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Greek verb · G1125

γράφω

graphograf'-o

to scrape, graze; to write

189 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: gráphō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1125is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 22 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 35
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G1125

to "grave", especially to write; figuratively, to describe

The King James renders it: describe, write(-ing, -ten).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

grapho is rendered "to scrape, graze; to write". It stands 189 times in the Greek text, across twenty-two books.

  • Twenty-nine of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to scrape, graze".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 2:5“In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:
  • The Greek text spells it thirty-five different ways.

The first use

“In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:

Matthew 2:5γέγραπται

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: to scrape, graze, and to write.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
to scrape, graze(Hom.), and later (Hdt.) to sketch, draw.Tagged as
  • written34
  • to write12
  • I am writing9
  • wrote6
  • I wrote5
  • has been written3
  • having written3
  • have been written2

and 19 more, 96 uses in all

WhereMatthew 2:5“In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:
to write__(a) of forming or tracing letters on writing materialTagged as
  • it has been written61
  • do write15
  • I have written10
  • I write5
  • He wrote2
WhereMatthew 4:4But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone…

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

γραφήgraphea writingUses49

All 189, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

35 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • γέγραπται66
  • γεγραμμένον17
  • ἔγραψα16
  • γράψον14
  • γράφω12
  • ἔγραψεν8
  • γράφειν7
  • γεγραμμένα6
  • γράψαι5
  • ἐγράφη4
  • γεγραμμένος3
  • γράψας3

and 23 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singular67V-RPI-3S
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular18V-2AAI-1S
  • verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singular14V-AAM-2S
  • verb · present active, indicative · 1st person singular13V-PAI-1S
  • verb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singular10V-RPP-NSN
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular8V-2AAI-3S
  • verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)7V-PAN
  • verb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singular7V-RPP-ASN
  • verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)5V-AAN
  • verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular4V-2API-3S
  • verb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter plural4V-RPP-APN
  • verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular3V-AAP-NSM

Matthew

ten uses
  • “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:

    Matthew 2:5

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

    Matthew 4:4

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: It has been written
  • “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”

    Matthew 4:6

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • Jesus replied, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

    Matthew 4:7

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • “Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus declared. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”

    Matthew 4:10

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’

    Matthew 11:10

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”

    Matthew 21:13

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: It has been written
  • The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been born.”

    Matthew 26:24

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • Then Jesus said to them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of Me. For it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

    Matthew 26:31

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: It has been written
  • Above His head they posted the written charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

    Matthew 27:37

    • γεγραμμένηνgegrammenenverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: written

Mark

ten uses
  • As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.”

    Mark 1:2

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.

    Mark 7:6

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • He replied, “Elijah does indeed come first, and he restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected?

    Mark 9:12

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has it been written
  • But I tell you that Elijah has indeed come, and they have done to him whatever they wished, just as it is written about him.”

    Mark 9:13

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • They answered, “Moses permitted a man to write his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away.”

    Mark 10:4

    • γράψαιgrapsaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to write
  • But Jesus told them, “Moses wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart.

    Mark 10:5

    • ἔγραψενegrapsenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He wrote
  • Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”

    Mark 11:17

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.

    Mark 12:19

    • ἔγραψενegrapsenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: wrote
  • The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”

    Mark 14:21

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’

    Mark 14:27

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written

Luke

twenty uses
  • Therefore, having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,

    Luke 1:3

    • γράψαιgrapsaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to write
  • Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.

    Luke 1:63

    • ἔγραψενegrapsenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he wrote
  • (as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),

    Luke 2:23

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.

    Luke 3:4

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”

    Luke 4:4

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: It has been written
  • But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”

    Luke 4:8

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: It has been written
  • For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You to guard You carefully;

    Luke 4:10

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: It has been written
  • the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:

    Luke 4:17

    • γεγραμμένονgegrammenonverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: written
  • This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’

    Luke 7:27

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • “What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?”

    Luke 10:26

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has been written
  • ‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Take your bill,’ said the manager. ‘Sit down quickly, and write fifty.’

    Luke 16:6

    • γράψονgrapsonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do write
  • Then he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he replied. ‘Take your bill and write eighty,’ he told him.

    Luke 16:7

    • γράψονgrapsonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do write
  • Then Jesus took the Twelve aside and said to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything the prophets have written about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.

    Luke 18:31

    • γεγραμμέναgegrammenaverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: written
  • He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”

    Luke 19:46

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: It has been written
  • But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?

    Luke 20:17

    • γεγραμμένονgegrammenonverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: written
  • “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.

    Luke 20:28

    • ἔγραψενegrapsenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: wrote
  • For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.

    Luke 21:22

    • γεγραμμένα.¶gegrammenaverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: written
  • For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in Me: ‘And He was numbered with the transgressors.’ For what is written about Me is reaching its fulfillment.”

    Luke 22:37

    • γεγραμμένονgegrammenonverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: written
  • Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”

    Luke 24:44

    • γεγραμμέναgegrammenaverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: written
  • And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,

    Luke 24:46

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written

John

twenty-one uses
  • Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

    John 1:45

    • ἔγραψενegrapsenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: wrote of
  • His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”

    John 2:17

    • γεγραμμένονgegrammenonverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: written
  • If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.

    John 5:46

    • ἔγραψενegrapsenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: wrote
  • Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”

    John 6:31

    • γεγραμμένονgegrammenonverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: written
  • It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—

    John 6:45

    • γεγραμμένονgegrammenonverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: written
  • Even in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid.

    John 8:17

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • Jesus replied, “Is it not written in your Law: ‘I have said you are gods’?

    John 10:34

    • γεγραμμένονgegrammenonverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: written
  • Finding a young donkey, Jesus sat on it, as it is written:

    John 12:14

    • γεγραμμένονgegrammenonverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: written
  • At first His disciples did not understand these things, but after Jesus was glorified they remembered what had been done to Him, and they realized that these very things had also been written about Him.

    John 12:16

    • γεγραμμέναgegrammenaverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: written
  • But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’

    John 15:25

    • γεγραμμένοςgegrammenosverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: written
  • Pilate also had a notice posted on the cross. It read: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

    John 19:19

    • Ἔγραψενegrapsenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Wrote
    • γεγραμμένονgegrammenonverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: written
  • Many of the Jews read this sign, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.

    John 19:20

    • γεγραμμένονgegrammenonverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: written
  • So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but only that He said, ‘I am the King of the Jews.’”

    John 19:21

    • γράφεgrapheverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do write
  • Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”

    John 19:22

    • γέγραφαgegraphaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have written
    • γέγραφα.¶gegraphaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have written
  • Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book.

    John 20:30

    • γεγραμμέναgegrammenaverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: written
  • But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.

    John 20:31

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: have been written
  • This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who has written them down. And we know that his testimony is true.

    John 21:24

    • γράψαςgrapsasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having written
  • There are many more things that Jesus did. If all of them were written down, I suppose that not even the world itself would have space for the books that would be written.

    John 21:25

    • γράφηταιgraphetaiverb · present passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: they shall be written
    • γραφόμεναgraphomenaverb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: to be written

Acts

twelve uses
  • “For it is written in the book of Psalms: ‘May his place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in it,’ and, ‘May another take his position.’

    Acts 1:20

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: It has been written
  • But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

    Acts 7:42

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.

    Acts 13:29

    • γεγραμμέναgegrammenaverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: written
  • He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’

    Acts 13:33

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • The words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written:

    Acts 15:15

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • and sent them with this letter: The apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings.

    Acts 15:23

    • γράψαντεςgrapsantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having written
  • When Apollos resolved to cross over to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. On his arrival, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed.

    Acts 18:27

    • ἔγραψανegrapsanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: wrote
  • “Brothers,” Paul replied, “I was not aware that he was the high priest, for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’”

    Acts 23:5

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • And he wrote the following letter:

    Acts 23:25

    • γράψαςgrapsasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having written
  • I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,

    Acts 24:14

    • γεγραμμένοιςgegrammenoisverb · perfect passive, participle · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluraltagged: written
  • I have nothing definite to write to our sovereign one about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after this inquiry I may have something to write.

    Acts 25:26

    • γράψαιgrapsaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to write
    • γράψωgrapsoverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I may write

Romans

twenty-one uses
  • For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

    Romans 1:17

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”

    Romans 2:24

    • γέγραπται.¶gegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”

    Romans 3:4

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.

    Romans 3:10

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.

    Romans 4:17

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • Now the words “it was credited to him” were written not only for Abraham,

    Romans 4:23

    • ἐγράφηegrapheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it was written
  • As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

    Romans 8:36

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

    Romans 9:13

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”

    Romans 9:33

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”

    Romans 10:5

    • γράφειgrapheiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: writes
  • And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”

    Romans 10:15

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”

    Romans 11:8

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob.

    Romans 11:26

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”

    Romans 12:19

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.”

    Romans 14:11

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: It has been written
  • For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.”

    Romans 15:3

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.

    Romans 15:4

    • ἐγράφηegrapheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was written
  • so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to Your name.”

    Romans 15:9

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • However, I have written you a bold reminder on some points, because of the grace God has given me

    Romans 15:15

    • ἔγραψαegrapsaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have written
  • Rather, as it is written: “Those who were not told about Him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.”

    Romans 15:21

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • I, Tertius, who wrote down this letter, greet you in the Lord.

    Romans 16:22

    • γράψαςgrapsasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having written down

1 Corinthians

eighteen uses
  • For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”

    1 Corinthians 1:19

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: It has been written
  • Therefore, as it is written: “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”

    1 Corinthians 1:31

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”

    1 Corinthians 2:9

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”

    1 Corinthians 3:19

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: It has been written
  • Brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not take pride in one man over another.

    1 Corinthians 4:6

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has been written
  • I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.

    1 Corinthians 4:14

    • γράφωgraphoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: do I write
  • I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.

    1 Corinthians 5:9

    • Ἔγραψαegrapsaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I wrote
  • But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.

    1 Corinthians 5:11

    • ἔγραψαegrapsaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I wrote
  • Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.

    1 Corinthians 7:1

    • ἐγράψατεegrapsateverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you wrote
  • For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?

    1 Corinthians 9:9

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • Isn’t He actually speaking on our behalf? Indeed, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they should also expect to share in the harvest.

    1 Corinthians 9:10

    • ἐγράφηegrapheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it was written
  • But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this to suggest that something be done for me. Indeed, I would rather die than let anyone nullify my boast.

    1 Corinthians 9:15

    • ἔγραψαegrapsaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: have I written
  • Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and to drink, and got up to indulge in revelry.”

    1 Corinthians 10:7

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.

    1 Corinthians 10:11

    • ἐγράφηegrapheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: were written
  • It is written in the Law: “By strange tongues and foreign lips I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to Me, says the Lord.”

    1 Corinthians 14:21

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, let him acknowledge that what I am writing you is the Lord’s command.

    1 Corinthians 14:37

    • γράφωgraphoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I write
  • So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.

    1 Corinthians 15:45

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

    1 Corinthians 15:54

    • γεγραμμένοςgegrammenosverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: written

2 Corinthians

ten uses
  • For we do not write you anything that is beyond your ability to read and understand. And I hope that you will understand us completely,

    2 Corinthians 1:13

    • γράφομενgraphomenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we write
  • I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be saddened by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would share my joy.

    2 Corinthians 2:3

    • ἔγραψαegrapsaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I wrote
  • For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.

    2 Corinthians 2:4

    • ἔγραψαegrapsaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I wrote
  • My purpose in writing you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.

    2 Corinthians 2:9

    • ἔγραψαegrapsaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: did I write
  • And in keeping with what is written: “I believed, therefore I have spoken,” we who have the same spirit of faith also believe and therefore speak,

    2 Corinthians 4:13

    • γεγραμμένονgegrammenonverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: written
  • So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God.

    2 Corinthians 7:12

    • ἔγραψαegrapsaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I wrote
  • As it is written: “He who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall.”

    2 Corinthians 8:15

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • Now about the service to the saints, there is no need for me to write to you.

    2 Corinthians 9:1

    • γράφεινgrapheinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to write
  • As it is written: “He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.”

    2 Corinthians 9:9

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • This is why I write these things while absent, so that when I am present I will not need to be severe in my use of the authority that the Lord gave me for building you up, not for tearing you down.

    2 Corinthians 13:10

    • γράφωgraphoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I write

Galatians

seven uses
  • I assure you before God that what I am writing to you is no lie.

    Galatians 1:20

    • γράφωgraphoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I write
  • All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

    Galatians 3:10

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
    • γεγραμμένοιςgegrammenoisverb · perfect passive, participle · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluraltagged: written
  • Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”

    Galatians 3:13

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.

    Galatians 4:22

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: It has been written
  • For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”

    Galatians 4:27

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: It has been written
  • See what large letters I am using to write to you with my own hand!

    Galatians 6:11

    • ἔγραψαegrapsaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have written

Philippians

one use
  • Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you.

    Philippians 3:1

    • γράφεινgrapheinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to write

1 Thessalonians

two uses
  • Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.

    1 Thessalonians 4:9

    • γράφεινgrapheinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to write
  • Now about the times and seasons, brothers, we do not need to write to you.

    1 Thessalonians 5:1

    • γράφεσθαιgraphesthaiverb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be written

2 Thessalonians

one use
  • This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. This is my mark in every letter; it is the way I write.

    2 Thessalonians 3:17

    • γράφω.¶graphoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I write

1 Timothy

one use
  • Although I hope to come to you soon, I am writing you these things

    1 Timothy 3:14

    • γράφωgraphoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I am writing

Philemon

two uses
  • I, Paul, write this with my own hand. I will repay it—not to mention that you owe me your very self.

    Philemon 1:19

    • ἔγραψαegrapsaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: did write
  • Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.

    Philemon 1:21

    • ἔγραψάegrapsaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I write

Hebrews

one use
  • Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’”

    Hebrews 10:7

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written

1 Peter

two uses
  • for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

    1 Peter 1:16

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been written
  • Through Silvanus, whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, encouraging you and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it.

    1 Peter 5:12

    • ἔγραψαegrapsaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have written

2 Peter

two uses
  • Beloved, this is now my second letter to you. Both of them are reminders to stir you to wholesome thinking

    2 Peter 3:1

    • γράφωgraphoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I am writing
  • Consider also that our Lord’s patience brings salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom God gave him.

    2 Peter 3:15

    • ἔγραψενegrapsenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: wrote

1 John

twelve uses
  • We write these things so that our joy may be complete.

    1 John 1:4

    • γράφομενgraphomenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: write
  • My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

    1 John 2:1

    • γράφωgraphoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I am writing
  • Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard.

    1 John 2:7

    • γράφωgraphoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I am writing
  • Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.

    1 John 2:8

    • γράφωgraphoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I am writing
  • I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through His name.

    1 John 2:12

    • Γράφωgraphoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I am writing
  • I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.

    1 John 2:13

    • γράφωgraphoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I am writing
    • γράφωgraphoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I am writing
  • I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

    1 John 2:14

    • ἔγραψαegrapsaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have written
    • ἔγραψαegrapsaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have written
  • I have not written to you because you lack knowledge of the truth, but because you have it, and because no lie comes from the truth.

    1 John 2:21

    • ἔγραψαegrapsaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have written
  • I have written these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.

    1 John 2:26

    • ἔγραψαegrapsaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have written
  • I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.

    1 John 5:13

    • ἔγραψαegrapsaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: have I written

2 John

two uses
  • And now I urge you, dear lady—not as a new commandment to you, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.

    2 John 1:5

    • γράφωνgraphonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: I am writing
  • I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come and speak with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

    2 John 1:12

    • γράφεινgrapheinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to write

3 John

three uses
  • I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction.

    3 John 1:9

    • Ἔγραψάegrapsaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have written
  • I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with pen and ink.

    3 John 1:13

    • γράψαιgrapsaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to write
    • γράφεινgrapheinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to write

Jude

two uses
  • Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.

    Jude 1:3

    • γράφεινgrapheinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to write
    • γράψαιgrapsaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to write

Revelation

twenty-nine uses
  • Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near.

    Revelation 1:3

    • γεγραμμέναgegrammenaverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: written
  • saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

    Revelation 1:11

    • γράψονgrapsonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do write
  • Therefore write down the things you have seen, and the things that are, and the things that will happen after this.

    Revelation 1:19

    • γράψονgrapsonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do write
  • “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.

    Revelation 2:1

    • γράψονgrapsonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do write
  • To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of the First and the Last, who died and returned to life.

    Revelation 2:8

    • γράψονgrapsonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do write
  • To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of the One who holds the sharp, double-edged sword.

    Revelation 2:12

    • γράψονgrapsonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do write
  • He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.

    Revelation 2:17

    • γεγραμμένονgegrammenonverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: written
  • To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like a blazing fire and whose feet are like polished bronze.

    Revelation 2:18

    • γράψονgrapsonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do write
  • “To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation for being alive, yet you are dead.

    Revelation 3:1

    • γράψονgrapsonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do write
  • To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open.

    Revelation 3:7

    • γράψονgrapsonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do write
  • The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.

    Revelation 3:12

    • γράψωgrapsoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I will write
  • To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation.

    Revelation 3:14

    • γράψονgrapsonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do write
  • Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One seated on the throne. It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.

    Revelation 5:1

    • γεγραμμένονgegrammenonverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: written
  • When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to put it in writing. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”

    Revelation 10:4

    • γράφεινgrapheinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to write
    • γράψῃςgrapsesverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: may write
  • And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.

    Revelation 13:8

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: have been written
  • Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.

    Revelation 14:1

    • γεγραμμένονgegrammenonverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: written
  • And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”

    Revelation 14:13

    • γράψονgrapsonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do write
  • And on her forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

    Revelation 17:5

    • γεγραμμένονgegrammenonverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: written
  • The beast that you saw—it was, and now is no more, but is about to come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. And those who dwell on the earth whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet will be.

    Revelation 17:8

    • γέγραπταιgegraptaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has been written
  • Then the angel told me to write, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”

    Revelation 19:9

    • γράψονgrapsonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do write
  • He has eyes like blazing fire, and many royal crowns on His head. He has a name written on Him that only He Himself knows.

    Revelation 19:12

    • γεγραμμένονgegrammenonverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: written
  • And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

    Revelation 19:16

    • γεγραμμένονgegrammenonverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: written
  • And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.

    Revelation 20:12

    • γεγραμμένωνgegrammenonverb · perfect passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: written
  • And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

    Revelation 20:15

    • γεγραμμένοςgegrammenosverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: written
  • And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are faithful and true.”

    Revelation 21:5

    • γράψονgrapsonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do write
  • But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

    Revelation 21:27

    • γεγραμμένοιgegrammenoiverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: written
  • I testify to everyone who hears the words of prophecy in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book.

    Revelation 22:18

    • γεγραμμέναςgegrammenasverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: written
  • And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and the holy city, which are described in this book.

    Revelation 22:19

    • γεγραμμένωνgegrammenonverb · perfect passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: written

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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