ἐπιγράφω: future ἐπιγράψω; perfect passive participle ἐπιγεγραμμενος; pluperfect 3 person singular ἐπεγέγραπτο; to write upon, inscribe: ἐπιγραφήν, Mar_15:26 and L Tr brackets in Luk_23:38; ὀνόματα, Rev_21:12; ἐν τίνι, Act_17:23; figuratively, to write upon the mind, i. e. to fix indelibly upon it, cause to cleave to it and to be always vividly present to it: νόμους ἐπί καρδίας (καρδίαν T WH marginal reading), Heb_8:10; ἐπί τῶν διανοιῶν, Heb_10:16 R G, ἐπί τήν διάνοιαν, ibid. L T Tr WH (τούς λόγους ἐπί τό πλάτος τῆς καρδίας, Pro_7:3). (From Homer down.)

ἐπιγράφω epigraphō 5x pluperfect pass., ἐπεγεγράμμην , to imprint a mark on; to inscribe, engrave, write on, Mar_15:26 ; Act_17:23 ; Rev_21:12 ; met. t o imprint, impress deeply on, Heb_8:10 ; Heb_10:16

ἐπι -γράφω , [in LXX for H3789 , Num_17:2 ; fig ., Jer_31:33 , al. ;] to write upon, inscribe: Mar_15:26 , Act_17:23 , Rev_21:12 ; fig ., Heb_8:10 ( LXX ) Heb_10:16 . †

ἐπιγράφω [page 237] The use of the subst. for a special impost (see s.v. ἐπιγραφή ) is supported by the verb in P Tebt I. 48 .12 ( c. B.C. 113) where reference is made to certain supplies of wheat imposed in view of the approaching visit of King Soter II. τὴν ἐπιγεγραμμένην πρὸς τὴν τοῦ βασίλεως παρουσίαν ἀγορὰν (πυροῦ ) (ἀρταβῶν ) π̄ : cf. P Hib I. 44 .3 (B.C. 253) of compulsory labour. The verb is also used of any one appointed to or set apart for an office, as P Oxy II. 251 .32 (A.D. 44) ἐπιγέγραμμαι αὐτῆς κύριος , P Tebt II. 380 .31 (A.D. 67) ὑπογραφεῖς τῆς <Θ > ομμοῦτο (ς ) <καὶ τοῦ > ἐπιγραψ <αμ > ένου αὐτῆς κυρίου Λυσᾶς κτλ ., the signatories for Thommous and her appointed guardian are Lysas, etc. : so ib. 397 .20, .25 (A.D. 198). Similarly of the witnesses entered in an act, as e.g. Petr II. 21( d ) .5 ἐπε ]ὶ ἐπεγράφην μάρτυς ἐπὶ συγγραφῆ [ι . For the general sense direct see P Ryl II. 153 .43 (A.D. 138 61) ἐπέγραψα δὲ Εὐδαίμονι . . . γράψαι ὑπὲρ ἐμο [ῦ ] τῆς ὑπογραφῆς τὸ σῶμα διὰ τὴν περὶ ἐμὲ ἀσθενίαν , I have directed Eudaemon . . . to write for me the body of the subscription on account of my illness (Edd.). The meaning inscribe, as in Act_17:23 , is found P Oxy VI. 886 .16 (a magical formula iii/A.D.) (= Selections , p. 111) ἐπίγρ (αψον ) ἐν ἑκάστῳ τῶν φύλλων τὰ τῶν θεῶν ὀνόματα .

ἐπιγράφω fut. ψω "to mark the surface, just pierce, graze", ὀϊστὸς ἐπέγραψε χρόα Il. "to mark, put a mark on" the lot, id=Il. —In Hom. the word has not any notion of "writing." "to write upon, inscribe", Hdt. :—Pass., of the inscription, "to be inscribed upon", id=Hdt. ; also, ἐπεγράφου τὴν Γοργόνα "hadst" the Gorgon "painted on thy shield", Ar. in attic law phrases: "to set down" the penalty or damages "in the title" of an indictment, id=Ar. ; τὰ ἐπιγεγραμμένα "the damages claimed", Dem. :—so in Mid., Aeschin. "to register", Oratt. :—Mid. "to have one's" name "registered", Thuc. ; also, ἐπεγράψαντο πολίτας "had them registered" as citizens, id=Thuc. προστάτην ἐπιγράψασθαι "to choose" a patron, "and have his name entered" in the public register, as all μέτοικοι at Athens were obliged to do, Ar. ;—so, ἐπιγράψασθαί τινα κύριον Dem. ἐπιγράψαι ἑαυτὸν ἐπί τι "to lend" one's name "to" a thing, "to endorse" it, Aeschin. ;—so in Pass. and Mid., "to inscribe one's name" on, id=Aeschin. Mid. "to assume" a name, Plut.

ἐπι-γράφω [in LXX for כָּתַב, Num.17:2; fig., Jer.31:33, al. ;] to write upon, inscribe: Mrk.15:26, Act.17:23, Rev.21:12; figuratively, Heb.8:10 (LXX) Heb.10:16.† (AS)