Quick Definition
ἐπιγραφή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. an inscription, title
Strong's Definition
from 1924; an inscription
KJV Usage: superscription
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπι-γραφή, -ῆς, ἡ, (emtypapw), an inscription, tille: in the N. T. of an inscription in black letters upon a whitened tablet [B. D. 5. vy. Cross], Lk. xxiii. 38; with the gen. τῆς αἰτίας, i. 6. of the accusation, Mk. xv. 26, (γράμματα τὴν αἰτίαν τῆς θανατώσεως αὐτοῦ δηλοῦντα, Dio Cass. 54, 3; cf. Sueton. Calig. 32; Domit. 10); of the inscription on a coin: Mt. xxii. 20; Mk. xii. 16; Lk. xx. 24. (From Thue. down.) ἢ
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπιγραφή epigraphē 5x
an inscription; a legend of a coin, Mt. 22:20; Mk. 12:16; Lk. 20:24; a label of a criminal’s name and offence, Mk. 15:26; Lk. 23:38*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἐπι-γραφή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< ἐπιγράφω),
an inscription: Mt 22:20, Mk 12:16 15:26, Lk 20:24 23:38.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπιγραφή in the literal sense of an ‘‘insertion” is found in P Lond II. 17818 (a.p. 145) (=II. p. 207) τὸ δὲ χειρόγραφον . . καθαρὸν ἀπὸ ἐπιγραφῆς Kal ἀλίφαδος κύριον ἔστω: see Archiv i. p. 125. Cf. also P Ryl 11. 316? (ii/a.D.) ἀ]πὸ δὲ ἐπιγραφῶν καὶ παραγραφῶν from a much mutilated sale of land. In PSI IV. 424? (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 (7ed/unis Papyrt, I. p. 38 ff.): see also their note on P Oxy XII. 14458 (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 637 (B.c. 164) (=P Petr III. p. 24) kal μήτ᾽ ἐνίοις καταδεεστέραν τοῦ μετρίου τὴν ἐπιγραφὴν γενηθῆναι μήτε πάλιν ὑπερτείνουσαν αὐτὴν τυχοῦσαν, “ΕἼ the corvée were not unduly relaxed in some cases, nor, on the other hand, excessive in amount’ (Mahaffy).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐπιγραφή (epigraphē) — inscription. ἐπιγρᾰφ-ή, ἡ, inscription, στηλῶν on stones, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. title of a work, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
3. name of a ship, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
4. ascription of a deed to its author, credit or honour of a thing, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
5. insertion, interlineation in a document, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. description of parties in pleadings,[Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2. registration of property for taxation, in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. impost, tax, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; assessment, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.4. requisition, [Refs]