γράμμα, -τος, τό

(γράφω), [in LXX for סֵפֶר, etc. ;]

__1. that which is traced or drawn, a picture.

__2. that which is written;

__(1) a character, letter: Gal.6:11;

__(2) a writing, a written document;

__(a) a bill or account: Luk.16:6, 7;

__(b) a letter: Act.28:21;

__(with) τὰ ἱερὰ γ. the sacred writings, i.e. the OT: 2Ti.3:15 (so in Philo, Vit. Mos. iii, 39) ;

__(d) τὸ γ. the letter, the written word as an external authority in contrast with the direct influence of the Spirit as manifested in the new Covenant: Rom.2:27, 29 7:6, 2Co.3:6, 7;

__(3) τὰ γ. letters, i.e. learning: Jhn.7:15, Act.26:24. (In π. an illiterate person is very frequently referred to as γράμματα μ᾽̀ εἰδότης, and this "never means anything else than inability to write": MM, Exp. x; but see also Cremer, 166; DCG, i, 202; ii, 584.)

† (AS)

that which is traced; drawn, a picture; that which is written; a character, letter; a writing, a written document; a bill; account; a letter