UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: to register, to put on a census list

Semantic entry: 33.42

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Written Language

Definition: to register someone, often in connection with taking a census

Notes: In a number of languages the equivalent of ἀπογράφω is simply ‘to have one’s name put in a book’ or ‘to have one’s name put in a list of those living in a particular place.’|In RV HEB 12:23 · LV HEB 12:23 · Read together HEB 12:23 (καὶ ἐκκλησίᾳ πρωτοτόκων ἀπογεγραμμένων ἐν οὐρανοῖς ‘and at the gathering of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven’) ἀπογράφω is used in a figurative sense, but it is usually translated more or less literally.