Lexicon apographó: to copy, enroll Original Word: ἀπογράφωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: apographó Phonetic Spelling: (ap-og-raf'-o) Short Definition: I enroll, inscribe in a register Definition: I enroll, inscribe in a register; mid: I give my name for registration (or census-taking). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom apo and graphóDefinitionto copy, enroll NASB Translationcensus be taken (1), enrolled (1), register (1), register for the census (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 583: ἀπογράφωἀπογράφω: middle (present infinitive ἀπογράφεσθαι); 1 aorist infinitive ἀπογράψασθαι; (perfect passive participle ἀπογεγραμμενος; from Herodotus down); a. to write off, copy (from some pattern). b. to enter in a register or records; specifically, to enter in the public records the names of men, their property and income, to enroll (cf. ἀπογραφή, b.); middle to have oneself registered, to enroll oneself (Winer's Grammar, § 38, 3): Luke 2:1, 3, 5; passive οἱ ἐν οὐρανοῖς ἀπογεγράμμενοι those whose names are inscribed in the heavenly register, Hebrews 12:23 (the reference is to the dead already received into the heavenly city, the figure being drawn from civil communities on earth, whose citizens are enrolled in a register).
Strong's tax, register, enroll From apo and grapho; to write off (a copy or list), i.e. Enrol -- tax, write. see GREEK apo see GREEK grapho |
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