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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
γράφω
Greek transliteration: 
graphō
Simplified transliteration: 
grapho
Principal Parts: 
(ἔγραφον), γράψω, ἔγραψα, γέγραφα, γέγραμμαι, ἐγράφην
Numbers
Strong's number: 
1125
GK Number: 
1211
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
191
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-1b(1)
Gloss: 
to write
Definition: 
to engrave, write, according to the ancient method of writing on plates of metal, waxes tables, etc., Jn. 8:6, 8; to write on parchment, paper, etc., generally, Mt. 27:37, et al.; to write letters to another, Acts 23:25; 2 Cor. 2:9; 13:10, et al.; to describe in writing, Jn. 1:46; Rom. 10:5; to inscribe in a catalogue, etc., Lk. 10:20; Rev. 13:8; 17:8, et al.; to write a law, command, or enact in writing, Mk. 10:5; 12:19; Lk. 2:23, et al.

Greek-English Concordance for γράφω

1 Corinthians 9:9 For in the Law of Moses it is written (gegraptai | γέγραπται | perf pass ind 3 sg), “You shall not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” It is not for oxen that God is concerned, is it?
1 Corinthians 9:10 Or does he not speak entirely for our sake. To be sure, it (egraphē | ἐγράφη | aor pass ind 3 sg) was (egraphē | ἐγράφη | aor pass ind 3 sg) written (egraphē | ἐγράφη | aor pass ind 3 sg) for our sake, because the one plowing should plow in hope and the one threshing thresh in hope of sharing in the crop.
1 Corinthians 9:15 But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing (egrapsa | ἔγραψα | aor act ind 1 sg) this so that something will be done for me; for it would be better for me rather to die — no one shall take away my ground for boasting!
1 Corinthians 10:7 So do not become idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written (gegraptai | γέγραπται | perf pass ind 3 sg), “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.”
1 Corinthians 10:11 Now these events happened to them as examples, but were written (egraphē | ἐγράφη | aor pass ind 3 sg) down as warnings for us, on whom the end of the ages has come.
1 Corinthians 14:21 In the Law it is written (gegraptai | γέγραπται | perf pass ind 3 sg), “By people with strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners will I speak to this people, yet not even in this way will they listen to me, says the Lord.”
1 Corinthians 14:37 If anyone considers himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge that what I am writing (graphō | γράφω | pres act ind 1 sg) to you is a command of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:45 So also it is written (gegraptai | γέγραπται | perf pass ind 3 sg), “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
1 Corinthians 15:54 So when this perishable body puts on imperishability, and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the saying that is (gegrammenos | γεγραμμένος | perf pass ptcp nom sg masc) written (gegrammenos | γεγραμμένος | perf pass ptcp nom sg masc) will be fulfilled: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
2 Corinthians 1:13 Now we (graphomen | γράφομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) are (graphomen | γράφομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) not writing (graphomen | γράφομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) you anything other than what you can read and also understand. But I hope that you will understand fully,
2 Corinthians 2:3 And I wrote (egrapsa | ἔγραψα | aor act ind 1 sg) this very thing so that when I came, I would not have sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice, having confidence in you all that my joy would be the joy of you all.
2 Corinthians 2:4 For out of much distress and anguish of heart I wrote (egrapsa | ἔγραψα | aor act ind 1 sg) to you, with many tears, not to cause you sorrow but to let you know the love that I have especially for you.
2 Corinthians 2:9 For this reason also I wrote (egrapsa | ἔγραψα | aor act ind 1 sg) you: to discover whether you could stand the test — if in everything you are obedient.
2 Corinthians 4:13 But since we have the same spirit of faith as that which stands written (gegrammenon | γεγραμμένον | perf pass ptcp acc sg neut), “I believed; therefore I spoke,” we too believe, and thus we speak,
2 Corinthians 7:12 So then, even though I wrote (egrapsa | ἔγραψα | aor act ind 1 sg) to you, it was not on account of the offender, nor on account of the one offended, but that your earnestness toward us might be revealed to you in the sight of God.
2 Corinthians 8:15 As it is written (gegraptai | γέγραπται | perf pass ind 3 sg), “The one who gathered much did not have a surplus, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.”
2 Corinthians 9:1 Now concerning the service to the saints, there is no necessity for me to write (graphein | γράφειν | pres act inf ) to you,
2 Corinthians 9:9 As it is written (gegraptai | γέγραπται | perf pass ind 3 sg), “He has distributed generously, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever.”
2 Corinthians 13:10 Therefore I (graphō | γράφω | pres act ind 1 sg) write (graphō | γράφω | pres act ind 1 sg) these things while I am absent, so that when I am present I may not have to treat you harshly according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up and not tearing down.
Galatians 1:20 In what I am writing (graphō | γράφω | pres act ind 1 sg) to you, I swear before God, I am not lying!
Galatians 3:10 For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written (gegraptai | γέγραπται | perf pass ind 3 sg), “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things written (gegrammenois | γεγραμμένοις | perf pass ptcp dat pl neut) in the book of the law, to do them.”
Galatians 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us — for it is written (gegraptai | γέγραπται | perf pass ind 3 sg), “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree” —
Galatians 4:22 For it is written (gegraptai | γέγραπται | perf pass ind 3 sg) that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and one by the free woman.
Galatians 4:27 For it is written (gegraptai | γέγραπται | perf pass ind 3 sg), “Rejoice, O barren woman, you who bear no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in the pain of childbirth! For the children of the desolate will be more in number than those of the woman who has a husband.
Galatians 6:11 See with what large letters I (egrapsa | ἔγραψα | aor act ind 1 sg) am (egrapsa | ἔγραψα | aor act ind 1 sg) writing (egrapsa | ἔγραψα | aor act ind 1 sg) to you with my own hand!
Philippians 3:1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To (graphein | γράφειν | pres act inf ) write (graphein | γράφειν | pres act inf ) the same things again to you is no trouble for me, and it is a safeguard for you.
1 Thessalonians 4:9 Now with regard to brotherly love you have no need for us to write (graphein | γράφειν | pres act inf ) to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God how to love one another.
1 Thessalonians 5:1 Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need for anything to (graphesthai | γράφεσθαι | pres pass inf ) be (graphesthai | γράφεσθαι | pres pass inf ) written (graphesthai | γράφεσθαι | pres pass inf ) to you,
2 Thessalonians 3:17 The greeting is with my own hand — Paul’s — which is a mark of genuineness in every letter; so I write (graphō | γράφω | pres act ind 1 sg).
1 Timothy 3:14 I (graphō | γράφω | pres act ind 1 sg) am (graphō | γράφω | pres act ind 1 sg) writing (graphō | γράφω | pres act ind 1 sg) these things to you, even though I am hoping to come to you quickly,
Philemon 1:19 I, Paul, am writing (egrapsa | ἔγραψα | aor act ind 1 sg) this with my own hand — I will pay it back. I could also mention that you owe me your very self!
Philemon 1:21 Confident of your obedience, I write (egrapsa | ἔγραψα | aor act ind 1 sg) to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
Hebrews 10:7 Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come — in the scroll of a book it is written (gegraptai | γέγραπται | perf pass ind 3 sg) about me — to do your will, O God.’”
1 Peter 1:16 For it is written (gegraptai | γέγραπται | perf pass ind 3 sg), “Be holy, because I am holy.”
1 Peter 5:12 By Silvanus, a faithful brother as I regard him, I (egrapsa | ἔγραψα | aor act ind 1 sg) have (egrapsa | ἔγραψα | aor act ind 1 sg) written (egrapsa | ἔγραψα | aor act ind 1 sg) briefly to you, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.
2 Peter 3:1 This, dear friends, is now the second letter I (graphō | γράφω | pres act ind 1 sg) have (graphō | γράφω | pres act ind 1 sg) written (graphō | γράφω | pres act ind 1 sg) to you (in both of them I have been trying to arouse your pure minds with a reminder)
2 Peter 3:15 And consider the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as also our dear brother Paul wrote (egrapsen | ἔγραψεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to you according to the wisdom given to him,
1 John 1:4 These things we are writing (graphomen | γράφομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) that our joy may be complete.
1 John 2:1 My little children, I (graphō | γράφω | pres act ind 1 sg) am (graphō | γράφω | pres act ind 1 sg) writing (graphō | γράφω | pres act ind 1 sg) these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous one.
1 John 2:7 Dear friends, it is not a new commandment that I write (graphō | γράφω | pres act ind 1 sg) to you, but an old commandment — one that you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the message you have already heard.
1 John 2:8 Yet it is a new commandment that I write (graphō | γράφω | pres act ind 1 sg) to you, one that is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.
1 John 2:12 I am writing (graphō | γράφω | pres act ind 1 sg) to you, my children, because your sins are forgiven on account of his name.
1 John 2:13 I am writing (graphō | γράφω | pres act ind 1 sg) to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing (graphō | γράφω | pres act ind 1 sg) to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.
1 John 2:14 I have written (egrapsa | ἔγραψα | aor act ind 1 sg) to you, my children, because you know the Father. I have written (egrapsa | ἔγραψα | aor act ind 1 sg) to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I have written (egrapsa | ἔγραψα | aor act ind 1 sg) 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 2:21 I write (egrapsa | ἔγραψα | aor act ind 1 sg) to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth.
1 John 2:26 I (egrapsa | ἔγραψα | aor act ind 1 sg) have (egrapsa | ἔγραψα | aor act ind 1 sg) written (egrapsa | ἔγραψα | aor act ind 1 sg) these things to you concerning those who are trying to deceive you.
1 John 5:13 I (egrapsa | ἔγραψα | aor act ind 1 sg) am (egrapsa | ἔγραψα | aor act ind 1 sg) writing (egrapsa | ἔγραψα | aor act ind 1 sg) these things to you so that you may know that you have eternal life — you who believe in the name of the Son of God.
2 John 1:5 And now I ask you, dear lady — not as though I (graphōn | γράφων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) were (graphōn | γράφων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) writing (graphōn | γράφων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) a new commandment to you, but the one we have had from the beginning — that we love one another.
2 John 1:12 Although I have many other things to (graphein | γράφειν | pres act inf ) write (graphein | γράφειν | pres act inf ) to you, I do not want to use paper and ink; instead, I hope to be with you and speak face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
3 John 1:9 I sent (egrapsa | ἔγραψα | aor act ind 1 sg) a letter (egrapsa | ἔγραψα | aor act ind 1 sg) to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to be in charge, does not acknowledge our authority.

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