Definition
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
a scribe; a clerk, town-clerk, registrar, recorder, Acts 19:35; one skilled in the Jewish law, a teacher or interpreter of the law, Mt. 2:4; 5:20, et al. freq.; genr. a religious teacher, Mt. 13:52; by synec. any one distinguished for learning or wisdom, 1 Cor. 1:20
Translated in KJV as
scribetown-clerk
Etymology
from G1121 (γράμμα). a writer, i.e. (professionally) scribe or secretary
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“For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.”