1: a member of a learned class who studied the Scriptures and served as copyists, editors, teachers, and jurists from ancient Israel to New Testament times. 2: a public official, secretary, or clerk 3: a journalist or a scribe is a writer who specializes in journalism. but in egypt that was a low middle class and were present to record the pharaoh's food supplies, court cases, wills and other legal documents, tax records, magic spells, and anything else that happened on a daily basis. Scribes were one of the most essential roles in maintaining order in the government.
