to write

Greek Verb

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, 2Th.3:17; (b) to express in writing, commit to writing, record: Luk.1:63, Jhn.19:21, 22 Rev.1:11, 19 al; of scripture as a standing authority (Deiss, BS, 112ff.), γέγραπται, it stands written (Luther), Mat.4:4, Mrk.7:6, Luk.4:8, Rom.1:17, 1Co.1:31, al; id. before ἐν, Mrk.1:2, Act.1:20, al; with accusative, to write of: Jhn.1:46, Rom.10:5; before περί, Mat.26:24, Mrk.14:21, Jhn.5:46; al; with dative (WM, §31, 4), Luk.18:31; id. before ἵνα (M, Pr., 207f.), Mrk.12:19, Luk.20:28; κατὰ τ. γεγραμμένον, 2Co.4:13; γεγραμμένον ἐστί, Jhn.2:17; ἐγράφη, Rom.4:24; ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ γεγραμμένα, Jhn.12:16; (with) of writing directions or information, with dative of person(s): Rom.15:15, 2Co.7:12, al; (d) of that which contains the record or message: βιβλίον, Mrk.10:4, Jhn.21:25, Rev.5:1; τίτλον, Jhn.19:19; ἐπιστολήν, Act.23:25; ἐντολήν, Mrk.10:5 (cf. ἀπο, ἐγ, ἐπι, κατα, προ-). (AS)

to write

Greek Verb

γράφω [ᾰ], future -ψω[Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἔγραψα, Epic dialect γράψα [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect γέγραφα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, future γράψομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐγραψάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, future γρᾰφήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc: aorist ἐγράφην [ᾰ], [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect γέγραμμαι (also in middle sense, see near the end), 3rd.pers. singular ἔγραπται [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; participle ἐγραμμένος or ἠγρ- [Refs 1st c.AD+]: 3rd.pers. plural γεγράφαται [Refs], Doric dialect γεγράβανται [Refs]: pluperfect ἐγέγραπτο [Refs 5th c.BC+]: 3rd.pers. plural ἐγεγράφατο [Refs 8th c.BC+] only in aorist active:—scratch, graze, αἰχμὴ γράψεν οἱ ὀστέον ἄχρις [Refs 8th c.BC+]; γράψας ἐν πίνακι πτυκτῷ θυμοφθόρα πολλά having marked or drawn signs thereon, [Refs]represent by lines, draw, paint, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γῆς περιόδους γ. draw maps, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ζῷα γ, ={ζωγραφεῖν} (which see), [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—middle, ζῷα γράφεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, εἰκὼν γεγραμμένη [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) in Mathematics texts, describe a figure, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] 2.b) of a point or line in motion, generate a figure, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 3) brand, mark, [Refs 3rd c.AD+] —passive in form γεγράφαται[Refs] II) express by written characters, write, τι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γ. τινὶ ὅτι. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γ. τινί, with infinitive, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; γ. τι εἰς διφθέρας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ὕδωρ, ἐν ὕδατι, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, πόθι φρενὸς γέγραπται in what leaf of memory it is written, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) inscribe, γ. εἰς σκῦλα, εἰς στήλην, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, γράφεσθαί τι to be inscribed with a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]have my name inscribed, [Refs]; ἐν τῷ προσώπῳ γραφεὶς τὴν συμφοράν having it branded on his forehead, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γεγραμμένα κωκύουσαν, of the hyacinth, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] II.3) write down, γ. τινὰ αἴτιον set him down as the cause, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γ. τι ἱερόν τινι register as, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in magic, invoke a curse upon, [Refs]; γ. τινὰ κληρονόμον, ἐπίτροπον, institute by a written document, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; register, enrol, ἐμὲ γράφε τῶν ἱππεύειν ὑπερεπιθυμούντων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ Κρέοντος προστάτου γεγράψομαι, as a dependent of Cr, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.4) γ. τινί write a letter to one, γ. σοὶ ἵνα εἰδῇς [Refs 2nd c.BC+], etc; εἴς τινα [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II.5) γ. περί τίνος write on a subject, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἴς τινα against, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; πρός τινα address a work to, [Refs]; describe, οἱ ὑφ᾽ ἡμῶν γραφόμενοι καιροί [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; especially of Prose, opposed to ποιεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.6) write down a law to be proposed: hence, propose, move, γνώμην, νόμον, ψήφισμα, etc, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γ. πόλεμον, εἰρήνην, [Refs]: with infinitive, σὺ γράφεις ταῦτ᾽ εἶναι στρατιωτικά [Refs]; enact, νόμοι οὓς τὸ πλῆθος συνελθὸν ἔγραψε [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, παρὰ τὰ γραφέντα δρᾶν [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.7) prescribe, ordain, πότμος ἔγραψε [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.8) ὁ γράφων τὸν Ὀξυρυγχίτην (i.e. νομόν) the secretary for the nome of Oxyrhynchus, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; τῷ ἰδίῳ λόγῳ γράφοντι τὸν νομόν [Refs 2nd c.AD+] B) middle, write for oneself or for one's own use, note down, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐγραψάμην ὑπομνήματα I wrote me down some memoranda, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; cause to be written, συγγραφήν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; γ. πρόσοδον πρὸς τὴν βουλήν petition for a hearing before the Council, [Refs] B.2) enrol oneself, γράψασθαι φυλῆς καὶ δήμου καὶ φρατρίας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but also [Refs 4th c.BC+] enrol me as one of your disciples, [Refs] B.3) as law-term, γ. τινά to indict one, τινός for some public offence, e.g. τῆς αἰσχροκερδείας, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative et infinitive, γ. τινὰ ἀδικεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+] the prosecutors, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also γράφεσθαί τι indict an act, i. e. the doer of it, as criminal, ἐγράψατο τὴν Χαβρίου δωρειάν he brought a γραφὴ παρανόμων against the person who proposed the grant to Chabrias, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ χάριν τούτων ἀποδοῦναι παρανόμων γράφει (2nd pers. singular) [Refs] B.3.b) passive, to be indicted, γραφεὶς ἀπέφυγον [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τοῦτο τὸ ψήφισμα ἐγράφη παρανόμων was indicted as illegal, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ψηφίσματα ὑπὸ τούτου οὐδὲ γραφέντα not even indicted, [Refs 4th c.BC+] if this decree had not been proposed, as passive of [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ γεγραμμένα the articles of the indictment, [Refs]; τὸ γεγραμμένον the penalty named in the indiclment, [Refs] —but γέγραμμαι usually takes the sense of the middle, indict, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

to "grave", especially to write; figuratively, to describe; describe, write(-ing, -ten); a primary verb