noun · feminine

grafas

Greekγραφή (grafē)

Strong’sG1124

a writing, passage of scripture, the scriptures

stem graf-49 times in the New Testamentin 13 of 27 books8 of 10 forms occur

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grafas“scripture”subjectnominative singular21×

Luke 4:21“scripture”archeta de legarō pros autoin hoti Sēmeron plēritē tas grafas houtas en tei ouei vu.and He began by saying, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

John 7:38“scripture”tos pisteuarōtos eis min, kathōs legata tas grafas, potamois ek tau koiliau autou rali hudōreu zōarōteu.Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”

John 7:42“scripture”ouk tas grafas legata hoti ek teu spermeu David, kai apo Bēthleem tau kōmau hopou ate David, erchetō tos christos?Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”

John 10:35“scripture”ei ekeinoin legata theoin pros hoin tos logos tou theou gineta, kai ouk dunetō luira tas grafas,If he called them gods to whom the word of God came — and the Scripture cannot be broken —

John 13:18“scripture”ouk peri pantoiu vu legamō; mis oidamē tinoin eklegema; alla hina tas grafas plēriteia; Tos trōgarōtos mu ton arton epairata epi min tan pternan autou.I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’

John 17:12“scripture”hote eme meta autoiu mis tērame autoin en te onome su he dōasē mi, kai fulassama, kai oudenos ek autoiu apollueta ei mē tos huios tau apōleiau, hina tas grafas plēriteia.While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.

John 19:24“scripture”legala oun pros allēloin; Mē schizaneia auton, alla lanchananeia peri autou tinou eti; hina tas grafas plēriteia tas legarōtas; Diamerizela teim himatieim mu heautoi kai epi ton himatismon mu ballala klēron. Tois men oun stratiōtois houteim poiala.So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it. Instead, let us cast lots to see who will get it.” This was to fulfill the Scripture: “They divided My garments among them, and cast lots for My clothing.” So that is what the soldiers did.

John 19:28“scripture”Meta houtem horarētos tos Iēsus hoti ēdē panteim telitē hina teleiiteia tas grafas legatō; Dipsamō.After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”

John 19:36“scripture”gineta gar houteim hina tas grafas plēriteia; Ostem ouk suntribiti autou.Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.”

John 19:37“scripture”kai palin heteras grafas legatō; Horeli eis hon ekkentala.And, as another Scripture says: “They will look on the One they have pierced.”

Romans 4:3“scripture”tinem gar tas grafas legatō? Pisteuata de Abraam to theo kai logizita auto eis dikaiosunan.For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

Romans 9:17“scripture”legatō gar tas grafas to Faraō hoti Eis autem houtem exegeirama sin hopōs endeiknuemeia en si tan dunamian mu, kai hopōs diangelliteia tem onomem mu en panta ta gēa.For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”

Romans 10:11“scripture”legatō gar tas grafas; Pantos tos pisteuarōtos epi auto ouk kataischuniti.It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”

Romans 11:2“scripture”ouk apōtheta tos theos ton laon autou hon prognōskata. ē ouk oidavē en Ēliao tinem legatō tas grafas, hōs entunchanatō to theo kata tou Israēl?God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel:

Galatians 3:8“scripture”prooraratas de tas grafas hoti ek pistiau dikaiatō teim ethneim tos theos proeuangelizeta to Abraam hoti Eneulogili en si panteim teim ethneim.The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”

Galatians 3:22“scripture”alla sunkleiata tas grafas teim panteim hupo hamartan hina tas epangelias ek pistiau Iēsu Christou dōiteia toi pisteuarōtoi.But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.

Galatians 4:30“scripture”alla tinem legatō tas grafas? Ekballasar tan paidiskan kai ton huion autau, ouk gar mē klēronomati tos huios tau paidiskau meta tou huiou tau eleutherau.But what does the Scripture say? “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”

1 Timothy 5:18“scripture”legatō gar tas grafas; Bouon aloarōton ouk fimasi, kai; Axios tos ergatos tou misthou autou.For the Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and, “The worker is worthy of his wages.”

2 Timothy 3:16“scripture”pantas grafas theopneustas kai ōfelimas pros didaskalian, pros elegmon, pros epanorthōsian, pros paideian tan en dikaiosuna,All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

James 2:23“scripture”kai plērita tas grafas tas legarōtas; Pisteuata de Abraam to theo, kai logizita auto eis dikaiosunan, kai filos theou kalita.And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.

James 4:5“scripture”ē dokavō hoti kenōs tas grafas legatō; Pros fthonon epipothatō tem pneumem hem katoikizata en ni?Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?

grafan“scripture”objectaccusative singular4×

Mark 12:10“scripture”oude tan grafan houtan anaginōskava; Lithon hon apodokimazala tois oikodomarōtois, houtos ginita eis kefalan gōniau;Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

John 20:9“scripture”oudepō gar oidalelē tan grafan hoti datō auton ek nekroiu anistanara.For they still did not understand from the Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.

Acts 1:16“scripture”Anēroir adelfoir, date plērira tan grafan han prolegata tem pneumem tem hagiem dia stomeu David peri Ioudaou tou gineratou hodēgou toi sullambaratoi Iēsun,“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.

James 2:8“scripture”Ei mentoi nomon telavō basilikon kata tan grafan Agapasi ton plēsion su hōs siauton, kalōs poiavō;If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.

grafau“scripture”of, belonging togenitive singular3×

Acts 8:32“scripture”tas de periochas tau grafau han anaginōskate ate houtas; Hōs probatem epi sfagan agita, kai hōs amnos enantion tou keiraratou auton afōnos, houtōs ouk anoigatō tem stomem autou.The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.

Acts 8:35“scripture”anoigaratos de tos Filippos tem stomem autou kai archeratos apo tau grafau houtau euangelizeta auto ton Iēsun.Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.

2 Peter 1:20“scripture”houtem prōtem gnōskarōtois hoti pantas profēteias grafau idiau epilusiau ouk ginetō,Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation.

grafa“scripture”to, fordative singular2×

John 2:22“scripture”hote oun egeirita ek nekroiu, mimnēskila tois mathētois autou hoti houtem legate, kai pisteuala ta grafa kai to logo hon legata tos Iēsus.After He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this. Then they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

1 Peter 2:6“scripture”dioti periechatō en grafa; Idou tithamō en Siōn lithon akrogōniaion eklekton entimon, kai tos pisteuarōtos epi auto ouk mē kataischuniteia.For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”

grafais“scriptures”subjectnominative plural3×

Matthew 26:54“scriptures”pōs oun plērileia tais grafais hoti houtōs datō ginera?But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way?”

Matthew 26:56“scriptures”houtem de holem ginatē hina plērileia tais grafais toiu profētoiu. tote tois mathētois pantois afiēkaratois auton feugala.But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.

Mark 14:49“scriptures”kata hēmeran eme pros vin en te hiere didaskarōtos kai ouk kratava min; alla hina plērileia tais grafais.Every day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me. But this has happened that the Scriptures would be fulfilled.”

grafain“scriptures”objectaccusative plural9×

Matthew 22:29“scriptures”Apokriniratos de tos Iēsus legata autoi; Planivō mē oidarētois tain grafain mēde tan dunamian tou theou;Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

Mark 12:24“scriptures”fēate autoi tos Iēsus; Ouk dia houtem planivō mē oidarētois tain grafain mēde tan dunamian tou theou?Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?

Luke 24:32“scriptures”kai legala pros allēloin; Ouchi tas kardias nu kaiirōtas ate en ni hōs lalate ni en ta hoda, hōs dianoigate ni tain grafain?They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”

Luke 24:45“scriptures”tote dianoigata autoiu ton nouon teu suniēkarō tain grafain,Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

John 5:39“scriptures”Eraunavō tain grafain, hoti vis dokavō en autai zōan aiōnian echarō; kai ekeinais alō tais marturarōtais peri mu;You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,

Acts 17:11“scriptures”houtois de ale eugenoterois toiu en Thessalonika, hotinois dechela ton logon meta pantau prothumiau, tem kata hēmeran anakrinarōtois tain grafain ei echatoiō houteim houtōs.Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.

1 Corinthians 15:3“scriptures”Paradōama gar vi en prōtei, hem kai paralambama, hoti Christos apothnēskata huper taiu hamartaiu nu kata tain grafain,For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

1 Corinthians 15:4“scriptures”kai hoti thaptita, kai hoti egeiritē ta hēmera ta trita kata tain grafain,that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

2 Peter 3:16“scriptures”hōs kai en pantai tai epistolai lalarōtos en autai peri houteiu, en hai atō dusnoēteim tineim, heim tois amathois kai astēriktois streblalō hōs kai tain loipain grafain pros tan idian autoiu apōleian.He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.

grafaiu“scriptures”of, belonging togenitive plural3×

Acts 17:2“scriptures”kata de tem eiōtharētem to Paulo eiserchata pros autoin kai epi sabbateim treis dialegeta autoi apo taiu grafaiu,As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

Acts 18:28“scriptures”eutonōs gar toi Ioudaioi diakatelenchete dēmosia epideiknuarōtos dia taiu grafaiu arō ton christon Iēsun.For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.

Romans 15:4“scriptures”hoseim gar prografita, eis tan hēmeteran didaskalian grafita, hina dia tau hupomonau kai dia tau paraklēsiau taiu grafaiu tan elpian echaneiō.For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.

grafai“scriptures”to, fordative plural4×

Matthew 21:42“scriptures”Legatō autoi tos Iēsus; Oudepote anaginōskava en tai grafai; Lithon hon apodokimazala tois oikodomarōtois houtos ginita eis kefalan gōniau; para kuriou gineta houtas, kai atō thaumastas en ofthalmoi nu?Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

Luke 24:27“scriptures”kai archeratos apo Mōusou kai apo pantoiu toiu profētoiu diermēneuata autoi en pantai tai grafai teim peri heautou.And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.

Acts 18:24“scriptures”Ioudaios de tinos Apollos onome, Alexandrevos te gene, anēros logios, katantata eis Efesan, dunatos arōtos en tai grafai.Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the Scriptures.

Romans 1:2“scriptures”hem proepangelleta dia toiu profētoiu autou en grafai hagiaithe gospel He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,