STRONGS NUMBER G1923

Original Word: ἐπιγραφή
Transliteration: epigraphē
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ig-raf-ay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: an inscription
Meaning: an inscriptioninscription, superscription.

From epigrapho; an inscription -- superscription.

see GREEK epigrapho

STRONGS NT 1923: ἐπιγραφή

ἐπιγραφή, ἐπιγραφης, ἡ (ἐπιγράφω), an inscription, title: in the N. T. of an inscription in black letters upon a whitened tablet (B. D. under the word ), Luke 23:38; with the genitive τῆς αἰτίας, i. e. of the accusation, Mark 15:26 (γράμματα τήν αἰτίαν τῆς θανατώσεως αὐτοῦ δηλουντα, Dio Cassius, 54, 3; cf. Sueton. Calig. 32; Domit. 10); of the inscription on a coin: Matthew 22:20; Mark 12:16; Luke 20:24. (From Thucydides down.)