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γραμματεύς — Acts 19:35 Ephesian civic secretary

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SEMANTIC_USAGE_OCCURRENCEUSAGE_G1122_ACT_19_35
Curation State
CURATED
Release Introduced
v45
Language
Greek
Lemma
γραμματεύς
Strong Id
G1122
Lemma Keys
[
    "γραμματεύς",
    "G1122"
]
Evidence Layers
[
    {
        "id": "BIBLICAL_HEBREW_GREEK",
        "role": "textual_corpus"
    }
]
Source Ids
[
    "SRC_SBLGNT",
    "SRC_KJV1769"
]
Source Reference
Acts 19:35
Date Range
{
    "label": "1st century CE composition context",
    "certainty": "broad"
}
Original Language
Greek
Attested Form
γραμματεὺς
Original Excerpt
καταστείλας δὲ ὁ γραμματεὺς τὸν ὄχλον
Translation
{
    "text": "the city clerk quieted the crowd",
    "responsibility": "Berean Archive working context translation; used only for the semantic-usage record.",
    "alignment_note": "Context-level evidence only; this record does not create a new translation-token alignment."
}
Semantic Domains
[
    {
        "id": "civic_public_administration",
        "role": "primary",
        "classification": "documented fact",
        "rationale": "In the Ephesian setting the γραμματεύς acts as the city secretary/clerk addressing the public assembly."
    },
    {
        "id": "political_governmental",
        "role": "secondary",
        "classification": "strong evidence",
        "rationale": "The role participates in recognized civic governance and public order."
    }
]
Evidence Strength
DIRECT_ATTESTATION
Context Summary
Here γραμματεύς is not a Jewish Torah scribe; it is the Ephesian civic secretary/town clerk.
Evidence Boundary
The lemma has other scribal and religious uses elsewhere; this occurrence is classified from its local civic context.
Scripture Reference
{
    "book": "ACT",
    "chapter": 19,
    "verse": "35",
    "edition": "sblgnt"
}