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G1124 is a noun for writing and, in New Testament usage, commonly names Scripture or a particular scriptural passage. Singular and plural forms can point to one cited text, the scriptural witness, or the collected sacred writings.
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G1124 is a noun for writing and, in New Testament usage, commonly names Scripture or a particular scriptural passage. Singular and plural forms can point to one cited text, the scriptural witness, or the collected sacred writings.
The BSB source-word alignment has 50 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Scripture (27), Scriptures (17), [the] Scriptures (1), of Scripture (1), Scripture [ pronounces ] (1).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 21:42. Its strongest book concentrations include John (12), Acts (7), Romans (7), Luke (4).
G1124 is a noun for writing and, in New Testament usage, commonly names Scripture or a particular scriptural passage. Singular and plural forms can point to one cited text, the scriptural witness, or the collected sacred writings. John 10:35 calls the cited psalm Scripture within Jesus' argument and says that Scripture cannot be broken. First Corinthians 15:3-4 says Christ died and was raised according to the Scriptures. Second Timothy 3:15-17 connects the sacred writings Timothy knew with wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ and describes all or every Scripture as God-breathed and useful for formation.
These passages support confidence in Scripture without making every interpretation equally sound. Luke 24:27 says Jesus explained the things concerning himself in Moses, the Prophets, and all the Scriptures; it does not require every verse to function as a direct prediction. Second Peter 3:16 speaks of Paul's letters alongside the other Scriptures, providing evidence that the scriptural category was also applied to apostolic writings. That later witness should be stated directly rather than read back into every earlier occurrence.
G1124 can identify a particular scriptural passage or the Scriptures collectively. The New Testament appeals to these writings in argument, reads the gospel events according to them, and describes their role in teaching and formation. Each claim must remain attached to its passage.
If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—
The parenthetical statement supports Jesus' argument from Psalm 82. It affirms the force of the cited Scripture without making the verse a complete theory of canon, inspiration mechanism, or interpretation.
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
God-breathed Scripture is described by its usefulness in forming a person of God for every good work. The compound adjective names divine relation or origin but does not by itself specify a dictation process.
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
Paul's received summary places Christ's death, and in the next verse his resurrection, according to the Scriptures. The plural points to scriptural testimony without identifying one proof text in this sentence.
And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.
Jesus explains the matters concerning himself throughout the scriptural corpus. This supports a christological reading while leaving each text's genre, historical setting, and contribution to be examined.
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Greek word. In NT, γραφή denotes a specific scriptural passage or the OT writings collectively; singular for individual texts, plural for the complete canon.
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
16 of 51 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
a writing, passage of scripture, the scriptures
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Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 8 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
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γραφή is built from this root:
Paul affirms the authority of the biblical writings as God’s revealed Word. 2 Timothy 3:14-17
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
The New Testament's confidence in Scripture is joined to careful use of Scripture. Jesus argues from the wording and context of a psalm. Paul says the gospel events occurred according to the Scriptures and describes Scripture as useful for teaching, correction, training, and readiness for good work. The risen Jesus interprets the things concerning himself across Israel's writings rather than offering a slogan detached from their content.
This combination gives the church confidence and responsibility. The text is not broken by new circumstances, yet readers can misunderstand it, weaponize it, or ignore its formative purpose. A preacher therefore serves Scripture by tracing the argument honestly, receiving correction, distinguishing the text from personal authority, and showing how the cited passages bear witness to Christ.
John.10.35
γραφή is a noun related to writing. In the New Testament it can refer to a particular passage or to Scripture collectively, with number, article, citation formula, and discourse identifying the scope. The local artifact records about 49 G1124 occurrences. Lexical identity alone does not determine the boundaries of a canon or settle the syntax of every passage.
G1124 is the New Testament's Greek way of referring to Israel's written sacred texts in many contexts. The authors receive those writings as prior witness and read the gospel in relation to them. Second Peter 3:16 supplies an explicit later bridge to apostolic letters; the lexeme by itself does not define the entire canonical process.
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