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Lexicon :: Strong's G1121 - gramma

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γράμμα
Transliteration
gramma (Key)
Pronunciation
gram'-mah
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:761,128

Strong’s Definitions

γράμμα grámma, gram'-mah; from G1125; a writing, i.e. a letter, note, epistle, book, etc.; plural learning:—bill, learning, letter, scripture, writing, written.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's G1121 in the following manner: letter (9x), bill (2x), writing (1x), learning (1x), scriptures (1x), written (with G1722) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's G1121 in the following manner: letter (9x), bill (2x), writing (1x), learning (1x), scriptures (1x), written (with G1722) (1x).

  1. a letter

  2. any writing, a document or record

    1. a note of hand, bill, bond, account, written acknowledgement of a debt

    2. a letter, an epistle

    3. the sacred writings (of the OT)

  3. letters, i.e. learning

    1. of sacred learning

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
γράμμα grámma, gram'-mah; from G1125; a writing, i.e. a letter, note, epistle, book, etc.; plural learning:—bill, learning, letter, scripture, writing, written.
STRONGS G1121:
γράμμα, -τος, τό, (γράφω), that which has been written;
1. a letter i. e. the character: Luke 23:38 [R G L brackets Tr marginal reading brackets]; Galatians 6:11.
2. any writing, a document or record;
a. a note of hand, bill, bond, account, written acknowledgment of debt (as scriptio in Varro sat. Men. 8, 1 [cf. Edersheim ii., 268ff]): Luke 16:6f. ([Josephus, Antiquities 18, 6, 3], in L text T Tr WH plural τὰ γράμματα; so of one document also in Antiph., p. 114 (30); Demosthenes, p. 1034, 16; Vulg. cautio).
b. a letter, an epistle: Acts 28:21; (Herodotus 5, 14; Thucydides 8, 50; Xenophon, Cyril 4, 5, 26, etc.).
c. τὰ ἱερὰ γράμματα the sacred writings (of the O. T.; [so Josephus, Antiquities prooem. § 3; 10, 10, 4 at the end; contra Apion 1, 10; Philo, de vit. Moys. 3, 39; de praem. et poen. § 14; leg. ad Gai. § 29, etc. — but always τὰ ἱ. γ.]): 2 Timothy 3:15 [here T WH omit; L Tr brackets τά]; γράμμα equivalent to the written law of Moses, Romans 2:27; Μωϋσέως γράμματα, John 5:47. Since the Jews so clave to the letter of the law that it not only became to them a mere letter but also a hindrance to true religion, Paul calls it γράμμα in a disparaging sense, and contrasts it with τὸ πνεῦμα i. e. the divine Spirit, whether operative in the Mosaic law, Romans 2:29, or in the gospel, by which Christians are governed, Romans 7:6; 2 Corinthians 3:6f [but in 2 Corinthians 3:7 R G T WH read the plural written in letters, so L marginal reading Tr marginal reading].
3. τὰ γράμματα, like the Latin litterae, English letters, equivalent to learning: Acts 26:24; εἰδέναι, μεμαθηκέναι γρ. (cf. German studirt haben), of sacred learning, John 7:15. (μανθάνειν, ἐπίστασθαι, etc., γράμματα are used by the Greeks of the rudiments of learning; cf. Passow, i. p. 571; [Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. a.].)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
16:6; 23:38
John
5:47; 7:15
Acts
26:24; 28:21
Romans
2:27; 2:29; 7:6
2 Corinthians
3:6; 3:7
Galatians
6:11
2 Timothy
3:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1121 matches the Greek γράμμα (gramma),
which occurs 14 times in 13 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:6 - He said, ‘A hundred measures[fn] of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:7 - Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred measures[fn] of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:47 - But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:15 - The Jews therefore marveled, saying, “How is it that this man has learning,[fn] when he has never studied?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:24 - And as he was saying these things in his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are out of your mind; your great learning is driving you out of your mind.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:21 - And they said to him, “We have received no letters from Judea about you, and none of the brothers coming here has reported or spoken any evil about you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:27 - Then he who is physically[fn] uncircumcised but keeps the law will condemn you who have the written code[fn] and circumcision but break the law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:29

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:29 - But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:6 - But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:6 - who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:7 - Now if the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at Moses’ face because of its glory, which was being brought to an end,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:11 - See with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 3:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:15 - and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
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