γράφω graphō

Greek word for “to write” · Strong’s G1125 · used 192 times in 181 verses

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Meaning

γράφω; 1. to scrape, graze (Hom.), and later (Hdt.) to sketch, draw.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for graphō in context, with how often each is used:

• has been written 63
• written 40
• write 19
• wrote 15
• do write 14
• writing 11
• have written 10
• having written 3
• have been written 2
• may write 2
• have i written 2
• has it been written 1

Where it is used

Also in 10 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 John 2 (8), Romans 15 (5), Revelation 2 (5), Matthew 4 (4), Luke 4 (4), John 19 (4), Revelation 3 (4), John 8 (3), 1 Corinthians 9 (3), 2 Corinthians 2 (3)

Forms

• γέγραπται 67
• γεγραμμένον 17
• ἔγραψα 15
• γράψον 14
• γράφω 12
• ἔγραψεν 7
• γεγραμμένα 7
• γράφειν 7
• γράψαι 5
• ἐγράφη 4

Words used with it

Words that share verses with graphō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• καθώς kathōs “as/just as” 29
• βιβλίον biblion “scroll” 14
• περί peri “about” 21
• ὄνομα onoma “name” 15
• νόμος nomos “law” 13
• προφήτης prophētēs “prophet” 12
• ὅδε hode, hēde “this” 7
• ἄγγελος angelos “angel” 12
• ἐκκλησία ekklēsia “assembly” 10
• λόγος logos “word” 13
• πολύς polus “much” 12
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 13

Key verses

The verses using graphō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Luke 24:44 — And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law…
• John 20:31 — But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
• Galatians 3:10 — For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in…
• Galatians 3:13 — Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
• 1 John 2:1 — My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
• Jude 1:3 — Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly…
• Revelation 1:11 — Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto…
• Revelation 2:17 — He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a…
• Revelation 3:7 — And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and…
• Revelation 13:8 — And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
• Revelation 20:12 — And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were…
• Revelation 21:27 — And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.