something written
Gramma refers to written material, including documents, writings, letters, and written code contrasted with Spirit.
The attested uses chiefly concern written material in varied settings: documents and letters, writings or learning, and written code contrasted with Spirit. The same noun can refer to particular written items or to writing considered as a body of material.
Senses in use
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Documents, letters, and written items · dominant
In Luke 16:6 and Luke 16:7, the accusative plural occurs when a debtor is told to take a document and alter its amount. Acts 28:21 likewise concerns written communications received from Judea, while Galatians 6:11 refers to what has been written by hand in large letters.
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Writings and learning · common
In 2 Timothy 3:15, the accusative plural concerns sacred writings known from childhood; in John 5:47 it stands in the clause about believing writings. Acts 26:24 places the plural in Festus's charge that great learning is driving Paul insane, and John 7:15 asks how someone knows something written without having learned.
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Written code contrasted with Spirit · occasional
The singular appears in contrasts involving Spirit and a written form: 2 Corinthians 3:6 contrasts letter and Spirit, and 2 Corinthians 3:7 describes a ministry engraved in letters on stones. Romans 2:27, Romans 2:29, and Romans 7:6 similarly place the singular within statements about written code or letter alongside law, circumcision, or Spirit.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the noun through “letter,” “letters,” “sacred writings,” “learning,” “document,” “writings,” and “written code.” Because its English is a whole-verse translation, these renderings show the verse contexts rather than a fixed English equivalent for every occurrence.