ἐπιγρᾰφ-ω G1924
To write upon, inscribe; to engrave or record text on a surface, whether literal or figurative.
The verbal counterpart of epigraphē ('inscription'), meaning to write or engrave upon a surface. Its NT uses span the literal and the deeply theological: the charge inscribed on Jesus' cross (Mark 15:26), the altar inscription 'To an Unknown God' that Paul noticed in Athens (Acts 17:23), and -- most profoundly -- God's promise to inscribe his laws on the hearts and minds of his people (Heb 8:10; 10:16), echoing Jeremiah's new-covenant prophecy. Revelation 21:12 describes the names of Israel's tribes inscribed on the gates of the new Jerusalem. Spanish inscribiré and French inscrit together capture the act of permanent engraving.
Senses
1. sense 1 — To write upon or inscribe text on a physical or metaphorical surface. Literally, the charge was inscribed over Jesus on the cross (Mark 15:26) and an Athenian altar bore the inscription 'To an Unknown God' (Acts 17:23); the names of the twelve tribes were inscribed on the gates of the heavenly Jerusalem (Rev 21:12). Figuratively and theologically, God promises to inscribe his laws on the hearts and minds of his people under the new covenant (Heb 8:10; 10:16), transforming 'inscription' from external engraving to internal transformation. Spanish inscribiré ('I will inscribe') and French inscrit ('inscribed') capture both the completed and promissory aspects. 5×
AR["أَكْتُبُهَا", "مَكتوبٌ", "مَكْتوبَةٌ", "مَكْتُوبًا"]·ben["আমি-লিখব", "লিখব", "লেখা", "লেখা-ছিল"]·DE["aufschreiben", "ἐπεγέγραπτο"]·EN["I-will-write", "had-been-inscribed", "having-been-inscribed", "inscribed"]·FR["inscription", "inscrit"]·heb["אֶכְתְּבֵם", "כְּתוּבִים", "כְתוּבָה", "נִכְתַּב"]·HI["लिखा-था", "लिखा-हुआ", "लिखूंगा", "लिखे-हुए"]·ID["Aku-akan-menuliskan", "Aku-akan-menuliskannya", "tertulis"]·IT["epigegrammena", "epigegrammene", "epigrapsō", "iscrizione"]·jav["Kawula-badhé-nserèt", "badhé-Kawula-serat", "dipun-serat", "dipunserat", "kaserat"]·KO["새겨져-있었다", "새겨진", "써-있는", "쓰리라"]·PT["as-escreverei", "escreverei", "escrita", "inscritos"]·RU["написанная", "написанные", "написано", "напишу"]·ES["estaba-inscrito", "inscribiré", "inscrita", "inscritos,"]·SW["imeandikwa", "nitaziandika", "yameandikwa", "yameandikwa,"]·TR["yazacağım", "yazılmış", "yazılmıştı"]·urd["لکھا-تھا", "لکھوں-گا", "لکھی-ہوئی", "لکھے-ہوئے"]
Related Senses
H0559 1. say, speak, tell (5297×)G3004 1. say, tell, speak (2226×)H1696 1. speak, say, tell (Piel) (1105×)H7121 1. call, summon, name (575×)H6680 1. command, order, charge (483×)H6030b 1. answer, respond, reply (289×)G2980 1. speak, talk (277×)H5046 1. Hifil: to tell, report (237×)G0611 1. answer or respond verbally (232×)H1288 1. Piel: bless, invoke blessing (227×)H7650 1. swear, take an oath (Niphal) (154×)H3789 1. Qal passive participle: written, recorded (112×)H1984b 1. praise, laud (Piel) (111×)H7592 1. ask, inquire, question (96×)H3034 1. give thanks, praise (Hifil) (94×)G1321 1. teach, instruct actively (92×)H3789 2. Qal active: write, compose (89×)G1125 1. to write, compose (a letter or document) (84×)H5046 2. Hifil: to declare, proclaim (79×)H7892a 1. song, musical composition (78×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἐπιγρᾰφ-ω, mark the surface, graze, Refs 8th c.BC+ having put a mark on the lot, Refs 8th c.BC+. trifle with dishes, Refs 8th c.BC+ the word has not the sense of writing. __II. write upon, inscribe, Refs 5th c.BC+: absolutely, Refs; especially write or place an epitaph on a tomb, Refsmiddle, have inscribed, ἐπεγράφου Refs 6th c.BC+:—passive, of the inscription, to be inscribed upon, ἐπιγέγραπταί…