γραφή

γραφή, -ῆς, ἡ

(γράφω), [in LXX chiefly for כְּתָב ;]

1. a drawing, painting.

2.

(a) writing;

(b) that which is written, a writing: πᾶσα γ., 2 Tim 3,16 γ. ἅγιαι, Rom 1,2 προφητικαί, Rom 16,26 al αἱ γ. τ. προφητῶν, Matt 26,56 ἡ γ., αἱ γ., the sacred writings, the Scriptures (i.e. the OT; see Milligan, NTD, 205); in pl., when the sacred writings as a whole are meant, e.g. Matt 21,42; 26,54, Joh 5,39, Rom 15,4; in sing., when a particular passage is referred to, as in Luk 4,21, Joh 19,24, Rom 4,3; 9,17; 10,11; 11,2, Jak 2,23 (Cremer, 165; DCG, ii, 584).