γραμματεύς

grammateuv" grammateuv",
grammatevw" (accusative plural
grammatei'", Winer's Grammar, sec. 9, 2; (Buttmann, 14 (13))),
oJ (
gravmma), the Septuagint for rpeso and rfevo;1. in secular authors and here and there in the O. T. (e. g. ; ; ; ; (), a clerk, scribe, especially a public scribe, secretary, recorder, whose office and influence differed in different states: (); (cf. Lightfoot in The Contemporary Review for 1878, p. 294; Wood, Discoveries at Ephesus, Appendix, Inscriptions from the Great Theatre, p. 49 n.),2. in the Bible, a man learned in the Mosaic law and in the sacred writings, an interpreter, teacher: ; (called also
nomikov" in , and
nomodidavskalo" in ; (Meyer (on ), while denying any essential different between
grammateuv" and
nomikov" (cf. , -- yet see critical texts), regards the latter name as the more specific (a jurisconsult) and Classic,
grammateuv" as the more general (a learned man) and Hebraistic; it is also the more common in the Apocrypha, where
nomikov" occurs only . As teachers they were called
nomodidavskaloi. Cf. B. D. under the word Lawyer, also under the word Scribes I. 1 note)); (cf. ); f; ,; Esdr. ,, and especially ,ff; . The
grammatei'" explained the meaning of the sacred oracles, (
grammatei'"
tou'
laou', ; ; cf. );; ; ; examined into the more difficult and subtile questions of the law, ; f; ; added to the Mosaic law decisions of various kinds thought to elucidate its meaning and scope, and did this to the detriment of religion, ; ff; ff; ff; cf. . Since the advice of men skilled in the law was needed in the examination of causes and the solution of difficult questions, they were enrolled in the Sanhedrin; and accordingly in the N. T. they are often mentioned in connection with the priests and elders of the people: ; R G; ,; ; ; ; ; . Cf. Sch?rer, Neutest. Zeitgesch. sec. 25 ii.; Kl?pper in Schenkel v. 247ff; (and thorough articles in BB. DD. under the word Scribes; cf. Winer's Grammar, Robertson Smith, The O. T. in the Jewish Ch., Lect. iii.):3. universally, a religious teacher:
grammateuv"
maqhteuqeiv"
eij"
thvn
basileivan
tw'n
oujranw'n a teacher so instructed that from his learning and ability t