STRONGS G583:
ἀπογράφω: middle [present infinitive
ἀπογράφεσθαι]; 1 aorist infinitive
ἀπογράψασθαι; [perfect passive participle
ἀπογεγραμμένος; from Herodotus down];
a. to write off, copy (from some pattern).
b. to enter in a register or
records; specifically,
to enter in the public records the names of men, their property and income, to enroll (cf.
ἀπογραφή, b.); middle
to have oneself registered, to enroll oneself [Winer's Grammar, § 38, 3]:
Luke 2:1,
3,
5; passive
οἱ ἐν οὐρανοῖς ἀπογεγραμμένοι those whose names are inscribed in the heavenly register,
Hebrews 12:23 (the reference is to the dead already received into the heavenly city, the figure being drawn from civil communities on earth, whose citizens are enrolled in a register).
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