ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΩΝ, γραμματων
GRAMMATŌN, grammatōn
Sounds Like: grahm-MAH-tohn
Translations: of letters, of writings, of documents, of scriptures, of a writing, of a document, of a letter
From the root: ΓΡΑΜΜΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is the genitive plural form of 'γραμμα' (gramma). It refers to written characters, letters of the alphabet, or more broadly, written documents, scriptures, or literature. It is used to indicate possession or origin, such as 'of letters' or 'belonging to writings'. In the provided context, 'πόλις γραμμάτων' (polis grammaton) means 'city of writings' or 'city of scribes/scholars', implying a place known for its literacy or written records.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Neuter
Strong’s number: G1121 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 9:7
Clement of Alexandria
Codex Sinaiticus
- Epistle of Barnabas — 9:7
Ignatius of Antioch
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 2:10, 2:11, 4:21, 7:35, 10:54, 11:59, 14:73, 16:104, 16:105, 17:112, 18:116, 18:127, 26:228, 42:292
- Book Two — 42:292
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 0:5, 0:13
- Book 5 — 1:61
- Book 10 — 11:236, 11:238
- Book 11 — 2:29, 6:285
- Book 12 — 2:15
- Book 13 — 5:167, 9:265
- Book 15 — 2:24, 3:80
- Book 16 — 10:337, 11:358
- Book 17 — 5:96, 9:227
- Book 18 — 5:124, 6:163
- Book 19 — 5:281, 6:292, 7:326, 7:333
- Book 20 — 1:1, 12:263, 12:264
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 4:30
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 55:1
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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
- ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΑ — letters, writings, documents, sacred writings, literature, learning
- 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
- 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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