23 N-VMP Matthew 23:25 N-VMP Matthew 23:27 N-VMP Matthew 23:29 N-VMP Matthew 23:34 N-AMP Matthew 26:57 N-NMP Matthew 27:41 N-GMP Mark 1:22 N-NMP Mark 2:6 N-GMP |
    |