γράφω

(imperfect ἔγραφον); future γράψω; 1 aorist ἔγραψα; perfect γέγραφα; passive (present γράφομαι); perfect γεγραμμαι; (pluperfect 3 person singular ἐγέγραπτο, Rev 17:8 Lachmann); 2 aorist ἐγράφην; (properly, to grave, scrape, scratch, engrave; cf. German graben,eingraben; γραψεν δέ οἱ ὀστέον ἄχρις αἰχμή, Homer, Iliad 17, 599; σηματα γράψας ἐν πίνακι, ibid. 6, 169; hence, to draw letters), to write;
1. with reference to the form of the letters; to delineate (or form) letters on a tablet, parchment, paper, or other material: τῷ δακτύλῳ ἔγραφεν εἰς τήν γῆν made figures on the ground, Jn 8:6 Rec.; οὕτω γράφω so I am accustomed to form my letters, 2 Thess 3:17; πηλίκοις γραμμασι ἔγραψα with how large (and so, ill-formed (?)) letters I have written, Gal 6:11; cf. Winer, Rückert, Hilgenfeld at the passage (for the views of those who regard ἔγραψα as covering the close of the Epistle only, see Lightfoot and Meyer; cf. Winers Grammar, 278 (261); Buttmann, 198 (171f)).
2. with reference to the contents of the writing;
a. to express in written characters, followed by the words expressed: ἔγραψε λέγων. Ἰωάννης ἐστι τό ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, Lk 1:63; μή γράφε. ὁ βασιλεύς τῶν Ἰουδαίων κτλ., Jn 19:21; γράψον μακάριοι κτλ., Rev 14:13. γράφω τί, Jn 19:22; passive Rev 1:3; ἐπί τί, Rev 2:17; Rev 19:16; τί ἐπί τινα, Rev 3:12; ἐπί τίνος, Rev 14:1.
b. to commit to writing (things not to be forgotten), write dozen, record: Rev 1:19 (γράψον ἅ εἶδες); Rev 10:4; γράφειν εἰς βιβλίον, Rev 1:11; ἐπί τό βιβλίον τῆς ζωῆς, Rev 17:8; γεγραμμένων ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ (or τῇ βίβλῳ), ἐν τοῖς βιβλίοις, Rev 13:8; Rev 20:12, Rev 20:15; Rev 21:27; Rev 22:18, Rev 22:19; τά ὀνόματα ὑμῶν ἐγράφη (ἐγγραφή (ἐγγραφή Tr see Nu) γεγραμμένον T Tr WH) ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, i. e. that ye have been enrolled with those for whom eternal blessedness has been prepared, Lk 10:20; γράφειν τί τίνι, to record something for someone's use, Lk 1:3.
c. ἐγράφη and γέγραπται (in the Synoptists and Paul), and γεγραμμένον ἐστι (in John), are used of those things which stand written in the sacred books (of the O. T.); absolutely γέγραπται, followed by the quotation from the sacred vol.: Mt 4:4, Mt 4:6f, 10; Mt 21:13; Mk 7:6; Mk 11:17; Mk 14:27; Lk 4:8; Lk 19:46; καθώς γέγραπται, Acts 15:15, very often in Paul, as Rom 1:17; Rom 2:24; Rom 3:4 (see below); 1 Cor 1:31; 1 Cor 2:9; 2 Cor 8:15; 2 Cor 9:9; καθάπερ γεγραμμένον, Rom 11:8 T Tr WH; (Rom 3:4 T Tr WH); γέγραπται γάρ, Mt 26:31; Lk 4:10; Acts 23:5; Rom 12:19; Rom 14:11; 1 Cor 3:19; Gal 3:10, Gal 3:13 Rec.; Gal 4:22, Gal 4:27; ὁ λόγος ὁ γεγραμμένος, 1 Cor 15:54; κατά τό γεγραμμένον, 2 Cor 4:13; γεγραμμένον ἐστι, Jn 2:17; Jn 6:31; Jn 12:14; ἐγράφη δέ πρός νουθεσίαν ἡμῶν, 1 Cor 10:11; ἐγράφη δἰ ἡμᾶς for our sake, Rom 4:24; 1 Cor 9:10; with the name of the author of the written words or of the books in which they are found: γέγραπται ἐν βίβλῳ ψαλμῶν, Acts 1:20; ἐν βίβλῳ τῶν προφητῶν, Acts 7:42; ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ (R WH δευτέρῳ) ψαλμῷ, Acts 13:33; ἐν Ἠσαΐᾳ, Mk 1:2 (not Rec.), etc. τινα or τί to write of, i. e. in writing to mention or refer to a person or a thing: ὅν ἔγραψε Μωϋσῆς whom Moses had in mind in writing of the Messiah, or whose likeness Moses delineated, Jn 1:45 (46); Μωϋσῆς γράφει τήν δικαιοσύνην τήν ἐκ νόμου, Moses, writing the words ὅτι ὁ ποιήσας αὐτά κτλ., points out the righteousness which is of the law, Rom 10:5. γέγραπται, γράφειν, etc. περί τίνος, concerning one: Mt 26:24; Mk 14:21; Jn 5:46; Acts 13:29; ἐπί τόν υἱόν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, that it should find fulfilment in him, Mk 9:12f (cf. ἵνα, II. 2b.); ἐπ' αὐτῷ, on him i. e. of him (cf. Winer's Grammar, 393 (368) (and ἐπί, Buttmann, 2f. β.)), Jn 12:16; τά γεγραμμένα τῷ υἱῷ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου written for him, allotted to him in Scripture, i. e. to be accomplished in his career, Lk 18:31; cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 4; (yet cf. Buttmann, 178 (154)); Μωϋσῆς ἔγραψεν ὑμῖν ἵνα etc. Moses in the Scripture commanded us that etc. (cf. Buttmann, 237 (204)), Mk 12:19; Lk 20:28.
d. γράφειν τίνι to write to one, i. e. by writing (in a written epistle) to give information, directions, etc. to one: Rom 15:15; 2 Cor 2:4, 2 Cor 2:9 (dative implied); ; Phm 1:21; 2 Pet 3:15; 1 Jn 2:12ff; δἰ ὀλίγων, 1 Pet 5:12; διά μέλανος καί καλάμου, 3 Jn 1:13; followed by the words written or to be written in the letter: Acts 15:23; Rev 2:1, Rev 2:8, Rev 2:12, Rev 2:18; Rev 3:1, Rev 3:7, Rev 3:14; γράφειν τίνι τί, 1 Cor 14:37; 2 Cor 1:13; 2 Cor 2:3 (L T Tr WH omit the dative); Gal 1:20; 1 Tim 3:14; 1 Jn 1:4 (R G L); ; περί τίνος, 1 Jn 2:26; Acts 25:23; 2 Cor 9:1; 1 Thess 4:9; 1 Thess 5:1; Jude 1:3; διά χειρός τίνος, to send a letter by one, Acts 15:23 (see χείρ); γράφειν τίνι, followed by an infinitive, by letter to bid one do a thing, Acts 18:27; followed by μή with an infinitive (to forbid, write one not to etc.), 1 Cor 5:9, 1 Cor 5:11.
3. to fill with writing (German beschreiben): βιβλίον γεγραμμένον ἔσωθεν καί ὄπισθεν a volume written within and behind, on the back, hence, on both sides, Rev 5:1 (Ezek 2:10); cf. Düsterdieck (Alford, others) at the passage
4. to draw up in writing, compose: βιβλίον, Mk 10:4; Jn 21:25 (Tdf. omit the verse; see WH's Appendix at the passage); τίτλον, Jn 19:19; ἐπιστολήν, Acts 23:25; 2 Pet 3:1; ἐντολήν τίνι to write a commandment to one, Mk 10:5; 1 Jn 2:7; 2 Jn 1:5. (Compare: ἀπογράφω, ἐγγράφω, ἐπιγράφω, καταγράφω, προ(γράφω.)
G1125 — καταγράφω
: imperfect 3 person singular κατέγραφεν; to draw (forms or figures), to delineate: Jn 8:6 manuscript D etc. which T Tr WH (txt.) would substitute for R G ἔγραφεν. (Pausanias 1, 28, 2. Differently in other Greek writings) (Perhaps it may be taken in John, the passage cited in a more general sense: to mark (cf. Pollux 9, 7, 104, etc.).)