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The term "scribe" refers to individuals who were skilled in writing and were responsible for recording, copying, and interpreting texts. Their expertise was essential in a society where literacy was not widespread. Old Testament Context In the Old Testament, scribes are first mentioned in the context of royal administration. They served as secretaries or recorders for kings, as seen in the reign of David and Solomon (<a href="/2_samuel/8-17.htm">2 Samuel 8:17</a>; <a href="/1_kings/4-3.htm">1 Kings 4:3</a>). Their duties included documenting official decrees, military records, and genealogies. The role of the scribe evolved over time, becoming more associated with religious duties, particularly after the Babylonian exile. Ezra, a prominent figure in the post-exilic period, is described as "a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses" (<a href="/ezra/7-6.htm">Ezra 7:6</a>). He played a pivotal role in the restoration of the Jewish community in Jerusalem, emphasizing the importance of the Law and its observance. Ezra's work highlights the scribe's function as a teacher and interpreter of the Scriptures. Intertestamental Period During the intertestamental period, the role of scribes expanded further. They became influential in the development of Jewish religious thought and practice. Scribes were often associated with the Pharisees, a religious group known for their strict adherence to the Law and oral traditions. This period saw the rise of the synagogue as a center for teaching and worship, where scribes would have been active in educating the people. New Testament Context In the New Testament, scribes are frequently mentioned in the Gospels, often in conjunction with the Pharisees and other religious leaders. They are depicted as experts in the Law, responsible for teaching and interpreting the Scriptures. Jesus frequently engaged with scribes, challenging their interpretations and practices. In <a href="/matthew/23-2.htm">Matthew 23:2-3</a> , Jesus acknowledges their authority, saying, "The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. So practice and observe everything they tell you, but do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach." Scribes were often criticized by Jesus for their hypocrisy and legalism. In <a href="/mark/12-38.htm">Mark 12:38-40</a> , He warns, "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and receive greetings in the marketplaces, and have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets. They devour widows’ houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation." Despite these criticisms, not all scribes were opposed to Jesus. Some, like the scribe in <a href="/mark/12-28.htm">Mark 12:28-34</a>, showed genuine interest in His teachings and were commended for their understanding of the Law. Role and Influence Scribes were instrumental in preserving and transmitting the biblical texts. Their meticulous work ensured the accuracy and consistency of the Scriptures over generations. The Masoretic scribes, for example, were responsible for the transmission of the Hebrew Bible, developing a system of vowel notation and textual notes to preserve the pronunciation and interpretation of the text. In addition to their role as copyists, scribes were also educators and legal experts. They taught the Law to the people, ensuring that the community understood and adhered to God's commandments. Their influence extended to the judicial system, where they served as judges and legal advisors. Legacy The legacy of the scribes is evident in the continued reverence for the Scriptures within the Judeo-Christian tradition. Their dedication to the preservation and interpretation of the biblical texts laid the foundation for the theological and ethical teachings that have shaped the faith and practice of believers throughout history.<a name="amt" id="amt"></a><div class="vheading2">ATS Bible Dictionary</div>ScribeIn the earlier Hebrew writings, was one skilled in writing and accounts, <a href="/exodus/5-6.htm">Exodus 5:6</a> Jud 5:14 <a href="/jeremiah/52-25.htm">Jeremiah 52:25</a>; the person who communicated to the people the commands of the king, like the modern Secretary of State, <a href="/2_samuel/8-17.htm">2 Samuel 8:17</a> 20:25. In the later times of the Old Testament, especially after the captivity, and in the New Testament, a scribe is a person skilled in the Jewish law, a teacher or interpreter of the law. So Ezra was "a ready scribe in the laws of Moses," <a href="/ezra/7-6.htm">Ezra 7:6</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/27-32.htm">1 Chronicles 27:32</a>. The scribes of the New Testament were a class of men educated for the purpose of preserving and expounding the sacred books. They had the charge of transcribing them, of interpreting the more difficult passages, and of deciding in cases which grew out of the ceremonial law, <a href="/context/matthew/2-4.htm">Matthew 2:4</a>, and were especially skilled in those glosses and traditions by which the Jews made void the law, <a href="/context/matthew/15-1.htm">Matthew 15:1-6</a>. Jewish writers speak of them as the schoolmasters of the nation; and one mode in which they exercised their office was by meeting the people from time to time, in every town, for the purpose of holding familiar discussions, and raising questions of the law for debate. Their influence was of course great; many of them were members of the Sanhedrin, and we often find them mentioned in connection with the elders and chief priests, <a href="/matthew/5-20.htm">Matthew 5:20</a> 7:29 12:38 20:18 21:15. Like the Pharisees, they were bitterly opposed to Christ, and joined with the priests and counselors in persecuting him and his followers, having little knowledge of Him concerning whom Moses and the prophets did write. The same persons who are termed scribes, are in parallel passages sometimes called lawyers and doctors of the law, <a href="/matthew/22-35.htm">Matthew 22:35</a> <a href="/mark/12-28.htm">Mark 12:28</a>. Hence "scribe" is also used for a person distinguished for learning and wisdom, 1Co 1...20. <a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (n.) One who writes; an offical or public writer; a notary; a copyist.2. (n.) A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.3. (v. t.) To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.4. (v. t.) To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a molding, or the like; -- so called because the workman marks, or scribe, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts.5. (v. t.) To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.6. (v. i.) To make a mark.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/1122.htm">1122. grammateus -- a writer, scribe</a> ... a writer, scribe. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: grammateus Phonetic Spelling: (gram-mat-yooce') Short Definition: a scribe, town-clerk, man ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1122.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/3544.htm">3544. nomikos -- relating to law, learned in the law</a> ... rabbis. 3544 ("lawyer") implies someone even more learned in than a typical scribe. (Ezra would have been considered a 3544 .). [3544 ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3544.htm - 8k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/5613.htm">5613. capher -- a secretary, scribe</a> ... 5612, 5613. capher. 5613a . a secretary, scribe. Transliteration: capher Phonetic Spelling: (saw-fare') Short Definition: scribe. scribe ... /hebrew/5613.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/5613b.htm">5613b. sopher -- enumerator, secretary, scribe</a> sopher or sopher. 5613a, 5613b. sopher or sopher. 5613c . enumerator, secretary, scribe. Transliteration: sopher or sopher Short Definition: scribe. ... /hebrew/5613b.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/5613a.htm">5613a. saphar -- a secretary, scribe</a> ... 5613, 5613a. saphar. 5613b . a secretary, scribe. Transliteration: saphar Short Definition: scribe. Word Origin (Aramaic) corresponding ... /hebrew/5613a.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/2951.htm">2951. tiphsar -- a scribe, marshal</a> ... 2950, 2951. tiphsar. 2952 . a scribe, marshal. Transliteration: tiphsar Phonetic Spelling: (tif-sar') Short Definition: marshal. ... /hebrew/2951.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/8124.htm">8124. Shimshay -- a scribe who opposed Isr.</a> ... 8123, 8124. Shimshay. 8125 . a scribe who opposed Isr. ... Word Origin (Aramaic) from shemash Definition a scribe who opposed Isr. NASB Word Usage Shimshai (4). ... /hebrew/8124.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5608.htm">5608. saphar -- to count, recount, relate</a> ... commune, account; declare, number, penknife, reckon, scribe, show forth, speak,. A primitive root; properly, to score with a mark ... /hebrew/5608.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5618.htm">5618. Sophereth -- father of some returning exiles</a> ... Sophereth. Feminine active participle of caphar; a scribe (properly, female); Sophereth, a temple servant -- Sophereth. see HEBREW caphar. 5617, 5618. ... /hebrew/5618.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7860.htm">7860. shoter -- official, officer</a> ... Active participle of an otherwise unused root probably meaning to write; properly, a scribe, ie (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or ... /hebrew/7860.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/2710.htm">2710. chaqaq -- to cut in, inscribe, decree</a> ... A primitive root; properly, to hack, ie Engrave (Judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in ... /hebrew/2710.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/julian/revelations_of_divine_love/postscript_by_a_scribe.htm">Postscript by a Scribe</a> ... THE SIXTEENTH REVELATION POSTSCRIPT BY A SCRIBE. ... These titles are in language similar to that of the text, and are probably the work of an early scribe. ... /.../julian/revelations of divine love/postscript by a scribe.htm<a href="/library/white/the_story_of_prophets_and_kings/chapter_50_ezra_the_priest.htm">Ezra, the Priest and Scribe</a> ... After the Exile Chapter 50 Ezra, the Priest and Scribe. About seventy years after the return of the first company of exiles under ... /.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 50 ezra the priest.htm<a href="/library/chadwick/the_gospel_of_st_mark/chapter_12_28-34_the_discerning_scribe.htm">The Discerning Scribe</a> ... Strong Meat for Hungry Souls: The Gospel of St. Mark CHAPTER 12:28-34 THE DISCERNING SCRIBE. "And one of the scribes came, and heard ... /.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 12 28-34 the discerning scribe.htm<a href="/library/augustine/sermons_on_selected_lessons_of_the_new_testament/sermon_xxiv_on_the_words.htm">On the Words of the Gospel, Matt. xiii. 52, "Therefore Every ...</a> ... Sermon XXIV. On the words of the Gospel, Matt. xiii. 52, "Therefore every scribe who hath been made a disciple to the kingdom of Heaven," etc. [LXXIV. Ben.] ... /.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon xxiv on the words.htm<a href="/library/edersheim/the_life_and_times_of_jesus_the_messiah/chapter_iv_the_third_day.htm">The Third Day in Passion-Week - the Last Controversies and ...</a> ... THE THIRD DAY IN PASSION-WEEK - THE LAST CONTROVERSIES AND DISCOURSES - THE SADDUCEES AND THE RESURRECTION - THE SCRIBE AND THE GREAT COMMANDMENT - QUESTION TO ... /.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter iv the third day.htm<a href="/library/miller/the_yoke/chapter_xxii_the_fan-bearers_quest.htm">The Fan-Bearer's Quest</a> ... He had in mind to try again to persuade his friend from his folly, for the scribe was certain that Kenkenes was once more returning to his sacrilege and the ... //christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xxii the fan-bearers quest.htm<a href="/library/origen/origens_commentary_on_the_gospel_of_matthew/14_the_disciples_as_scribes.htm">The Disciples as Scribes.</a> ... in the Acts as unlearned and ignorant, but that there were more disciples in regard to whom, because they understood all things, it is said, "Every scribe," etc ... /.../origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/14 the disciples as scribes.htm<a href="/library/miller/the_yoke/chapter_vi_the_lady_miriam.htm">The Lady Miriam</a> ... Meanwhile the scribe of the "double house of life," and the son of the royal sculptor were taking comfort on the palace-top beneath the subdued light of a ... //christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter vi the lady miriam.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_g/reading_the_law_with_tears.htm">Reading the Law with Tears and Joy</a> ... 'And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/reading the law with tears.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_g/heroic_faith.htm">Heroic Faith</a> ... And we came to Jerusalem.'"Ezra 8:22, 23, 31, 32. The memory of Ezra the scribe has scarcely had fairplay among Bible-reading people. ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/heroic faith.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/s/scribe.htm">Scribe (55 Occurrences)</a> ... as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a molding, or the like; -- so called because the workman marks, or scribe, with the ... /s/scribe.htm - 27k<a href="/topical/s/scribe's.htm">Scribe's (5 Occurrences)</a> ...Scribe's (5 Occurrences). ... Jeremiah 36:21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's chamber. ... /s/scribe's.htm - 8k<a href="/topical/s/secretary.htm">Secretary (34 Occurrences)</a> ... 2. (n.) A person employed to write orders, letters, dispatches, public or private papers, records, and the like; an official scribe, amanuensis, or writer; one ... /s/secretary.htm - 18k<a href="/topical/s/shaphan.htm">Shaphan (26 Occurrences)</a> ... A coney, a scribe or secretary of king Josiah (2 Kings 22:3-7). He consulted Huldah concerning the newly-discovered copy of the law which was delivered to him ... /s/shaphan.htm - 18k<a href="/topical/r/readeth.htm">Readeth (19 Occurrences)</a> ... 2 Kings 22:8 And Hilkiah the high priest saith unto Shaphan the scribe, 'A book of the law I have found in the house of Jehovah;' and Hilkiah giveth the book ... /r/readeth.htm - 12k<a href="/topical/a/ar-ta-xerx'es.htm">Ar-ta-xerx'es (14 Occurrences)</a> ... (See RSV). Ezra 4:8 Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: (See RSV). ... /a/ar-ta-xerx'es.htm - 10k<a href="/topical/a/administrator.htm">Administrator (8 Occurrences)</a> ... 2 Kings 18:18 When they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the scribe, and Joah ... /a/administrator.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/e/eli'akim.htm">Eli'akim (12 Occurrences)</a> ... 18:18 And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the scribe, and Joah the ... /e/eli'akim.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/e/elishama.htm">Elishama (17 Occurrences)</a> ... David's sons; compare 2 Samuel 5:15. (4) A scribe of Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 36:12, 20, 21). (5) One "of the seed royal," grandfather ... /e/elishama.htm - 13k<a href="/topical/e/eliakim.htm">Eliakim (14 Occurrences)</a> ... 2 Kings 18:18 When they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the scribe, and Joah ... /e/eliakim.htm - 15k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/parable-Good-Samaritan.html">What is the meaning of the Parable of the Good Samaritan? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/nowhere-to-lay-His-head.html">What does it mean that Jesus had nowhere to lay His head? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/who-is-my-neighbor.html">Who is my neighbor, biblically speaking? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/scribe.htm">Scribe: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Scribe (55 Occurrences)<a href="/matthew/8-19.htm">Matthew 8:19</a> A scribe came, and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go." (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/matthew/13-52.htm">Matthew 13:52</a> He said to them, "Therefore, every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things." (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/mark/12-32.htm">Mark 12:32</a> The scribe said to him, "Truly, teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he, (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/mark/12-34.htm">Mark 12:34</a> Perceiving that the Scribe had answered wisely Jesus said to him, "You are not far from the Kingdom of God." No one from that time forward ventured to put any question to Him. (WEY)<a href="/1_corinthians/1-20.htm">1 Corinthians 1:20</a> Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the lawyer of this world? Hasn't God made foolish the wisdom of this world? (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/2_samuel/8-17.htm">2 Samuel 8:17</a> and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Seraiah was scribe; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/2_samuel/20-25.htm">2 Samuel 20:25</a> and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/2_kings/12-10.htm">2 Kings 12:10</a> It was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags and counted the money that was found in the house of Yahweh. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/2_kings/18-18.htm">2 Kings 18:18</a> When they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/2_kings/18-37.htm">2 Kings 18:37</a> Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, came with Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of Rabshakeh. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/2_kings/19-2.htm">2 Kings 19:2</a> He sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/2_kings/22-3.htm">2 Kings 22:3</a> It happened in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of Yahweh, saying, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/2_kings/22-8.htm">2 Kings 22:8</a> Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, "I have found the book of the law in the house of Yahweh." Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan, and he read it. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/2_kings/22-9.htm">2 Kings 22:9</a> Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, "Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of Yahweh." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/2_kings/22-10.htm">2 Kings 22:10</a> Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, "Hilkiah the priest has delivered a book to me." Shaphan read it before the king. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/2_kings/22-12.htm">2 Kings 22:12</a> The king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/2_kings/25-19.htm">2 Kings 25:19</a> and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and five men of those who saw the king's face, who were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the city. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/1_chronicles/18-16.htm">1 Chronicles 18:16</a> and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was scribe; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/1_chronicles/24-6.htm">1 Chronicles 24:6</a> Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence of the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the priests and of the Levites; one fathers' house being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_chronicles/27-32.htm">1 Chronicles 27:32</a> Also Jonathan, David's uncle, was a counselor, a man of understanding, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons: (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_chronicles/24-11.htm">2 Chronicles 24:11</a> It was so, that whenever the chest was brought to the king's officers by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the chief priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/2_chronicles/34-15.htm">2 Chronicles 34:15</a> Hilkiah answered Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of Yahweh. Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/2_chronicles/34-18.htm">2 Chronicles 34:18</a> Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest has delivered me a book. Shaphan read therein before the king. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/2_chronicles/34-20.htm">2 Chronicles 34:20</a> The king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/ezra/4-8.htm">Ezra 4:8</a> Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/ezra/4-9.htm">Ezra 4:9</a> then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions, the Dinaites, and the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Shushanchites, the Dehaites, the Elamites, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/ezra/4-17.htm">Ezra 4:17</a> Then sent the king an answer to Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions who dwell in Samaria, and in the rest of the country beyond the River: Peace, and so forth. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/ezra/4-23.htm">Ezra 4:23</a> Then when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/ezra/7-6.htm">Ezra 7:6</a> this Ezra went up from Babylon: and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of Yahweh his God on him. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/ezra/7-11.htm">Ezra 7:11</a> Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the commandments of Yahweh, and of his statutes to Israel: (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/ezra/7-12.htm">Ezra 7:12</a> Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect and so forth. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/ezra/7-21.htm">Ezra 7:21</a> I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers who are beyond the River, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done with all diligence, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/nehemiah/8-1.htm">Nehemiah 8:1</a> All the people gathered themselves together as one man into the broad place that was before the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Yahweh had commanded to Israel. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/nehemiah/8-4.htm">Nehemiah 8:4</a> Ezra the scribe stood on a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Uriah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/nehemiah/8-9.htm">Nehemiah 8:9</a> Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to Yahweh your God; don't mourn, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/nehemiah/8-13.htm">Nehemiah 8:13</a> On the second day were gathered together the heads of fathers' houses of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to Ezra the scribe, even to give attention to the words of the law. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/nehemiah/12-26.htm">Nehemiah 12:26</a> These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest the scribe. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/nehemiah/12-36.htm">Nehemiah 12:36</a> and his brothers, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was before them. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/nehemiah/13-13.htm">Nehemiah 13:13</a> I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted faithful, and their business was to distribute to their brothers. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/45-1.htm">Psalms 45:1</a> For the Chief Musician. Set to "The Lilies." A contemplation by the sons of Korah. A wedding song. My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer. (See RSV)<a href="/isaiah/33-18.htm">Isaiah 33:18</a> Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers? (KJV BBE DBY WBS)<a href="/isaiah/36-3.htm">Isaiah 36:3</a> Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder came out to him. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/isaiah/36-22.htm">Isaiah 36:22</a> Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of Rabshakeh. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/isaiah/37-2.htm">Isaiah 37:2</a> He sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/jeremiah/36-10.htm">Jeremiah 36:10</a> Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of Yahweh, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan, the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate of Yahweh's house, in the ears of all the people. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/jeremiah/36-12.htm">Jeremiah 36:12</a> he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and behold, all the princes were sitting there, to wit, Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/jeremiah/36-20.htm">Jeremiah 36:20</a> They went in to the king into the court; but they had laid up the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe; and they told all the words in the ears of the king. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/jeremiah/36-21.htm">Jeremiah 36:21</a> So the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll; and he took it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe. Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes who stood beside the king. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/jeremiah/36-26.htm">Jeremiah 36:26</a> The king commanded Jerahmeel the king's son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but Yahweh hid them. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/36-32.htm">Jeremiah 36:32</a> Then took Jeremiah another scroll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and there were added besides to them many like words. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/37-15.htm">Jeremiah 37:15</a> The princes were angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/jeremiah/37-20.htm">Jeremiah 37:20</a> Now please hear, my lord the king: please let my supplication be presented before you, that you not cause me to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/jeremiah/51-27.htm">Jeremiah 51:27</a> Let a flag be lifted up in the land, let the horn be sounded among the nations, make the nations ready against her; get the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz together against her, make ready a scribe against her; let the horses come up against her like massed locusts. (BBE)<a href="/jeremiah/52-25.htm">Jeremiah 52:25</a> and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and seven men of those who saw the king's face, who were found in the city; and the scribe of the captain of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the midst of the city. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/daniel/2-10.htm">Daniel 2:10</a> The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter; therefore there is no king, however great and powerful, that hath asked such a thing of any scribe, or magician, or Chaldean. 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