What Does “Scribe” Mean in the Bible?
Office or title
A man who knew how to write and studied the Law of Moses. In the time of Jesus, the scribes explained it.
Where it appears in the Bible
Mark 12:28; Ezra 7:6
What the Bible says
Mark 12:28
And there came one of the scribes that had heard them reasoning together, and seeing that he had answered them well, asked him which was the first commandment of all.
Ezra 7:6
This Esdras went up from Babylon, and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God had given to Israel: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: NAB note on Matthew 3:7; Ezra 7:6