noun · masculine
grammatevos
Strong’sG1122
a scribe, town-clerk, man of learning
stem grammatev-63 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books6 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
A γραμματεύς is a secretary or clerk, an official title used for state or town officials who kept records; the "town-clerk" of a city falls under this sense 1234. In earlier Greek usage this kind of official could also be a military officer 1.
The word also means a scribe, a scholar of the biblical law and its teacher, a title given to religious teachers and experts in the Jewish law who appear repeatedly in the Gospels, often alongside chief priests or Pharisees 14. Strong's likewise notes the underlying sense of "writer," from which both the clerk and the scribe/scholar senses come 2.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
γραμματεύς, -έως (acc. pl., -εῖς, v. Bl., §8, 2), ὁ
(< γράμμα), [in LXX always for שׁטר in Hex., elsewhere chiefly for ספר;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1122 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidgram-mat-yooce'
Fromfrom G1121. a writer, i.e. (professionally) scribe or secretary
King Jamesscribe, town-clerk.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
secretary, registrar, title of officials at Athens and elsewhere, NT+5th c.BC+; γ. τοῦ θεοῦ Refs 5th c.BC+; also of subordinate officials, clerk, sometimes a term of contempt, ὄλεθρος γ. Refs 4th c.BC+; ἡ γ., in joke, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 metaphorically, recorder, of memory, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 scholar, γ. σαφής Refs 4th c.BC+
4 one who traces or marks out, of Egyptian embalmers, Refs 1st c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | grammatevos5×γραμματεὺς | grammatevois28×γραμματεῖς |
| object accusative | grammatevon | grammatevoin5×γραμματεῖς |
| direct address vocative | grammatevor | grammatevoir6×γραμματεῖς |
| of, belonging to genitive | grammatevou | grammatevoiu17×γραμματέων |
| to, for dative | grammatevo | grammatevoi2×γραμματεῦσιν |
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
grammatevo 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
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
63 occurrences, every one of them listed
grammatevos“scribe”subjectnominative singular5×
Matthew 8:19“scribe”kai prosercharantos henos grammatevos legata auto; Didaskalor, akolouthami si hopou …… came to Him and said, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.”
Matthew 13:52… de legata autoi; Dia houtem pantos grammatevos mathēteuirantos ta basileia toiu ouranoiu homoios …… told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the …
Mark 12:32kai legata auto tos grammatevos; Kalōs, didaskalor, epi alētheiau legasa hoti …“Right, Teacher,” the scribe replied. “You have stated correctly that …
Acts 19:35“town clerk”katastelarantos de tos grammatevos ton ochlon fēatō; Androir Efesioir, tinos …Finally the city clerk quieted the crowd and declared, “Men of Ephesus, doesn’t everyone …
1 Corinthians 1:20pou sofos? pou grammatevos? pou suzētētos tou aiōnou houtou? ouchi …… the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this …
grammatevois“scribes”subjectnominative plural28×
Matthew 7:29… exousian echarōntos kai ouk hōs tois grammatevois autoiu.… had authority, and not as their scribes.
Matthew 15:1… to Iēso apo Hierosolumeiu Farisaiois kai grammatevois legarōntoisThen some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and …
Matthew 17:10… tois mathētois legarōntois; Tinem oun tois grammatevois legalō hoti Ēliaon datō erchara prōtem?… asked Him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
Matthew 21:15horarantois de tois archierevois kai tois grammatevois teim thaumasieim heim poiata kai toin …But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the …
Matthew 23:2… Epi tau Mōusou kathedrau kathizala tois grammatevois kai tois Farisaiois.“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
Matthew 26:57… pros Kaiafon ton archierevon, hopou tois grammatevois kai tois presbuterois sunagila.… Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and elders had gathered.
Mark 1:22… exousian echarōntos kai ouk hōs tois grammatevois.… had authority, and not as the scribes.
Mark 2:16kai tois grammatevois toiu Farisaioiu horarantois hoti esthiatō meta …When the scribes who were Pharisees saw Jesus eating …
Mark 3:22kai tois grammatevois tois apo Hierosolumeiu katabainarantois legale hoti …And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem …
Mark 7:5… eperōtalō auton tois Farisaiois kai tois grammatevois; Dia tinem ouk peripatalō tois mathētois …So the Pharisees and scribes questioned Jesus: “Why do Your disciples …
Mark 9:11… eperōtale auton legarōntois; Hoti legalō tois grammatevois hoti Ēliaon datō erchara prōtem?… they asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
Mark 11:18kai akouala tois archierevois kai tois grammatevois, kai zētale pōs auton apolaleia; fobole …When the chief priests and scribes heard this, they looked for a …
Mark 11:27… pros auton tois archierevois kai tois grammatevois kai tois presbuterois… temple courts, and the chief priests, scribes, and elders came up to Him.
Mark 12:35… en te hiere; Pōs legalō tois grammatevois hoti tos christos huios David atō?… courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the …
Mark 14:1… kai zētale tois archierevois kai tois grammatevois pōs auton en dolo kratarantois apoktenaleia,… away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way …
Mark 14:53… archierevois kai tois presbuterois kai tois grammatevois.… all the chief priests, elders, and scribes assembled.
Luke 5:21kai archela dialogizorō tois grammatevois kai tois Farisaiois legarōntois; Tinos atō …But the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to themselves …
Luke 5:30kai gonguzale tois Farisaiois kai tois grammatevois autoiu pros toin mathētoin autou legarōntois; …But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do …
Luke 6:7paratērole de tois grammatevois kai tois Farisaiois ei en te …… a reason to accuse Jesus, the scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely …
Luke 11:53Kakeithen exercharantou autou archela tois grammatevois kai tois Farisaiois deinōs enecharō kai …… Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him …
Luke 15:2… diagonguzale tois tē Farisaiois kai tois grammatevois legarōntois hoti Houtos hamartōloin prosdechotō kai …So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: “This man welcomes …
Luke 19:47… hiere; tois de archierevois kai tois grammatevois zētale auton apolara kai tois prōtois …… every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were …
Luke 20:1… euangelizorōntou epistēala tois archierevois kai tois grammatevois sun toi presbuteroi,… the gospel, the chief priests and scribes, together with the elders, came up …
Luke 20:19kai zētala tois grammatevois kai tois archierevois epibalara epi auton …When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus …
Luke 22:2kai zētale tois archierevois kai tois grammatevois tem pōs anairaleia auton, fobole gar …and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a way to …
Luke 22:66… presbuteriem tou laou, archierevois tē kai grammatevois, kai apagala auton eis tem sunedriem …… people, both the chief priests and scribes, met together. They led Jesus into …
Luke 23:10stēalelē de tois archierevois kai tois grammatevois eutonōs katēgorarōntois autou.Meanwhile, the chief priests and scribes stood there, vehemently accusing Him.
John 8:3agalō de tois grammatevois kai tois Farisaiois pros auton gunaikan …The scribes and Pharisees, however, brought to Him …
grammatevoin“scribes”objectaccusative plural5×
Matthew 2:4kai sunagarantos pantoin toin archierevoin kai grammatevoin tou laou punthanote para autoiu pou …… assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them …
Matthew 23:34“scribes”… pros vin profētoin kai sofoin kai grammatevoin; ek autoiu apoktenavi kai stauravi, kai …… am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you …
Mark 9:14… horala ochlon pollon peri autoin kai grammatevoin suzētarōntoin pros autoin.… a large crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them.
Acts 4:5… archontoin kai toin presbuteroin kai toin grammatevoin en Ierousalēm… next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,
Acts 6:12… laon kai toin presbuteroin kai toin grammatevoin, kai epistēarantois sunarpazala auton kai agala …… stirred up the people, elders, and scribes and confronted Stephen. They seized him …
grammatevoir“scribes”direct addressvocative plural6×
Matthew 23:13Ouai de vi, grammatevoir kai Farisaioir hupokritoir, hoti kleiavō tan …Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut …
Matthew 23:15Ouai vi, grammatevoir kai Farisaioir hupokritoir, hoti periagavō tan …Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse …
Matthew 23:23Ouai vi, grammatevoir kai Farisaioir hupokritoir, hoti apodekatavō tem …Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay …
Matthew 23:25Ouai vi, grammatevoir kai Farisaioir hupokritoir, hoti katharizavō tem …Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean …
Matthew 23:27Ouai vi, grammatevoir kai Farisaioir hupokritoir, hoti paromoiazavō tafoi …Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are …
Matthew 23:29Ouai vi, grammatevoir kai Farisaioir hupokritoir, hoti oikodomavō toin …Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build …
grammatevoiu“scribes”of, belonging togenitive plural17×
Matthew 5:20… perisseuateia vu tas dikaiosunas polloterem toiu grammatevoiu kai Farisaioiu, ouk mē eiserchaveia eis …… your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter …
Matthew 9:3kai idou tinois toiu grammatevoiu legala en heautoi; Houtos blasfēmatō.On seeing this, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is …
Matthew 12:38Tote apokrinila auto tinois toiu grammatevoiu kai Farisaioiu legarōntois; Didaskalor, thelanō apo …Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher …
Matthew 16:21… apo toiu presbuteroiu kai archierevoiu kai grammatevoiu kai apoktenira kai ta trita hēmera …… of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed …
Matthew 27:41… kai tois archierevois empaizarōntois meta toiu grammatevoiu kai presbuteroiu legale;… the same way, the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked Him, saying,
Mark 2:6ale de tinois toiu grammatevoiu ekei kathorōntois kai dialogizorōntois en tai …But some of the scribes were sitting there and thinking in …
Mark 7:1… auton tois Farisaiois kai tinois toiu grammatevoiu ercharantois apo Hierosolumeiu… the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered …
Mark 8:31… presbuteroiu kai toiu archierevoiu kai toiu grammatevoiu kai apoktenira kai meta treis hēmerain …… by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed …
Mark 12:28Kai prosercharantos henos toiu grammatevoiu akouarantos autoiu suzētarōntoiu, horarantos hoti kalōs …Now one of the scribes had come up and heard their …
Mark 12:38… didacha autou legate; Blepavōr apo toiu grammatevoiu toiu thelarōntoiu en stolai peripatarō kai …… also said, “Watch out for the scribes. They like to walk around in …
Mark 14:43… xuleiu para toiu archierevoiu kai toiu grammatevoiu kai toiu presbuteroiu.… clubs, sent from the chief priests, scribes, and elders.
Mark 15:1… tois archierevois meta toiu presbuteroiu kai grammatevoiu kai holem tem sunedriem darantois ton …… the morning, the chief priests, elders, scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin devised a …
Mark 15:31… archierevois empaizarōntois pros allēloin meta toiu grammatevoiu legale; Allosoin sōzata, heauton ouk dunotō …… same way, the chief priests and scribes mocked Him among themselves, saying, “He …
Luke 9:22… apo toiu presbuteroiu kai archierevoiu kai grammatevoiu kai apoktenira kai ta trita hēmera …… by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and He must be killed and …
Luke 20:39apokrinirantois de tinois toiu grammatevoiu legala; Didaskalor, kalōs legasa;Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well!”
Luke 20:46Prosechavōr apo toiu grammatevoiu toiu thelarōntoiu peripatarō en stolai kai …“Beware of the scribes. They like to walk around in …
Acts 23:9… kraugas megas, kai anastēarantois tinois toiu grammatevoiu teu mereu toiu Farisaioiu diamachole legarōntois; …A great clamor arose, and some scribes from the party of the Pharisees …
grammatevoi“scribes”to, fordative plural2×
Matthew 20:18… tou anthrōpou paradōiti toi archierevoi kai grammatevoi, kai katakrinali auton thanato,… over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death
Mark 10:33… anthrōpou paradōiti toi archierevoi kai toi grammatevoi, kai katakrinali auton thanato kai paradōali …… over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death …