γραμματεύς

γραμματεύς, -έως (accusative pl., -εῖς, see Bl., §8, 2), ὁ

(γράμμα), [in LXX always for שׁטר in Hex., elsewhere chiefly for ספר ;]

1. a secretary; γ. τ. πόλεως, a state-clerk: ApG 19,35,

2. In π., of a military officer (Deiss., BS, 110f.). So Dom 5,14, 2 Kong 25,19 (ספר), al.

3. a scribe, a biblical scholar, teacher of the law (so first in I Est 8,3, II Est 7,6; in Luk 5,17, νομοδιδάσκαλος; in Luk 10,25, νομικός): Matt 7,29, Mark 1,22, and frequently in Gosp. γ. καὶ ἀρχιερεῖς, Matt 2,4, and al.; γ. κ. Φαρισαῖοι, Matt 5,20, and al.; γ. μαθητευθεὶς τῇ βασιλείᾳ τ. οὐρ., Matt 13,52 ποῦ σοφός; ποῦ γ., 1 Kor 1,20 (Cremer, 167; DB, iv, 420, 800).