Bible Dictionary: Write

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the characters called letters; to write figures.

2. (v. t.) To set down for reading; to express in legible or intelligible characters; to inscribe; as, to write a deed; to write a bill of divorcement; hence, specifically, to set down in an epistle; to communicate by letter.

3. (v. t.) Hence, to compose or produce, as an author.

4. (v. t.) To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth written on the heart.

5. (v. t.) To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; -- often used reflexively.

6. (v. i.) To form characters, letters, or figures, as representative of sounds or ideas; to express words and sentences by written signs.

7. (v. i.) To be regularly employed or occupied in writing, copying, or accounting; to act as clerk or amanuensis; as, he writes in one of the public offices.

8. (v. i.) To frame or combine ideas, and express them in written words; to play the author; to recite or relate in books; to compose.

9. (v. i.) To compose or send letters.

Greek

4270. prographo -- to write before
... to write before. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: prographo Phonetic Spelling:
(prog-raf'-o) Short Definition: I write previously Definition: (a) I write ...
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1125. grapho -- to write
... to write. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: grapho Phonetic Spelling:
(graf'-o) Short Definition: I write Definition: I write; pass: it is written, it ...
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1924. epigrapho -- to write upon
... to write upon. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: epigrapho Phonetic Spelling:
(ep-ee-graf'-o) Short Definition: I write upon, inscribe Definition: I write ...
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1989. epistello -- to send a message (by letter)
... to send a message (by letter). Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: epistello Phonetic
Spelling: (ep-ee-stel'-lo) Short Definition: I write, send by letter to. ...
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1449. eggrapho -- to inscribe, to enter in a register
... inscribe, to enter in a register. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: eggrapho
Phonetic Spelling: (eng-graf'-o) Short Definition: I write, inscribe Definition ...
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583. apographo -- to copy, enroll
... tax, register, enroll. From apo and grapho; to write off (a copy or list),
ie Enrol -- tax, write. see GREEK apo. see GREEK grapho. ...
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27. agapetos -- beloved
... Jude 3: " (27 ), while I was making every effort to write you about our common
salvation, I had [a sense of] necessity to write to you, exhorting [you] to ...
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1122. grammateus -- a writer, scribe
... 1122 (from , "to write") -- a . Word Origin from gramma Definition a writer, scribe
NASB Word Usage scribe (4), scribes (59), town clerk (1). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3789. kathab -- to write
... 3788, 3789. kathab. 3790 . to write. Transliteration: kathab Phonetic Spelling:
(kaw-thab') Short Definition: written. Word Origin a prim. ...
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3790. kethab -- to write
... kethab. 3791 . to write. Transliteration: kethab Phonetic Spelling: (keth-ab')
Short Definition: writing. ... (Aramaic) corresponding to kathab -- write(-ten). ...
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7560. resham -- to inscribe, sign
... 2). sign, write. (Aramaic) corresponding to rasham -- sign, write. see HEBREW
rasham. 7559, 7560. resham. 7561 . Strong's Numbers.
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7860. shoter -- official, officer
... Active participle of an otherwise unused root probably meaning to write; properly,
a scribe, ie (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or ...
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Library

What I Write, is not to Show that Christendom's Oaths...
... Address 173: What I write, is not to show that Christendom's oaths� What
I write, is not to show that Christendom's oaths, and ...
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Subject of which we Write.
... Chapter I."Subject of which we write. We have written to you, brethren,
as to what relates to the martyrs, and especially to the ...
/.../smyrna/the martyrdom of the holy polycarp/chapter i subject of which we.htm

Ep. cxl. Again I Write when I Ought to Come: but I Gain Confidence ...
... Division III. Miscellaneous Letters. Ep. CXL. Again I write when I ought
to come: but I gain confidence to do so� Again I write ...
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Athanasius could not Write to one who did not Even Know Him.
... Chapter II. 9. Athanasius could not write to one who did not even know him. ...
If they did, this would give me occasion to write to him. ...
/.../select works and letters or athanasius/9 athanasius could not write.htm

I Write These Things to Warn You.
... Chapter XI."I write these things to warn you. These things [I address
to you], my beloved, not that I know any of you to be in ...
/.../the epistle of ignatius to the magnesians/chapter xi i write these things.htm

"And These Things Write we unto You, that Your Joy May be Full. "
... Sermon VIII. "And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.". 1
John 1:4.""And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.". ...
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"My Little Children, These Things Write I unto You, that Ye Sin ...
... "My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. ... 1 John
2:1.""My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. ...
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If it is True that You Write a Letter to Me So as to Admonish Me ...
... 7. If it is true that you write a letter to me so as to admonish me, and, because
you wish that I should be reformed, and that you do not wish that men should ...
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Thesaurus

Write (865 Occurrences)
... vt) To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe
on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the characters ...
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Follows (65 Occurrences)
... Revelation 2:1 "To the minister of the Church in Ephesus write as follows: "'This
is what He who holds the seven stars in the grasp of His right hand says--He ...
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Bill (9 Occurrences)
... WEB ASV). Mark 10:4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of
divorcement, and to put her away. (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT). Luke ...
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Writ (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (obs.) 3d pers. sing. pres. of Write, for
writeth. 2. (v.) imp. & pp of Write. 3. (n.) That which ...
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Tablet (7 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A flat piece of any material on which to write, paint, draw, or engrave;
also, such a piece containing an inscription or a picture. ...
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Pen (16 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) The internal shell of a squid. 6. (n.) A female swan. 7. (vt) To write;
to compose and commit to paper; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet. ...
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Youths (28 Occurrences)
... 1 John 2:13 I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him who 'is' from the
beginning; I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome the evil. ...
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Ink (4 Occurrences)
... 2 John 1:12 Having many things to write to you, I don't want to do so with paper
and ink, but I hope to come to you, and to speak face to face, that our joy ...
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Investigation (6 Occurrences)
... Luke 1:3 it has seemed right to me also, after careful investigation of the facts
from their commencement, to write for you, most noble Theophilus, a connected ...
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Inscribe (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To write or engrave; to imprint; to mark down
as something to be read. 2. (vt) To mark with letters, characters, or words. ...
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Bible Concordance

Write (865 Occurrences)

Write appears 865 times in 12 translations.

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