- to write
- to scrape, graze
- to sketch, draw
- to write of
STEPBible TBESG
γράφω, [in LXX chiefly for כּתב ];
__1. to scrape, graze (Hom.), and later (Hdt.) to sketch, draw.
__2. to write;
__(a) of forming or tracing letters on writing material: Jhn.8:[6], Gal.6:11, 2Th.3:17;
__(b) to express in writing, commit to writing, record: Luk.1:63, Jhn.19:21, 22 Rev.1:11, 19 al.; of scripture as a standing authority (Deiss. BS, 112ff.), γέγραπται, it stands written (Luther), Mat.4:4, Mrk.7:6, Luk.4:8, Rom.1:17, 1Co.1:31, al.; id. before ἐν, Mrk.1:2, Act.1:20, al.; with accusative, to write of: Jhn.1:46, Rom.10:5; before περί, Mat.26:24, Mrk.14:21, Jhn.5:46; al.; with dative (WM, §31, 4), Luk.18:31; id. before ἵνα (M, Pr. 207f.), Mrk.12:19, Luk.20:28; κατὰ τ. γεγραμμένον, 2Co.4:13; γεγραμμένον ἐστί, Jhn.2:17; ἐγράφη, Rom.4:24; ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ γεγραμμένα, Jhn.12:16;
__(with) of writing directions or information, with dative of person(s): Rom.15:15, 2Co.7:12, al.;
__(d) of that which contains the record or message: βιβλίον, Mrk.10:4, Jhn.21:25, Rev.5:1; τίτλον, Jhn.19:19; ἐπιστολήν, Act.23:25; ἐντολήν, Mrk.10:5 (cf. ἀπο-, ἐγ-, ἐπι-, κατα-, προ-).
(AS)
Abbott-Smith
to scrape, graze; to sketch, draw; to write; to write of