Vocabulary Form
γραφή, -ῆς, ἡ
Definition

writing, Scripture

Erasmian
Modern
Root
γραφη
Frequency
50
GK
1210
Cognates

An autograph is a writing of one's own (aujtovV) name.

Mnemonics

"He likes writing graffiti on graph paper."

Mnemonic Singing

The g-r-a-f-h,
yes that's the book for me;
I stand alone on the word of God,
the g-r-a-f-h.

Verse

“All γραφή is breathed out by God.” (2 Tim 3:16)

Biblical Concordance

Matthew 21:42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: (graphais | γραφαῖς | dat pl fem) ‘A stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord’s doing, and it is amazing in our eyes’?
Matthew 22:29 Jesus answered them, saying, “You are mistaken, because you know neither the Scriptures (graphas | γραφάς | acc pl fem) nor the power of God.
Matthew 26:54 But how then would the scriptures (graphai | γραφαί | nom pl fem) be fulfilled that say it must happen in this way?”
Matthew 26:56 But all this has happened that the writings (graphai | γραφαί | nom pl fem) of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then the disciples all deserted him and ran away.
Mark 12:10 Have you not even read this scripture: (graphēn | γραφήν | acc sg fem) ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the capstone;
Mark 12:24 Jesus said to them, “Are you not mistaken for this reason, that you know neither the scriptures (graphas | γραφάς | acc pl fem) nor the power of God?
Mark 14:49 Daily I was with you in the temple, teaching, and you did not seize me. But the Scriptures (graphai | γραφαί | nom pl fem) must be fulfilled.”
Luke 4:21 And he set about telling them, “Today this scripture (graphē | γραφή | nom sg fem) has been fulfilled in your ears.”
Luke 24:27 Then, beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them the things written about himself in all the Scriptures (graphais | γραφαῖς | dat pl fem).
Luke 24:32 They said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as he spoke to us on the road, as he opened to us the Scriptures?” (graphas | γραφάς | acc pl fem)
Luke 24:45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures (graphas | γραφάς | acc pl fem),
John 2:22 Therefore, when he had risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture (graphē | γραφῇ | dat sg fem) and the words that Jesus had spoken.
John 5:39 “You study the Scriptures (graphas | γραφάς | acc pl fem) because you think that by them you will have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,
John 7:38 The one who believes in me, as the scripture (graphē | γραφή | nom sg fem) says, “Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’”
John 7:42 Has not the scripture (graphē | γραφή | nom sg fem) said that the Christ will be a descendant of David and come from Bethlehem, the village where David was born?”
John 10:35 If the scripture called them ‘gods’ to whom the word of God came — and scripture (graphē | γραφή | nom sg fem) cannot be annulled —
John 13:18 I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture (graphē | γραφή | nom sg fem) must be fulfilled, ‘The one who eats my bread has lifted up his heel against me.’
John 17:12 While I was with them, I protected them in your name, which you have given me. I guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the scripture (graphē | γραφή | nom sg fem) might be fulfilled.
John 19:24 So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see who will get it” — that the Scripture (graphē | γραφή | nom sg fem) might be fulfilled that says, “They divided my garments among themselves, and for my clothing they cast lots.” So the soldiers did these things.
John 19:28 After this Jesus, knowing that all was now accomplished, so that the Scripture (graphē | γραφή | nom sg fem) would be fulfilled, said, “I am thirsty.”
John 19:36 These things took place so that the Scripture (graphē | γραφή | nom sg fem) would be fulfilled, “Not a bone of his body will be broken.”
John 19:37 And yet another Scripture (graphē | γραφή | nom sg fem) says, “They will look on him whom they pierced.”
John 20:9 (They still did not understand the Scripture (graphēn | γραφήν | acc sg fem) that Jesus must rise from the dead.)
Acts 1:16 “My brothers, it was necessary for the Scripture (graphēn | γραφήν | acc sg fem) to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became guide to those who arrested Jesus.
Acts 8:32 Now the passage of scripture (graphēs | γραφῆς | gen sg fem) the man was reading was this: “As a sheep to the slaughter he was led, and as a lamb dumb before its shearer, so he opens not his mouth.