Greek noun (feminine) · G1923
ἐπιγραφή
epigrapheep-ig-raf-ay'
inscription
5 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: epigraphḗ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1923is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1923
an inscription
The King James renders it: superscription.
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
epigraphe is rendered "inscription". It stands 5 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in Mark, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 22:20“Whose image is this,” He asked, “and whose inscription?”
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
“Whose image is this,” He asked, “and whose inscription?”
Matthew 22:20ἐπιγραφή
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- inscription4
- an inscription1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐπιγινώσκω | epiginosko | to come to know | Uses44 |
| ἐπίγνωσις | epignosis | knowledge | Uses20 |
| ἐπίγειος | epigeios | earthly | Uses7 |
| ἐπιγράφω | epigrapho | to write on | Uses5 |
| ἐπιγίνομαι | epiginomai | to arise/spring up | Uses1 |
| ἐπιγαμβρεύω | epigambreuo | to marry | Uses1 |
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 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
- ἐπιγραφή2
- ἐπιγραφὴ2
- ἐπιγραφήν1
The grammar of each form
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular4N-NSF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular1N-ASF
Matthew
one use
“Whose image is this,” He asked, “and whose inscription?”
- ἐπιγραφήepigraphenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: inscription
Mark
two uses
So they brought it, and He asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?” “Caesar’s,” they answered.
- ἐπιγραφήepigraphenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: inscription
And the charge inscribed against Him read: THE KING OF THE JEWS.
- ἐπιγραφὴepigraphenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: inscription
Luke
two uses
“Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” “Caesar’s,” they answered.
- ἐπιγραφήνepigraphennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: inscription
Above Him was posted an inscription: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
- ἐπιγραφὴepigraphenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: an inscription
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.