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)
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G1124 — γραφή
graphē · a writing · Greek
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Matthew 21:42 · γραφαῖς·Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?Matthew 22:29 · γραφὰςJesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.Matthew 26:54 · γραφαὶBut how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way?”Matthew 26:56 · γραφαὶBut this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.Mark 12:10 · γραφὴνHave you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.Mark 12:24 · γραφὰςJesus said to them, “Aren’t you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?Mark 14:49 · γραφαί.Every day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me. But this has happened that the Scriptures would be fulfilled.”Luke 4:21 · γραφὴand He began by saying, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”Luke 24:27 · γραφαῖςAnd beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.Luke 24:32 · γραφάς;¶They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”Luke 24:45 · γραφὰςThen He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.John 2:22 · γραφῇAfter He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this. Then they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.John 5:39 · γραφάς,You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,John 7:38 · γραφή,Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”John 7:42 · γραφὴDoesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”John 10:35 · γραφή,If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—John 13:18 · γραφὴI am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’John 17:12 · γραφὴWhile I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.John 19:24 · γραφὴSo they said to one another, “Let us not tear it. Instead, let us cast lots to see who will get it.” This was to fulfill the Scripture: “They divided My garments among them, and cast lots for My clothing.” So that is what the soldiers did.John 19:28 · γραφή,After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”John 19:36 · γραφὴNow these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.”John 19:37 · γραφὴAnd, as another Scripture says: “They will look on the One they have pierced.”John 20:9 · γραφὴνFor they still did not understand from the Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.Acts 1:16 · γραφὴν“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.Acts 8:32 · γραφῆςThe eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.Acts 8:35 · γραφῆςThen Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.Acts 17:2 · γραφῶν,As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,Acts 17:11 · γραφὰςNow the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.Acts 18:24 · γραφαῖς.Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the Scriptures.Acts 18:28 · γραφῶνFor he powerfully refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.Romans 1:2 · γραφαῖςthe gospel He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,Romans 4:3 · γραφὴFor what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”Romans 9:17 · γραφὴFor the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”Romans 10:11 · γραφή·It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”Romans 11:2 · γραφή,God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel:Romans 15:4 · γραφῶνFor everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.1 Corinthians 15:3 · γραφὰςFor what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,1 Corinthians 15:4 · γραφὰςthat He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,Galatians 3:8 · γραφὴThe Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”Galatians 3:22 · γραφὴBut the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.Galatians 4:30 · γραφή;But what does the Scripture say? “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”1 Timothy 5:18 · γραφή·For the Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and, “The worker is worthy of his wages.”2 Timothy 3:16 · γραφὴAll Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,James 2:8 · γραφήν·If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.James 2:23 · γραφὴAnd the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.James 4:5 · γραφὴOr do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?1 Peter 2:6 · γραφῇ·For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”2 Peter 1:20 · γραφῆςAbove all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation.2 Peter 3:16 · γραφὰςHe writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.