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# письменники — Ukrainian to English

How Ukrainian *письменники* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 1 translation with example sentences.

The Elamur Dictionary has no Ukrainian section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: письменники (43). By style: everyday 1 · biblical 42.

## scribes

Used about 42 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 42).

- бо Він їх навчав, яко маючий власть, а не як **письменники**.
  for he taught them with authority, and not like the **scribes**.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 7:29)

- Аж тут деякі **письменники** кажуть собі: Сей хулить.
  Behold, some of the **scribes** said to themselves, “This man blasphemes.”
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 9:3)

- Стояли ж архиєреї та **письменники**, завзято винуючи Його.
  The chief priests and the **scribes** stood, vehemently accusing him.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 23:10)

- Тодї прийшли до Ісуса **письменники** та Фарисеї з Єрусалиму, кажучи:
  Then Pharisees and **scribes** came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 15:1)

- глаголючи: На Мойсейових сїдалищах посїдали **письменники** та Фарисеї.
  saying, “The **scribes** and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 23:2)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- **Письменники** часто користуються словником.
  Writers often refer to a dictionary.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by virarara and CM · checked, community translation · [\#244302](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/244302) [\#490395](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/490395))

## Grammar

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