γραφή, -ῆς, ἡ

(γράφω), [in LXX chiefly for כְּתָב ;]

__1. a drawing, painting.

__2.

__(a) writing;

__(b) that which is written, a writing: πᾶσα γ. 2Ti.3:16; γ. ἅγιαι, Rom.1:2; προφητικαί, Rom.16:26; al αἱ γ. τ. προφητῶν, Mat.26:56; ἡ γ. αἱ γ. the sacred writings, the Scriptures (i.e. the OT; see Milligan, NTD, 205); in pl. when the sacred writings as a whole are meant, e.g. Mat.21:42 26:54, Jhn.5:39, Rom.15:4; in sing. when a particular passage is referred to, as in Luk.4:21, Jhn.19:24, Rom.4:3 9:17 10:11 11:2, Jas.2:23 (Cremer, 165; DCG, ii, 584).

(AS)

a drawing, painting; writing; that which is written, a writing