Definition:
γράμμα, -τος, τό (γράφω), [in LXX for סֵפֶר, etc;] 1) that which is traced or drawn, a picture. 2) that which is written; (1) a character, letter: Gal.6:11; (2) a writing, a written document; (a) a bill or account: Luk.16:6, 7; (b) a letter: Act.28:21; (with) τὰ ἱερὰ γ, the sacred writings, i.e. the OT: 2Ti.3:15 (so in Philo, Vit. Mos., iii, 39); (d) τὸ γ, the letter, the written word as an external authority in contrast with the direct influence of the Spirit as manifested in the new Covenant: Rom.2:27, 29 7:6, 2Co.3:6, 7; (3) τὰ γ, letters, i.e. learning: Jhn.7:15, Act.26:24. (In π. an illiterate person is very frequently referred to as γράμματα μ᾽̀ εἰδότης, and this "never means anything else than inability to write": MM, Exp., x; but see also Cremer, 166; DCG, i, 202; ii, 584.) (AS)
Definition:
γράμμα, ατος, τό,
Doric dialect γράθμα, probably in [
Refs 6th c.BC+], but
γράσσμα, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: late
Aeolic dialect plural γρόππατα, [
Refs]: (γράφω):—
that which is drawn:
plural,
lines of a drawing, picture, etc, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
picture, Ἀπέλλεω γ. [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]:
singular,
drawing, picture, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
plural,
figures in a picture, [
Refs 5th c.AD+]
II)
written character, letter, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: in
plural,
letters, characters, γραμμάτων τε συνθέσεις [
NT+4th c.BC+];
the letters, the alphabet, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ἀσσύρια, Ἑλληνικά, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μαθεῖν to have learnt
to read, [
Refs]; ἐδίδασκες γράμματα, ἐγὼ δ᾽ ἐφοίτων you
kept school—I went there, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; τέχνη ἡμῶν γ. our profession is that of the
scribe, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.b)
articulate sound, letter, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; γράμματα φθέγγεσθαι[
Refs]
II.c) παρὰ γράμμα λέγοντα. σκοπεῖν
etymologically, [
Refs]; τὰ παρὰ γ. σκώμματα puns, [
Refs]; but ἀρετὴν παρὰ γ. διώκοντες, with
reference to Νικαρέτη, the mistress of Stilpo, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.d)
inscription, τὸ Δελφικὸν γ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2) in
plural,
notes in music, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.3) mathematical
diagram, epigram cited in [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
II.4)
letter inscribed on the lots which the δικασταί drew, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; practically, =
division of dicasts, ἐν ὁποίῳ γ. δειπνεῖ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἁ κατὰ γράμμα φυλακά the
roster of guards, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II.4.b)
quarters of a town, [
Refs];
accent, [
Refs]
II.5) a small weight, 1/24
ounce, scruple, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
III) in
plural,
set of written characters, piece of writing, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence,
letter, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
inscription, epitaph, etc, ἐκόλαψε ἐς τὸν τάφον γράμματα λέγοντα τάδε [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2)
papers, documents, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τούτων τὰ γ. the
documents to prove this, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ δημόσια γ. the public
records, Decrees cited in [
Refs 4th c.BC+];
title-deeds, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+];
account of loans, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
contract or
estimate, [
Refs];
catalogue, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: in
singular,
bond, [
NT];
note of hand, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
III.3) a man's
writings, i.e.
book, treatise, τὰ τοῦ Ζήνωνος γ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
plural,
books, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἱερὰ γ. the Holy [
NT+3rd c.BC+]; ἱερὰ γ, = Imperial
rescripts, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]; =
hieroglyphics, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]: in
singular, the [
NT+2nd c.AD+]; opposed to πνεῦμα, [
Refs]
article of a treaty, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.4)
laws or
rules, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ γράμματα ἄρχειν, opposed to ἄνευ γραμμάτων, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV) in
plural, also,
letters, learning, ἀπείρους γραμμάτων [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
Definition:
a writing, i.e. a letter, note, epistle, book, etc.; plural learning; bill, learning, letter, scripture, writing, written; from
g1125 (γράφω);