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Notes: In traditional translations γραμματεύς in contexts such as RV CO1 1:20 · LV CO1 1:20 · Read together CO1 1:20 and RV MAT 13:52 · LV MAT 13:52 · Read together MAT 13:52 has been rendered as ‘scribe,’ but this generally is misleading since the term ‘scribe’ is usually restricted in meaning to one who writes or copies documents. A γραμματεύς in Jewish life of Bible times would have been an expert in the Law or a scholar in the Holy Scriptures and not a mere copier of manuscripts.

MAT 13:52: RV MAT 13:52 · LV MAT 13:52 · Read together MAT 13:52

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OET-RV MAT 13:52

52 Then he said to them, “Because of this, every teacher who’s been trained about the heavenly kingdom is like a home owner who gives presents of both new and old things of out their valuables.”

OET-LV MAT 13:52

52 And he said to _them:
Because _of this, every scribe having _been _trained in _the kingdom of _the heavens is similar to_a_man, a_home _owner, who is _sending _forth new things and old things out _of the treasure of _him.

MAT 23:34: RV MAT 23:34 · LV MAT 23:34 · Read together MAT 23:34

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OET-RV MAT 23:34

34 Because of that, listen, I’m now sending more prophets and wise preachers and teachers to you people. You’ll kill off some of them and have others executed on posts. You’ll flog some of them in your Jewish meeting halls, and you’ll persecute others from city to city,

OET-LV MAT 23:34

34 Because _of this, see, I am _sending _out prophets and wise ones, and scribes to you _all.
You _all _will _be _killing _off and you _all _will _be _executing _on _a _stake of them, and you _all _will _be _flogging of them in the synagogues of _you _all, and you _all _will _be _persecuting from city to city,

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 13:52 · RV MAT 23:34 · LV MAT 13:52 · LV MAT 23:34 · Read together MAT 13:52 · Read together MAT 23:34

CO1: RV CO1 1:20 · LV CO1 1:20 · Read together CO1 1:20

Sense 3: town clerk, town secretary

Semantic entry: 37.94

Semantic domains: Control, Rule

Subdomains: Rule, Govern

Definition: a city official with responsibility for the records of a town or city and apparently certain responsibilities for maintaining law and order

ACT 19:35: RV ACT 19:35 · LV ACT 19:35 · Read together ACT 19:35

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OET-RV ACT 19:35

35 Eventually the city administrator was able to calm the crowd and tell them, “Men, fellow people from Efesos, what person from around here doesn’t know that it’s Efesos that’s the temple keeper of the great Artemis and of this image that fell down from Zeus?

OET-LV ACT 19:35

35 And the clerk having _calmed the crowd is _saying:
Men, ones_from _Efesos, because/for who is of_the_people, who is_ not _knowing the city of_the_ones_from _Efesos being temple _keeper of _the great Artemis and of _the fallen _from _Zeus image?

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

γραμματεύς

Form 1

Sense 1: one who is learned in the Law, expert in the Law, expert in the Law of Moses

Sense 2: scholar, teacher

Sense 3: town clerk, town secretary