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 ), Luk_23:38; with the genitive τῆς αἰτίας, i. e. of the accusation, Mar_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: Mat_22:20; Mar_12:16; Luk_20:24. (From Thucydides down.)

ἐπιγραφή epigraphē 5x an inscription; a legend of a coin, Mat_22:20 ; Mar_12:16 ; Luk_20:24 ; a label of a criminal s name and offence, Mar_15:26 ; Luk_23:38

* ἐπι -γραφή , -ῆς , ἡ ( < ἐπιγράφω ), an inscription: Mat_22:20 , Mar_12:16 ; Mar_15:26 , Luk_20:24 ; Luk_23:33 .†

ἐπιγραφή [page 237] ἐπιγραφή in the literal sense of an insertion is found in P Lond II. 178 .13 (A.D. 145) (= II. p. 207) τὸ δὲ χειρόγραφον . . καθαρὸν ἀπὸ ἐπιγραφῆς καὶ ἀλίφαδος κύριον ἔστω : see Archiv i. p. 125. Cf. also P Ryl II. 316 .2 (ii/A.D.) ἀ ]πὸ δὲ ἐπιγραφῶν καὶ παραγραφῶν from a much mutilated sale of land. In PSI IV. 424 .9 (iii/B.C.) τοῦτο δὲ ποιήσας ἔσει ἐμέ τε σεσωικὼς . . καὶ τὴν ἐπιγραφὴν ταύτην ἕξεις , the word is used of a mark or title of honour. It is common as a special term in connexion with a tax whose precise nature remains uncertain. Grenfell and Hunt describe it as in any case an extra burden as distinguished from the ordinary land taxes ( Tebtunis Papyri , I. p. 38 ff.) : see also their note on P Oxy XII. 1445 .8 (ii/A.D.), where the word is said to be used in papyri of the Roman period in the wide sense of assessment in connexion with many kinds of taxes upon land, and cf. P Par 63 .71 (B.C. 164) (= P Petr III. p. 24) καὶ μήτ᾽ ἐνίοις καταδεεστέραν τοῦ μετρίου τὴν ἐπιγραφὴν γενηθῆναι μήτε πάλιν ὑπερτείνουσαν αὐτὴν τυχοῦσαν , if the corvιe were not unduly relaxed in some cases, nor, on the other hand, excessive in amount (Mahaffy).

ἐπιγραφή π̓ιγρα^φή, ἡ, "an inscription", στηλῶν on stones, Thuc.

ἐπι-γραφή, -ῆς, ἡ (ἐπιγράφω), an inscription: Mat.22:20, Mrk.12:16 15:26, Luk.20:24 23:33.† (AS)