2001 Translation

GRAMMATA, grammata

Sounds Like: GRAHM-mah-tah

Translations: letters, writings, documents, sacred writings, literature, learning

From the root: ΓΡΑΜΜΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to written characters, letters of the alphabet, or more broadly, writings, documents, or even literature and learning. In some contexts, it can specifically refer to the sacred writings or scriptures. It is used to describe written communication or knowledge acquired through writing.

Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter

Strong’s number: G1121 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 9:23, 9:24

Codex Sinaiticus

• Esther — 4:8, 6:1, 6:2, 8:5, 8:10, 9:1
• 1 Maccabees — 5:10
• Luke — 16:6, 16:7
• John — 7:15
• Acts of the Apostles — 26:24, 28:21
• 2 Timothy — 3:15
• Shepherd of Hermas — 5:4

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 17:107, 26:204
• Book Two — 26:204

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 3 — 7:169, 15:322
• Book 7 — 7:137
• Book 8 — 2:50, 2:57, 13:358
• Book 9 — 6:126
• Book 10 — 10:187, 11:235, 11:243, 11:245
• Book 11 — 2:27, 4:93, 4:98, 5:138, 5:166, 6:222, 6:286, 8:317
• Book 12 — 2:26, 6:209, 6:227
• Book 13 — 5:145, 9:259, 9:263
• Book 14 — 10:224, 10:241, 10:243, 10:253, 10:265, 12:313, 13:326, 13:350
• Book 15 — 3:74, 6:171, 6:175
• Book 16 — 4:111, 6:168, 8:250, 8:256, 10:318, 10:332, 10:335, 10:351, 10:353, 10:354
• Book 17 — 4:80, 5:104, 5:133, 5:136, 5:145, 6:146, 7:182, 9:228, 9:229, 10:250, 10:256
• Book 18 — 4:96, 6:148, 6:182, 8:305
• Book 20 — 1:14

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 14:14, 27:17, 28:3, 33:1, 33:14, 33:25
• Book Two — 14:14
• Book Three — 7:9, 7:60
• Book Five — 5:52
• Book Seven — 3:25, 4:20, 7:3, 10:27

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 70:5

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 11:50, 36:180, 36:181, 46:236, 46:241, 50:261, 55:287, 60:310, 65:337, 68:383

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 13:1

Pseudo-Baruch

• The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 6:7

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Exodus — 36:39
• Leviticus — 19:28
• Esther — 4:3, 6:1, 6:2, 8:5, 8:10, 9:1
• 1 Maccabees — 5:10
• Isaiah — 29:11, 29:12
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 1:4
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 1:4

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 2 — 1:4

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Luke — 16:6, 16:7
• John — 7:15
• Acts — 26:24, 28:21
• 2 Timothy — 3:15

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΡΑΜΜΑ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΓΡΑΜʼΜΑΤΑ — letters, writings, documents, learning, literature, a letter, a writing
• ΓΡΑΜΑΤΑ — writings, letters, a letter, documents, learning, literature
• ΓΡΑΜΜΑ — letter, a letter, writing, a writing, document, a document, scripture, a scripture
• ΓΡΑΜΜΑΣΙ — (to) letters, (by) writings, (with) documents, (in) literature
• ΓΡΑΜΜΑΣΙΝ — (to) letters, (by) letters, (with) letters, (to) writings, (by) writings, (with) writings, (to) documents, (by) documents, (with) documents
• ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤ' — letters, writings, documents, records, a letter, a writing, a document, a record
• ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΙΟΝ — writing, a writing, document, a document, letter, a letter, bill, a bill, certificate, a certificate
• ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΙ — (to) a letter, (to) a writing, (to) a document, (to) a record, (to) a scripture, (to) learning, (to) knowledge
• ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΙΔΙΟΝ — a writing, a bill of divorce, a certificate, a letter
• ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΙΟΝ — bill, bond, certificate, writing, a writing
• ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΟΣ — of a letter, of writing, of a document, of the law, of a written word
• ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΩΝ — of letters, of writings, of documents, of scriptures, of a writing, of a document, of a letter
• ΘΑΙΓΡΑΜΑ — letter, a letter, writing, a writing, document, a document
• ΡΑΜΜΑ — letter, a letter, writing, a writing, document, a document, record, a record, scripture, a scripture
• ΡΑΜΜΑΤΟΣ — of a letter, of writing, of a document, of a written character

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