- ἐγγράφω
- ἐγγράφω (s. preceding entry; ἐνγρ. Tdf., W-H.) fut. ἐγγράψω (Just., D. 72, 3; 80, 3; Ath., R. 69, 12); 1 aor. ἐνέγραψα; pass. 2 fut. ἐγγραφήσομαι; pf. pass. ἐγγέγραμμαι (Aeschyl., Hdt. et al.; ins, pap, LXX, En, Philo, Joseph.) mostly a tech. term for recording of information.① to record information, esp. names in official documents (inscribed on pillars Hdt. 2, 102 and SIG 966, 38) write in, record ἐγγράφειν εἰς τ. ἀριθμόν enroll among the number Hs 9, 24, 4; 5, 3, 2 (Ps.-Pla., Axioch. 5 p. 336e εἰς τ. ἐφήβους; Appian, Maced. 4 §2; SIG 736, 163f ἐ. εἰς τοὺς πολεμάρχους; 858, 10). τὰ ὀνόματα ἐγγέγραπται ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς the names are recorded in heaven Lk 10:20; cp. ISm 5:3 (s. SAalen, NTS 13, ’67, 7 on En 104:1), ἐγγραφήσονται εἰς τὰς βίβλους τῆς ζωῆς they will be recorded in the books of life Hv 1, 3, 2; cp. m 8:6 (Lucian, Philops. 38; SIG 921, 97 ἐ. εἰς τὸ γραμματεῖον).② to communicate a message in writing, write down, inscribe (cp. schol. on Pla. 504d ἐ. ἐν τῷ πίνακι; in a letter Jos., Vi. 261) in imagery ἐπιστολὴ ἐγγεγραμμένη ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ἡμῶν a letter, inscribed on our hearts 2 Cor 3:2 (cp. Pind., O. 10, 2f; Plut., Mor. 779b; En 103:3; Jos., Ant. 4, 210 νόμους … ταῖς ψυχαῖς ἐγγραφέντας). In the continuation vs. 3 the imagery of a handwritten document ἐγγεγραμμένη οὐ μέλανι, ἀλλὰ πνεύματι θεοῦ, written not w. ink. but w. God’s Spirit points to ἐγγρ. as equivalent to γράφω (as PLond II 358, 15 p. 172 [c. 150 A.D.]; Herm. Wr. 13, 15; Nägeli 48), but the related clause οὐκ ἐν πλαξὶν λιθίναις ἀλλʼ ἐν πλαξὶν καρδίαις σαρκίναις suggests engraved letters. Like the Gk. term ἐγγρ., which can be used of handwriting as well as engraving, the Eng. rendering ‘inscribe’ does double duty for Paul’s imagery and is in harmony with the official flavor (numerous official letters were inscribed on stone) of his prose in 2 Cor.—DELG s.v. γράφω. M-M. TW.
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