ἀπογράφω
apográphō · G583 · Greek · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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to register, to put on a census list
To register someone, often in connection with taking a census
ExamplesLuke 2:1 Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth.
Luke 2:3 And all the people were on their way to register for the census, each to his own city.
Luke 2:5 in order to register along with Mary, who was betrothed to him, and was pregnant.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- οἰκουμένηworld, inhabited earth 1
- πᾶςall, every, each 1
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
- Not stated (participle) 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἐνin+ οὐρανόςheaven, sky 1
- σύνwith, together with+ ΜαρίαMary 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 3 words
- כָּתַב kâthab · H3789 · to write down, to write, to inscribe
- כָּתַב is the standard Hebrew verb for 'to write' and serves as the broad translation equivalent for Greek ἀπογράφω in contexts of recording/registering in lists or documents, though ἀπογράφω carries the more specialized sense of enrollment/census registration.
- פָּקַד pâqad · H6485 · to observe, to visit, to inspect
- פָּקַד in its 'muster/number' sense (e.g., census-taking in Numbers) functions as a Hebrew translation equivalent for the census-enrollment aspect of ἀπογράφω, capturing the administrative registration function.
- סָפַר çâphar · H5608 · to number, to count, to take a census
- סָפַר in its sense of 'to count/number' (especially in census contexts) serves as a Hebrew equivalent for the enumeration/registration aspect of ἀπογράφω.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To register, to put on a census list33.42
- In Luke 2:3, “all the people were on their way to register (apográphesthai) for the census, each to his own city,” describing individuals being formally entered onto an official list.
Word family 14 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : middle (present infinitive ἀπογράφεσθαι); 1 aorist infinitive ἀπογράψασθαι; (perfect…
a. to write off, copy (from some pattern).
b. to enter in a register or records; specifically, to enter in the public records the names of men, their property and income, to enroll (cf. ἀπογραφή, b.); middle to have oneself registered, to enroll oneself (Winer's Grammar, § 38, 3): Lk 2:1, Lk 2:3, Lk 2:5; passive οἱ ἐν οὐρανοῖς ἀπογεγράμμενοι those whose names are inscribed in the heavenly register, Heb 12:23 (the reference is to the dead already received into the heavenly city, the figure being drawn from civil communities on earth, whose citizens are enrolled in a register).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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