Graphē γραφή

Graphē (Greek γραφή, Strong's G1124) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “a writing”. It occurs 51 times in 51 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Scripture

Verses

Every verse with Graphē, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 21:42
  Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?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
  Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
• Matthew 26:54
  But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way?”
• Matthew 26:56
  But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.

Mark

• Mark 12:10
  And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
• Mark 12:24
  And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?
• Mark 14:49
  I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled.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.”
• Mark 15:28
  And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors.(not included in this translation)

Luke

• Luke 4:21
  And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.and He began by saying, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”
• Luke 24:27
  And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.
• Luke 24:32
  And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?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
  Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

John

• John 2:22
  When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.After 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
  Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.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
  He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
• John 7:42
  Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?Doesn’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
  If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—
• John 13:18
  I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.I 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
  While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.While 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
  They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.So 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
  After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”
• John 19:36
  For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.”
• John 19:37
  And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.And, as another Scripture says: “They will look on the One they have pierced.”
• John 20:9
  For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.For they still did not understand from the Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.

Acts

• Acts 1:16
  Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.
• Acts 8:32
  The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:The 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
  Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.
• Acts 17:2
  And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
• Acts 17:11
  These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.Now 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
  And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.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
  For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.

Romans

• Romans 1:2
  (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)the gospel He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,
• Romans 4:3
  For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
• Romans 9:17
  For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.For 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
  For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
• Romans 11:2
  God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,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
  For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.For 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.
• Romans 16:26
  But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:but now revealed and made known through the writings of the prophets by the command of the eternal God, in order to lead all nations to the obedience that comes from faith—

1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 15:3
  For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;For 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
  And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

Galatians

• Galatians 3:8
  And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.The 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
  But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.But 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
  Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.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

• 1 Timothy 5:18
  For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.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

• 2 Timothy 3:16
  All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

James

• James 2:8
  If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
• James 2:23
  And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.And 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
  Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?

1 Peter

• 1 Peter 2:6
  Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.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

• 2 Peter 1:20
  Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation.
• 2 Peter 3:16
  As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.He 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.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).