Scribe

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NET Glossary: a member of a learned class in ancient Israel through New Testament times who studied the Hebrew scriptures and served as a copyist, editor, teacher, and judge

Scribe [NAVE]

SCRIBE
A writer and transcriber of the law, 2 Sam. 8:17; 20:25; 1 Kin. 4:3; 2 Kin. 12:10; 18:37; 19:2; 1 Chr. 24:6; 27:32; Neh. 13:13; Jer. 36:12.
King's secretary, 2 Kin. 12:10-12; 22:1-14; Esth. 3:12; 8:9.
officer in charge of conscription of the army, 2 Kin. 25:19; 2 Chr. 26:11.
Instructors in the law, Matt. 7:29; 13:52; 17:10; 23:2, 3.
See: Levites.
Test Jesus with questions, bringing to Jesus a woman taken in adultery, John 8:3.
Members of the council, Matt. 2:4.
Conspire against Jesus, Matt. 26:3, 57; 27:41; Mark 14:1; Luke 22:66.
Hypocrisy of, reproved by Jesus, Matt. 5:20; 9:3; 12:38; 15:1; 16:21; 20:18; 21:15.
See: Lawyer.