ΓΡΆΜΜΑ: γράμμα, -τος, τό [ (< γράφω), [in LXX for סֵפֶר, etc. ;] ] 1. . that which is traced or drawn, a picture.
2. . that which is written; (1) . a character, letter: Ga 6:11; (2) . a writing, a written document; (a) . a bill or account: Lk 16:6, 7; (b) . a letter: Ac 28:21; (c) . τὰ ἱερὰ γ., the sacred writings, i.e. the OT: II Ti 3:15 (so in Philo, Vit. Mos., iii, 39) ; (d) . τὸ γ., the letter, the written word as an external authority in contrast with the direct influence of the Spirit as manifested in the new Covenant: Ro 2:27, 29 7:6, II Co 3:6, 7;
(3) . τὰ γ., letters, i.e. learning: Jo 7:15, Ac 26:24. (In π. an illiterate person is very frequently referred to as γράμματα μὴ εἰδότης, and this "never means anything else than inability to write": MM, Exp., x; but v. also Cremer, 166; DCG, i, 202; ii, 584.) †