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γράφω (graphō) means “to write” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

γράφω Greek · G1125 190 tagged occurrences in 178 verses

Pronunciation guide: graf'-o Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G1125

γράφω · graphō · to write

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)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

I write; pass: it is written, it stands written (in the scriptures).

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How translators render G1125

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
it is written 57
written 14
to write 13
write 12
i have written 10
i am writing 8
is written 6
i wrote 4
wrote 4
and wrote 3
i am not writing 3
i write 3
was written 3
described 2
has written 2
were written down 2
what is written 2
a man to write his wife 1
and began to write 1
and he wrote 1
and sent them with 1
and write 1
are written 1
been written 1
have not been written 1
have written 1
i am also writing 1
i am using to write 1
i have not written 1
i will write 1
in writing you 1
inscribed 1
is it not written 1
is it written 1
it had writing 1
it is also written 1
moses wrote 1
names are written 1
recorded 1
scripture 1
that is written 1
that would be written 1
this was written 1
to do so 1
to put it in writing 1
vvv 1
we do not write you anything 1
were not written 1
were written 1
whose name was not written 1
write down 1
write this 1
write this down 1
writes 1
written on him 1
wrote about 1
wrote down 1
you wrote about 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
it is written 60
written 32
write 17
i write 11
to write 10
i have written 8
was written 6
wrote 6
are written 5
i wrote 5
is written 5
have i written 3
and wrote 2
it was written 2
that is written 2
which are written 2
write i 2
and he wrote 1
and write 1
are 1
describeth 1
did i write 1
did write 1
hath written 1
have written 1
he wrote 1
i 1
i have 1
i will write 1
is it 1
it is 1
it was 1
that are written 1
that i write 1
that i write unto 1
that should be written 1
that was written 1
the writing 1
they are written 1
they should be written 1
things to write 1
those things which are written 1
though i wrote 1
we write 1
were 1
were written 1
which were written 1
who wrote 1
write we 1
ye wrote 1

Verses containing G1125

Page 1 of 4. 178 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Matthew 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:

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  2. Matthew 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

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  3. Matthew 4:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”

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  4. Matthew 4:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus replied, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

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  5. Matthew 4:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus told him. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”

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  6. Matthew 11:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’

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  7. Matthew 21:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”

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  8. Matthew 26:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been born.”

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  9. Matthew 26:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Jesus said to them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of Me. For it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

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  10. Matthew 27:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Above His head they posted the written charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

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  11. Mark 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.”

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  12. Mark 7:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.

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  13. Mark 9:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He replied, “Elijah does indeed come first, and he restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected?

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  14. Mark 9:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But I tell you that Elijah has indeed come, and they have done to him whatever they wished, just as it is written about him.”

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  15. Mark 10:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They answered, “Moses permitted a man to write his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away.”

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  16. Mark 10:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Jesus told them, “Moses wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart.

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  17. Mark 11:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”

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  18. Mark 12:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.

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  19. Mark 14:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”

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  20. Mark 14:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’

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  21. Luke 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore, having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,

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  22. Luke 1:63 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.

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  23. Luke 2:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    (as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),

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  24. Luke 3:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.

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  25. Luke 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”

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  26. Luke 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”

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  27. Luke 4:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You to guard You carefully,

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  28. Luke 4:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:

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  29. Luke 7:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’

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  30. Luke 10:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?”

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  31. Luke 16:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    ‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Take your bill,’ said the manager, ‘sit down quickly, and write fifty.’

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  32. Luke 16:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he replied. ‘Take your bill and write eighty,’ he told him.

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  33. Luke 18:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Jesus took the Twelve aside and said to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything the prophets have written about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.

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  34. Luke 19:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”

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  35. Luke 20:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?

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  36. Luke 20:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.

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  37. Luke 21:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.

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  38. Luke 22:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in Me: ‘And He was numbered with the transgressors.’ For what is written about Me is reaching its fulfillment.”

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  39. Luke 24:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”

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  40. Luke 24:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,

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  41. John 1:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

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  42. John 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”

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  43. John 5:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.

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  44. John 6:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”

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  45. John 6:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—

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  46. John 8:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Even in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid.

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  47. John 10:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus replied, “Is it not written in your Law: ‘I have said you are gods’?

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  48. John 12:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Finding a young donkey, Jesus sat on it, as it is written:

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  49. John 12:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At first His disciples did not understand these things, but after Jesus was glorified they remembered what had been done to Him, and they realized that these very things had also been written about Him.

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  50. John 15:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’

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