Definition of Agrapha

1. Noun. Sayings of Jesus not recorded in the canonical Gospels.

Generic synonyms: Expression, Locution, Saying

Definition of Agrapha

1. the sayings of Jesus not found in the Bible [n]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Agrapha

agrammatist
agrammatists
agrammatologia
agranular
agranular cortex
agranular endoplasmic reticulum
agranular leukocyte
agranulocyte
agranulocytes
agranulocytic
agranulocytic angina
agranulocytoses
agranulocytosis
agranuloplastic
agranulosis
agrapha (current term)
agraphia
agraphias
agraphic
agraphobias
agraphon
agrarian
agrarian parties
agrarian party
agrarianism
agrarianisms
agrarianize
agrarianized
agrarianizes

Literary usage of Agrapha

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Greece: From Its Conquest by the Romans to the Present Time, B by George Finlay (1877)
"When the sultans became the lords and protectors of agrapha, it had long been ... The population of agrapha is of the Greek race, without the admixture of ..."

2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"agrapha, ag'ra-fa ("Unwritten"): Name given to so-called sayings of Jesus not recorded in the Gospels, but reported by oral tradition. ..."

3. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1894)
"agrapha. SAYINGS OF OUR LORD NOT RECORDED IN THE GOSPELS. IT must at any time be interesting to a Christian to recover, to examine and to consider the ..."

4. History of the Greek Revolution by George Finlay (1861)
"In agrapha the insurrection commenced at the end of June. ... The people were instigated to take up arms, when they heard of the insurrection in agrapha, ..."

5. Current Discussions in Theology by Chicago Theological Seminary (1890)
"Another line of work that is important in its bearing upon the text of the New Testament is the study of the agrapha.1 The agrapha are defined to be those ..."

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