γράφω

γράφω, [in LXX chiefly for כּתב ];

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

2. to write;

(a) of forming or tracing letters on writing material: Jhn.8:[6], Gal 6,11, 2 Thess 3,17;

(b) to express in writing, commit to writing, record: Luk 1,63, Joh 19,21, 22 Åb 1,11, 19 al.; of scripture as a standing authority (Deiss., BS, 112ff.), γέγραπται, it stands written (Luther), Matt 4,4, Mark 7,6, Luk 4,8, Rom 1,17, 1 Kor 1,31, al.; id. before ἐν, Mark 1,2, ApG 1,20, al.; with accusative, to write of: Joh 1,46, Rom 10,5; before περί, Matt 26,24, Mark 14,21, Joh 5,46 al.; with dative (WM, §31, 4), Luk 18,31 id. before ἵνα (M, Pr., 207f.), Mark 12,19, Luk 20,28; κατὰ τ. γεγραμμένον, 2 Kor 4,13 γεγραμμένον ἐστί, Joh 2,17 ἐγράφη, Rom 4,24 ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ γεγραμμένα, Joh 12,16

(with) of writing directions or information, with dative of person(s): Rom 15,15, 2 Kor 7,12, al.;

(d) of that which contains the record or message: βιβλίον, Mark 10,4, Joh 21,25, Åb 5,1; τίτλον, Joh 19,19 ἐπιστολήν, ApG 23,25 ἐντολήν, Mark 10,5 (cf. ἀπο-, ἐγ-, ἐπι-, κατα-, προ-).