Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

agraphon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: agraphon
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the sayings of Jesus found in various ancient texts but not in the four Gospels.

Example Sentences

"If Crossan is correct, then Jesus Research cannot make genuine and meaningful progress apart from careful study of the agrapha and apocryphal gospels. If Meier is correct, then the potential contribution of the agrapha and apocryphal gospels to Jesus Research is limited."
"Hofius further concludes that the evidence of the agrapha militates against the view that the early church freely invented dominical sayings."
"The agrapha, or noncanonical sayings attributed to Jesus, are probably less reliable than the non-Christian sources on the life of Jesus."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́γρᾰφον (ắgrăphon), ᾰ̓́γρᾰφᾰ (ắgrăphă), inflection of ᾰ̓́γρᾰφος (ắgrăphos, “unwritten, not registered”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ᾰ̓́γρᾰφον

Inflected Forms

agrapha (plural)

Synonyms

logion

Questions

What does agraphon mean?: Any of the sayings of Jesus found in various ancient texts but not in the four Gospels.
Where does agraphon come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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