“Scribe” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(writer). The Hebrew scribe or writer appears to have been at first a court or military official (Ex. 5:6; Judg. 5:14); then secretary or recorder, for kings, priests, and prophets (2 Sam. 8:17; 20:25); finally a secretary of state, doctor, or teacher (Ezra 7:6). Scribes became a class or guild, copyists and expounders of the law, and through their innovations fell under the same denunciations as priests and Pharisees (Matt. 23:1-33; Mark 7:5-13; Luke 5:30).
“Town Clerk” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
An official in Ephesus, who recorded the laws and decisions and read them in public
(Acts 19:35-41).
“Scribes” From Concise Bible Dictionary:
In the Old Testament this word is applied to the officer who carried on the correspondence for a king, the army, and so forth, what is now generally understood by secretary (2 Sam. 8:17; 2 Chron. 24:11; Esther 3:12; Isa. 36:3). It is also applied to those who wrote and explained the scriptures: thus Ezra was “a ready scribe in the law,” even “a scribe of the words of the commandments of the Lord,” though he was also a priest (Ezra 7:6, 11; Neh. 8:1-13).
In the New Testament the word is used in the sense in which it is applied to Ezra, and scribes are classed with the chief priests and the elders. They are described as sitting in Moses’ seat, and what they taught was to be observed; but, alas, their works were not to be followed (Matt. 7:29; Matt. 23:2,13-33). Many woes are proclaimed against them, and they are addressed, “Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers! how can ye escape the damnation of hell?” Thus these men, who ought to have been examples to others, were publicly denounced because their practice denied what they taught. They did not form a separate sect in New Testament times, a person might be both scribe and Pharisee or Sadducee (compare Acts 23:9).
“Town-Clerk (γραμματεύς)” From Concise Bible Dictionary:
A man in authority at Ephesus, perhaps what would now be called “recorder,” but he evidently possessed considerable influence (Acts 19:35).
Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
Transliteration:
grammateus
Meaning:
from 1121. a writer, i.e. (professionally) scribe or secretary
KJV Usage:
scribe, town-clerk