Inscription

New Testament

Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words

Definition

1epigraphoG1924

"to write upon, inscribe" (epi, "upon," grapho, "to write"), is usually rendered by the verb "to write upon, over, or in," Mar 15:26, Heb 8:10, Heb 10:16, Rev 21:12; it is translated by a noun phrase in Act 17:23, "(with this) inscription," lit., "(on which) had been inscribed." Cp. the noun epigraphe, "a superscription."