Word Study · Strong's G583 · Greek
ἀπογράφω
apographo
ap-og-raf'-o
Strong's 1890 spelling: apográphō
“to write off (a copy or list), i.e. enrol”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to write off (a copy or list), i.e. enrol
Rendered in the KJV as
tax, write.
- 4occurrencesin the New Testament
- 2 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- ἀπογεγραμμένων1
- ἀπογράφεσθαι1
- ἀπογράφεσθαι,1
- ἀπογράψασθαι1
How it is rendered · 3
- to register2
- enrolled1
- to be registered,1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- verb · present middle or passive, infinitive (“to…”)2
- verb · aorist (simple past) middle, infinitive (“to…”)1
- verb · perfect (done, and it stands) passive, participle (“the one who…”) · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-PEN · 2
- V-AMN · 1
- V-RPP-GPM · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Luke carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Luke3 occurrences
- Luke 2:1ἀπογράφεσθαιapographesthaiverb · present middle or passive, infinitive (“to…”)Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire.here: to register
- Luke 2:3ἀπογράφεσθαι,apographesthaiverb · present middle or passive, infinitive (“to…”)And everyone went to his own town to register.here: to be registered,
- Luke 2:5ἀπογράψασθαιapograpsasthaiverb · aorist (simple past) middle, infinitive (“to…”)He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to him in marriage and was expecting a child.here: to register