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

Acts 8:35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture (graphēs | γραφῆς | gen sg fem) he announced the good news to him, Jesus.
Acts 17:2 And according to Paul’s custom, he went to them and for three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures (graphōn | γραφῶν | gen pl fem),
Acts 17:11 These Jews were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with all eagerness, examining the scriptures (graphas | γραφάς | acc pl fem) every day to see if these things were so.
Acts 18:24 Now a Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, arrived in Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well-versed in the Scriptures (graphais | γραφαῖς | dat pl fem).
Acts 18:28 for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating by the Scriptures (graphōn | γραφῶν | gen pl fem) that Jesus was the Messiah.
Romans 1:2 which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures (graphais | γραφαῖς | dat pl fem),
Romans 4:3 For what does the scripture (graphē | γραφή | nom sg fem) say? “And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
Romans 9:17 For the scripture (graphē | γραφή | nom sg fem) says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might display my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
Romans 10:11 For the Scripture (graphē | γραφή | nom sg fem) says, “Whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”
Romans 11:2 God has not repudiated his people whom he foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture (graphē | γραφή | nom sg fem) says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?
Romans 15:4 For whatever was written at an earlier time was written for our instruction, that through endurance and the encouragement of the scriptures (graphōn | γραφῶν | gen pl fem) we might have hope.
Romans 16:26 but now is manifested, and by the Scriptures (graphōn | γραφῶν | gen pl fem) of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, has been made known to all the nations, leading to obedience of faith;
1 Corinthians 15:3 For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures (graphas | γραφάς | acc pl fem),
1 Corinthians 15:4 and that he was buried, and that he has been raised on the third day according to the Scriptures (graphas | γραφάς | acc pl fem),
Galatians 3:8 And the Scripture (graphē | γραφή | nom sg fem), foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you will all nations be blessed.”
Galatians 3:22 But the Scripture (graphē | γραφή | nom sg fem) confined everything under sin, so that what was promised through faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
Galatians 4:30 But what does the Scripture (graphē | γραφή | nom sg fem) say? “Drive away the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman must not share the inheritance with the son of the free woman.”
1 Timothy 5:18 For Scripture (graphē | γραφή | nom sg fem) says, “Do not muzzle an ox that is treading out the grain,” and, “Worthy is the worker of his wage.”
2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture (graphē | γραφή | nom sg fem) is breathed out by God and is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correcting, for training in righteousness,
James 2:8 If you really fulfill the royal law as set forth in this scripture (graphēn | γραφήν | acc sg fem), “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
James 2:23 And the scripture (graphē | γραφή | nom sg fem) was fulfilled that says, “And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God.
James 4:5 Or do you imagine that scripture (graphē | γραφή | nom sg fem) has no meaning when it says, “God yearns jealously over the spirit that he has placed in us”?
1 Peter 2:6 For it says in scripture (graphē | γραφῇ | dat sg fem), “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame.”
2 Peter 1:20 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of scripture (graphēs | γραφῆς | gen sg fem) arises from the prophet’s own interpretation,
2 Peter 3:16 as he does in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters, in which are some things hard to understand, things that the ignorant and unstable distort to their own destruction, as they do the other scriptures (graphas | γραφάς | acc pl fem).