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Koine Greek wordlink #105138

SR GNT Rom 1:2 Γραφαῖς (Grafais) ‘prophets of him in the scriptures holy’ Strongs=11240 Lemma=grafē
Word role=noun case=dative gender=feminine number=plural
Year=60 AD

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Other uses (3) of identical word form Γραφαῖς (N-DFP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘Γραφαῖς’ (N-DFP) has 2 different glosses: ‘the scriptures’, ‘scriptures’.

(In the VLT, the word form ‘Γραφαῖς’ (N-DFP) has 2 different glosses: ‘the Scriptures’, ‘Scriptures’).

Mat 21:42 ‘you_all read in the scriptures the stone which rejected’ SR GNT Mat 21:42 word 9

OET-LV: 42 The Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) is _saying to _them: You _all_ never _read in the scriptures: The_stone which the ones building rejected, this was _become for the_head of_the_corner, this became from the_master, and it _is marvellous in the_eyes of _us? (MAT_21:42)

OET-RV: 42 Then Yeshua said to them, “Haven’t you ever read in the scriptures:
⇔ ‘The stone which the builders rejected,
⇔ this would become the cornerstone.
⇔ This one came from Yahweh,
⇔ and it was amazing to see.’ (MAT 21:42)

Luke 24:27 ‘in all the scriptures the things concerning himself’ SR GNT Luke 24:27 word 25

OET-LV: 27 And having _begun from Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh) and from all the prophets, he _interpreted all the scriptures to _them in the things concerning himself. (LUK_24:27)

OET-RV: 27 Then starting with Mosheh and going through all the prophets, he explained the scriptures to them concerning what had been written about him there. (LUK 24:27)

Acts 18:24 ‘being in the scriptures’ SR GNT Acts 18:24 word 21

OET-LV: 24 And a_ certain _Youdaios by_the_name Apollōs from _Alexandria the by _descent, a_scholarly man, arrived to Efesos, being powerful in the scriptures. (ACT_18:24)

OET-RV: 24 Meanwhile a Jewish man named Apollos (who had been born in the city of Alexandria) arrived in Ephesus. He knew the Hebrew scriptures well (ACT 18:24)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘grafē’ have 6 different glosses: ‘the scriptures’, ‘in scripture’, ‘of scripture’, ‘scripture’, ‘scripture is’, ‘scriptures’.

Greek words (16) other than Γραφαῖς (N-DFP) with a gloss related to ‘scriptures’

Have 16 other words (Γραφάς, Γραφάς, Γραφάς, Γραφῶν, Γραφῶν, Γραφαί, Γραφάς, Γραφῶν, Γραφαί, Γραφάς, Γραφῶν, Γραφάς, Γραφάς, Γραφαί, Γραφάς, Γραφάς) with 1 lemma altogether (grafē)

YHN 5:39 Γραφάς (Grafas) N-AFP ‘you_all are searching the scriptures because you_all are supposing’ SR GNT Yhn 5:39 word 3

OET-LV: 39 You _all _are _searching the scriptures, because you _all are _supposing to _be _having eternal life in them, and those are the ones testifying concerning me, (JHN_5:39)

OET-RV: 39 You look in the Jewish scriptures because you suppose that they’ll lead you to eternal life. Those very scriptures testify about me coming, (JHN 5:39)

MARK 12:24 Γραφάς (Grafas) N-AFP ‘not having known the scriptures nor the power’ SR GNT Mark 12:24 word 18

OET-LV: 24 the Yaʸsous was _saying to _them: Not are _you _all _being _strayed because _of this, not having _known the scriptures, nor the power of_ the _god? (MRK_12:24)

OET-RV: 24 So Yeshua answered, “Actually you’re all quite wrong, because you ignore the scriptures and also because you haven’t experienced God’s power. (MRK 12:24)

MARK 14:49 Γραφαί (Grafai) N-NFP ‘in_order_that may_be fulfilled the scriptures’ SR GNT Mark 14:49 word 19

OET-LV: 49 In _every day I _was with you _all teaching in the temple, and you _all_ not _apprehended me, but it _is in _order _that the scriptures may _be _fulfilled. (MRK_14:49)

OET-RV: 49 I was standing there teaching in the temple every day and you could have arrested me, but it’s happened this way to ensure that the what’s written in scriptures will be fulfilled.” (MRK 14:49)

MAT 22:29 Γραφάς (Grafas) N-AFP ‘not having known the scriptures nor the power’ SR GNT Mat 22:29 word 12

OET-LV: 29 And the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) answering said to _them: You _all _are _being _strayed, not having _known the scriptures nor the power of_ the _god. (MAT_22:29)

OET-RV: 29 “You’ve got it wrong,” Yeshua answered, “because you don’t understand either the scriptures or God’s power, (MAT 22:29)

MAT 26:54 Γραφαί (Grafai) N-NFP ‘therefore may_be fulfilled the scriptures that thus it is fitting’ SR GNT Mat 26:54 word 6

OET-LV: 54 Therefore how may_ The scriptures _be _fulfilled, that thus it _is _fitting to _become? (MAT_26:54)

OET-RV: 54 however then the scriptures that tell what will happen wouldn’t get fulfilled.” (MAT 26:54)

MAT 26:56 Γραφαί (Grafai) N-NFP ‘in_order_that may_be fulfilled the things scriptures of the prophets then’ SR GNT Mat 26:56 word 8

OET-LV: 56 But this all has _become, in _order _that the things scriptures of _the prophets may _be _fulfilled. Then all the apprentices/followers, having _left him fled. (MAT_26:56)

OET-RV: 56 I was sitting, teaching every day in the temple but you didn’t arrest me there.” (MAT 26:56)

LUKE 24:32 Γραφάς (Grafas) N-AFP ‘he was opening_up to us the scriptures’ SR GNT Luke 24:32 word 32

OET-LV: 32 And they _said to one _another: Not the heart of _us being _burned was as he _was _speaking with _us on the road, as he _was _opening _up the scriptures to _us? (LUK_24:32)

OET-RV: 32 and they said to each other, “Weren’t our hearts burning when he was speaking to us on the road and explaining the scriptures to us?” (LUK 24:32)

LUKE 24:45 Γραφάς (Grafas) N-AFP ‘mind to_be understanding the scriptures and he said to them’ SR GNT Luke 24:45 word 10

OET-LV: 45 Then he _opened _up the mind of _them which to _be _understanding the scriptures. And he _said to _them, (LUK_24:45)

OET-RV: 45 Then he opened their minds to be able to understand the scriptures, and he told them, (LUK 24:45)

ACTs 17:2 Γραφῶν (Grafōn) N-GFP ‘with them from the scriptures’ SR GNT Acts 17:2 word 24

OET-LV: 2 And according _to the way having _been _accustomed the with _Paulos, he _came _in to them, and for Three days _of _rest, he _discussed with _them from the scriptures, (ACT_17:2)

OET-RV: 2 Paul’s custom was to attend at the local meeting hall on the Rest Day, so he did that, and for three weekends in a row he discussed the scriptures with them, (ACT 17:2)

ACTs 17:11 Γραφάς (Grafas) N-AFP ‘day examining the scriptures if might_be having these things’ SR GNT Acts 17:11 word 22

OET-LV: 11 And these were more _noble than the ones in Thessalonikaʸ, who received the message with all readiness, in _every day examining the scriptures, if these things might _be _having thus. (ACT_17:11)

OET-RV: 11 and this group were more upper-class than the congregation in Thessalonica. They eagerly accepted the message and examined the scriptures every day to check if what was being taught matched what was written there. (ACT 17:11)

ACTs 18:28 Γραφῶν (Grafōn) N-GFP ‘showing by the scriptures to_be the chosen_one/messiah’ SR GNT Acts 18:28 word 12

OET-LV: 28 For/Because vigorously he _was _thoroughly _refuting publicly against _the Youdaiōns, showing Yaʸsous to _be the chosen _one /messiah by the scriptures. (ACT_18:28)

OET-RV: 28 Apollos was also able to thoroughly refute the arguments of the Jews and used the scriptures to show that Yeshua is the messiah. (ACT 18:28)

ROM 15:4 Γραφῶν (Grafōn) N-GFP ‘the exhortation of the scriptures hope we may_be having’ SR GNT Rom 15:4 word 21

OET-LV: 4 For/Because as _much _as was _previously _written, because/for the our teaching was _written, in _order _that through the endurance and through the exhortation of _the scriptures, the hope we _may _be _having. (ROM_15:4)

OET-RV: 4 Because everything that was written in the past, was written for teaching us so that through endurance and through the encouragement from the scriptures, we would have hope. (ROM 15:4)

ROM 16:26 Γραφῶν (Grafōn) N-GFP ‘now by and the scriptures prophetic according_to the command’ SR GNT Rom 16:26 word 6

OET-LV: 26 but having _been _revealed now and by the_scriptures prophetic, according _to the_command of _the eternal god for obedience of _faith, to all the nations having _been _made _known. (ROM_16:26)

OET-RV: 26 But he’s been there in the prophetic scriptures, and now he’s been revealed according to the command of the eternal God and been made known to all the nations for obedience of faith. (ROM 16:26)

1 COR 15:3 Γραφάς (Grafas) N-AFP ‘of us according_to the scriptures’ SR GNT 1 Cor 15:3 word 18

OET-LV: 3 For/Because I _gave _over to _you _all in the_first place, what also I _received: that chosen _one /messiah died _off for the sins of _us according _to the scriptures, (CO1_15:3)

OET-RV: 3 Yes, first of all, I passed onto you all what I myself had received: that Messiah died for our sins as the scriptures had predicted, (CO1 15:3)

1 COR 15:4 Γραφάς (Grafas) N-AFP ‘third according_to the scriptures’ SR GNT 1 Cor 15:4 word 14

OET-LV: 4 and that he _was _buried, and that he _has _been _raised on _the day the third according _to the scriptures, (CO1_15:4)

OET-RV: 4 and that he was buried and then brought back to life on the third day as per the scriptures again, (CO1 15:4)

2 PET 3:16 Γραφάς (Grafas) N-AFP ‘also the other scriptures to their own’ SR GNT 2 Pet 3:16 word 31

OET-LV: 16 as also in all letters, speaking in them concerning these things, among which is hard _to _understand things some, which the ignorant and unstable are _twisting as also the other scriptures, to their own destruction of _them. (PE2_3:16)

OET-RV: 16 He speaks in all his letters concerning these things, some of which are hard to understand and which ignorant and unstable people twist just like they twist the other scriptures to their own destruction. (PE2 3:16)

Key: N=noun AFP=accusative,feminine,plural DFP=dative,feminine,plural GFP=genitive,feminine,plural NFP=nominative,feminine,plural