γράμμα, -τος, τό
(γράφω), [in LXX for סֵפֶר, etc. ;]
__1. that which is traced or drawn, a picture.
__2. that which is written;
__(1) a character, letter: Gal.6:11;
__(2) a writing, a written document;
__(a) a bill or account: Luk.16:6, 7;
__(b) a letter: Act.28:21;
__(with) τὰ ἱερὰ γ., the sacred writings, i.e. the OT: 2Ti.3:15 (so in Philo, Vit. Mos., iii, 39) ;
__(d) τὸ γ., the letter, the written word as an external authority in contrast with the direct influence of the Spirit as manifested in the new Covenant: Rom.2:27, 29 7:6, 2Co.3:6, 7;
__(3) τὰ γ., letters, i.e. learning: Jhn.7:15, Act.26:24. (In π. an illiterate person is very frequently referred to as γράμματα μ᾽̀ εἰδότης, and this "never means anything else than inability to write": MM, Exp., x; but see also Cremer, 166; DCG, i, 202; ii, 584.)
† (AS)