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γραμματεύς

Transliteration: grammateus · noun

62x in NTFirst: Matt 2:4
Meaninga scribe, town-clerk, man of learning
Part of speechnoun
Frequency62x in the New Testament
Key inflected formsγραμματεῖς, γραμματέων, γραμματεὺς, γραμματεῦσιν, γραμματεύς
Example versesMatt 2:4 · Matt 5:20 · Matt 7:29 · Matt 8:19 · Matt 9:3
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What kind of word is γραμματεύς?

γραμματεύς (grammateus) is a noun that occurs 62 times in the Greek New Testament (Koine). It means “a scribe, town-clerk, man of learning” and first appears in Matt 2:4.

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