γράφω; [imperfect ἔγραφον]; future γράψω; 1 aorist ἔγραψα; perfect γέγραφα; passive [present γράφομαι]; perfect γέγραμμαι; [pluperfect 3 person singular ἐγέγραπτο, Revelation 17:8 Lachmann]; 2 aorist ἐγράφην; (properly, to grave, scrape, scratch, engrave; cf. German graben, eingraben; γράψεν δὲ οἱ ὀστέον ἄχρις αἰχμή, Homer, Iliad 17, 599; σήματα γράψας ἐν πίνακι, ibid. 6, 169; hence, to draw letters), to write;
1. with reference to the form of the letters; to delineate (or form) letters on a tablet, parchment, paper, or other material: τῷ δακτύλῳ ἔγραφεν εἰς τὴν γῆν made figures on the ground, John 8:6 Rec.; οὕτω γράφω so I am accustomed to form my letters, 2 Thessalonians 3:17; πηλίκοις γράμμασι ἔγραψα with how large (and so, ill-formed [?]) letters I have written, Galatians 6:11; cf. Winer, Rückert, Hilgenfeld at the passage [for the views of those who regard ἔγρ. as covering the close of the Epistle only, see Bp. Lightfoot and Meyer; cf. Winers Grammar, 278 (261); Buttmann, 198 (171f)].
2. with reference to the contents of the writing;
a. to express in written characters, followed by the words expressed: ἔγραψε λέγων· Ἰωάννης ἐστὶ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, Luke 1:63; μὴ γράφε· ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων κτλ., John 19:21; γράψον· μακάριοι κτλ., Revelation 14:13. γράφω τι, John 19:22; passive Revelation 1:3; τὶ ἐπί τι, Revelation 2:17; Revelation 19:16; τὶ ἐπί τινα, Revelation 3:12; ἐπί τινος, Revelation 14:1.
b. to commit to writing (things not to be forgotten), write down, record: Revelation 1:19 (γράψον ἃ εἶδες); Revelation 10:4; γράφειν εἰς βιβλίον, Revelation 1:11; ἐπὶ τὸ βιβλίον τῆς ζωῆς, Revelation 17:8; γεγραμμ. ἐν τ. βιβλίῳ [or τῇ βίβλῳ], ἐν τοῖς βιβλίοις, Revelation 13:8; Revelation 20:12, 15; Revelation 21:27; Revelation 22:18, 19; τὰ ὀνόματα ὑμῶν ἐγράφη [ἐν- (ἐγ- Tr see N, ν) γέγρ. T Tr WH] ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, i. e. that ye have been enrolled with those for whom eternal blessedness has been prepared, Luke 10:20; γράφειν τί τινι, to record something for someone's use, Luke 1:3.
c. ἐγράφη and γέγραπται (in the Synoptists and Paul), and γεγραμμένον ἐστί (in John), are used of those things which stand written in the sacred books (of the O. T.); absolutely γέγραπται, followed by the quotation from the sacred vol.: Matthew 4:4, 6f, 10; Matthew 21:13; Mark 7:6; Mark 11:17; Mark 14:27; Luke 4:8; Luke 19:46; καθὼς γέγραπται, Acts 15:15, very often in Paul, as Romans 1:17; Romans 2:24; Romans 3:4 [see below]; 1 Corinthians 1:31; 1 Corinthians 2:9; 2 Corinthians 8:15; 2 Corinthians 9:9; καθάπερ γέγρ., Romans 11:8 T Tr WH; [Romans 3:4 T Tr WH]; γέγραπται γάρ, Matthew 26:31; Luke 4:10; Acts 23:5; Romans 12:19; Romans 14:11; 1 Corinthians 3:19; Galatians 3:10, 13 Rec.; Gal 4:22, 27; ὁ λόγος ὁ γεγραμμένος, 1 Corinthians 15:54; κατὰ τὸ γεγραμμένον, 2 Corinthians 4:13; γεγραμμένον ἐστί, John 2:17; John 6:31; John 12:14; ἐγράφη δὲ πρὸς νουθεσίαν ἡμῶν, 1 Corinthians 10:11; ἐγράφη δἰ ἡμᾶς for our sake, Romans 4:24; 1 Corinthians 9:10; with the name of the author of the written words or of the books in which they are found: γέγραπται ἐν βίβλῳ ψαλμῶν, Acts 1:20; ἐν βίβλῳ τῶν προφητῶν, Acts 7:42; ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ [R WH δευτέρῳ] ψαλμῷ, Acts 13:33; ἐν Ἠσαΐᾳ, Mark 1:2 [not Rec.], etc. τινά or τί to write of, i. e. in writing to mention or refer to a person or a thing: ὃν ἔγραψε Μωϋσῆς whom Moses had in mind in writing of the Messiah, or whose likeness Moses delineated, John 1:45 (John 1:46); Μωϋσῆς γράφει τὴν δικαιοσύνην τὴν ἐκ νόμου, Moses, writing the words ὅτι ὁ ποιήσας αὐτά κτλ., points out the righteousness which is of the law, Romans 10:5. γέγραπται, γράφειν, etc. περί τινος, concerning one: Matthew 26:24; Mark 14:21; John 5:46; Acts 13:29; ἐπὶ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, that it should find fulfilment in him, Mark 9:12f [cf. ἵνα, II. 2b.]; ἐπ’ αὐτῷ, on him i. e. of him (cf. Winer's Grammar, 393 (368) [and ἐπί, Buttmann, 2f. β.]), John 12:16; τὰ γεγραμμένα τῷ υἱῷ τοῦ ἀνθρ. written for him, allotted to him in Scripture, i. e. to be accomplished in his career, Luke 18:31; cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 4; [yet cf. Buttmann, 178 (154)]; Μωϋσῆς ἔγραψεν ὑμῖν ἵνα etc. Moses in the Scripture commanded us that etc. [cf. Buttmann, 237 (204)], Mark 12:19; Luke 20:28.
d. γράφειν τινί to write to one, i. e. by writing (in a written epistle) to give information, directions, etc. to one: Romans 15:15; 2 Corinthians 2:4, 9 [dative implied]; 2 Cor 7:12; Philemon 1:21; 2 Peter 3:15; 1 John 2:12ff; δἰ ὀλίγων, 1 Peter 5:12; διὰ μέλανος καὶ καλάμου, 3 John 1:13; followed by the words written or to be written in the letter: Acts 15:23; Revelation 2:1, 8, 12, 18; Revelation 3:1, 7, 14; γράφειν τινί τι, 1 Corinthians 14:37; 2 Corinthians 1:13; 2 Corinthians 2:3 [L T Tr WH omit the dative]; Galatians 1:20; 1 Timothy 3:14; 1 John 1:4 [R G L]; 1 John 2:1; περί τινος, 1 John 2:26; Acts 25:26; 2 Corinthians 9:1; 1 Thessalonians 4:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:1; Jude 1:3; διὰ χειρός τινος, to send a letter by one, Acts 15:23 [see χείρ]; γράφειν τινί, followed by an infinitive, by letter to bid one do a thing, Acts 18:27; followed by μή with an infinitive (to forbid, write one not to etc.), 1 Corinthians 5:9, 11.
3. to fill with writing (German beschreiben): βιβλίον γεγραμμένον ἔσωθεν καὶ ὄπισθεν a volume written within and behind, on the back, hence, on both sides, Revelation 5:1 (Ezekiel 2:10); cf. Düsterdieck [Alford, others] at the passage
4. to draw up in writing, compose: βιβλίον, Mark 10:4; John 21:25 [Tdf. omit the verse; see WH's Appendix at the passage]; τίτλον, John 19:19; ἐπιστολήν, Acts 23:25; 2 Peter 3:1; ἐντολήν τινι to write a commandment to one, Mark 10:5; 1 John 2:7; 2 John 1:5. [Compare: ἀπο-, ἐγ-, ἐπι-, κατα-, προγράφω.]

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ἐνγράφω, see ἐν, III. 2 and 3.

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καταγράφω: imperfect 3 person singular κατέγραφεν; to draw (forms or figures), to delineate: John 8:6 manuscript D etc. which T Tr WH (text) would substitute for R G ἔγραφεν. (Pausan. 1, 28, 2. Differently in other Greek writings.) [Perhaps it may be taken in John under the passage cited in a more general sense: to mark (cf. Pollux 9, 7, 104, etc.).]