Words the Bible translates as scribe
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- sapharסָפַרa scribe: a trained official who keeps records, writes documents, and manages affairs of state or temple
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- to count, and so to recount: to take a tally of things, or to tell them over one by one as a story
- grammateusγραμματεύςa scribe: a Jewish expert in the Law of Moses, trained to read, copy, teach, and rule on Scripture
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- a city clerk: the chief civic official of a Greek city, who presided over the public assembly
- a scribe of the kingdom: a teacher trained in the things of God who draws out both old and new
- sapherסָפִרa scribe: a royal official trained in writing, who handles a government's letters and records and can be its recognized expert in the law
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