Strong’s G1924 · Greek

ἐπιγράφω
epigráphō

Definition

to inscribe (physically or mentally)

Etymology

from G1909 (ἐπί) and G1125 (γράφω);

Where the KJV renders it

  • inscription
  • write in (over
  • thereon)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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