noun · feminine

apografas

Greekἀπογραφή (apografē)

Strong’sG582

an enrollment, census-taking, record

stem apograf-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

census1×registration1×

What it means

ἀπο-γραφή, -ῆς, ἡ (ἀπογράφω),

[in LXX: Da LXX 10:21 (כְּתָב), I Es 8:30, AB, II Mac 2:1, III Mac 2:32 4:15, 17 7:22*;]

1. a written copy.

2. As law term, a deposition (Demos.).

3. In late writers, a register, enrolment, census (MM, s.v.; Deiss., LAE, 160, 268 f.): Lk 2:2, Ac 5:37.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G582 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidap-og-raf-ay'

an enrollment; by implication, an assessment

Fromfrom G583;

King Jamestaxing.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	apografas1×ἀπογραφὴ	apografais
object accusative	apografan	apografain
direct address vocative	apografar	apografair
of, belonging to genitive	apografau1×ἀπογραφῆς	apografaiu
to, for dative	apografa	apografai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

apografstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

apografa is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

apografemō — ἀπογράφω, I enroll, inscribe in a register

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

apografas“registration”subjectnominative singular1×

Luke 2:2“registration”houtas apografas prōtas gineta hēgemoneuarōtou tau Suriau Kurēniou;This was the first census to take place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.

apografau“census”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Acts 5:37“census”meta houton anistanata Ioudaos tos Galilaios en tai hēmerai tau apografau kai afistanata laon opisō autou; kakeinos apollueta kai pantois hosois peithile auto diaskorpizila.After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and drew away people after him. He too perished, and all his followers were scattered.