γραμματεύςgrammateús
Greek (New Testament) · G1122
Meanings
1. a secretary; γ. τ. πόλεως, a state-clerk: Acts 19:35.
2. In π., of a military officer. So Judges 5:14, 2 Kings 25:19 (ספר), and elsewhere
3. a scribe, a biblical scholar, teacher of the law (so first in 1 Esdras 8:3, 2 Esdras 7:6; in Luke 5:17, νομοδιδάσκαλος; in Luke 10:25, νομικός): Matthew 7:29, Mark 1:22, and frequently in Gosp. γ. καὶ ἀρχιερεῖς, Matthew 2:4, et and elsewhere; γ. κ. Φαρισαῖοι, Matthew 5:20, et and elsewhere; γ. μαθητευθεὶς τῇ βασιλείᾳ τ. οὐρ., Matthew 13:52; ποῦ σοφός; ποῦ γ., 1 Corinthians 1:20.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 62 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 2:4 He called a meeting of the leading priests and teachers of religious law and asked, “Where is the Messiah supposed to be born?”
- Matthew 5:20 “But I warn you—unless your righteousness is better than the righteousness of the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven!
- Matthew 7:29 for he taught with real authority—quite unlike their teachers of religious law.
- Matthew 8:19 Then one of the teachers of religious law said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
- Matthew 9:3 But some of the teachers of religious law said to themselves, “That’s blasphemy! Does he think he’s God?”
- Matthew 12:38 One day some teachers of religious law and Pharisees came to Jesus and said, “Teacher, we want you to show us a miraculous sign to prove your authority.”
See every passage
- Matthew 2:4, 5:20, 7:29, 8:19, 9:3, 12:38, 13:52, 15:1, 16:21, 17:10, 20:18, 21:15, 23:2, 23:13, 23:15, 23:23, 23:25, 23:27, 23:29, 23:34, 26:57, 27:41
- Mark 1:22, 2:6, 2:16, 3:22, 7:1, 7:5, 8:31, 9:11, 9:14, 10:33, 11:18, 11:27, 12:28, 12:32, 12:35, 12:38, 14:1, 14:43, 14:53, 15:1, 15:31
- Luke 5:21, 5:30, 6:7, 9:22, 11:53, 15:2, 19:47, 20:1, 20:19, 20:39, 20:46, 22:2, 22:66, 23:10
- Acts 4:5, 6:12, 19:35, 23:9
- 1 Corinthians 1:20
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.