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Strong's #4972 - σφραγίζω
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σφρᾱγ-ίζω, Ion. σφρηγίζω, close or enclose with a seal, σφραγίζεις λύεις τ' ὀπίσω.. πεύκην (= δέλτον) E. IA 38 (anap.); ταβέλλας PHamb. 29.23 (i A.D.); τὸ σιτάριον BGU 249.21 (i A.D.): — Med., τὸν θησαυρόν PAmh. 2.41.7 (ii B.C.); μόνη δὲ κλῇθρ' ἐγὼ σφραγίζομαι E. Fr. 781.10; -ισάμενος τὸν ναὸν ἐκέλευσε σφραγίσαι τῷ τοῦ βασιλέως δακτυλίῳ LXX Bel. 14; [ τὸ ταμιεῖον] -ισάμενος εἴσω τὸν δακτύλιον διὰ τῆς ὀπῆς ἐρρίπτει D.L. 4.59; δεῖγμα σφραγισάσθω let him seal up with his seal a sample (of the corn), PHib. 1.39.15 (iii B.C.): — Pass., ἐν ᾧ [δώματι] κεραυνός ἐστιν ἐσφραγισμένος A. Eu. 828; ἐσφράγισται ἐν τοῖς θησαυροῖς μου LXX De. 32.34; οὐ δύναμαι ἀναγνῶναι [τὸ βιβλίον]· ἐσφράγισται γάρ ib. Isaiah 29:11; θυλάκιον ἐσφραγισμένον PCair.Zen. 69.6 (iii B.C.); ἐσφραγίσθη γῇ λευκῇ POxy. 929.13 (ii/iii A.D.).
2. authenticate a document with a seal, IG 9(1).61.78,95 (Daulis, ii B.C.): — Med., ib. 61.41; ἵνα μὴ κυριεύσας (sc. τῆς σφραγῖδος) κοινὴν ἐπιστολὴν κατὰ πάντων γράψας σφραγίσηται αὐτῇ τῇ σφραγῖδι PHib. 1.72.19 (iii B.C.); ἐξαποστεῖλαι εἰς Ῥόδον τοῦδε τοῦ ψηφίσματος ἀντίγραφον, σφραγισαμένους τῇ δημοσίᾳ σφραγῖδι IG 12(5).833.14 (Tenos, ii B.C.), cf. 835.31, al., 11(4).1065b28 (Delos(?), ii B.C.); τὸ βιβλίον τῆς κτήσεως τὸ ἐσφραγισμένον LXX Jeremiah 32:11(39).11; τὴν παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως διὰ τῆς θυρίδος ἐσφραγισμένην.. [ἔντευξιν] UPZ 53.5 (ii B.C.).
3. certify an object after examination by attaching a seal (cf. Hdt. 2.38), μέτροις.. ἐξητασμένοις καὶ ἐσφραγισμένοις ὑπὸ τοῦ οἰκονόμου PRLaws 25.10 (iii B.C.); ἐπεθεώρησα μόσχον ἕνα.. καὶ δοκιμάσας ἐσφράγισα ὡς ἔστιν καθαρός Wilcken Chr. 89.5 (ii A.D.); cf. σφραγίς 11.1.
4. Med., seal an article to show that it is pledged, ἐγγύην ς. Plu. Pomp. 5, Arr. Epict. 2.13.7: abs., make an impression with a seal for any purpose, καθάπερ οἱ σφραγιζόμενοι τοῖς δακτυλίοις Arist. Mem. 450a32.
II metaph. senses:
1 close up as if with a seal, in Pass., ἐσφραγισμένην ἀκριβῶς οὐλήν a fully closed cicatrix, Gal. 12.215: — Med., οὓς.. ἀφθόγγων στομάτων σφρηγίσσατο δεσμῷ, i.e. made them mute, Nonn. D. 26.261.
2. accredit as an envoy, etc., τινα John 6:27 : — Med., ὁ χρίσας ἡμᾶς θεός, καὶ -ισάμενος ἡμᾶς 2 Corinthians 1:22.
3. set a seal of approval upon, confirm, AP 9.236 (Loll.); ς. ὅτι.. John 3:33 : — freq. in Med., ς. ποιητικαῖς φωναῖς S.E. M. 1.271; ς. αὐτοῖς τὸν καρπόν assure them of it, Romans 15:28.
4. generally, mark, ψάμμος.. νῶτον οὐκ ἐσφράγισεν the sand never marked his back, i.e. he never fell in the sand, APl. 3.25 (Phil.); δεινοῖς.. σημάντροισιν ἐσφραγισμένοι, of wounded persons, E. IT 1372; σφραγιζομένη γελασίνοις marked with dimples, AP 5.34 (Rufin.); καμήλους ἐσφραγισμένας εἰς τὸν δεξιὸν μηρὸν νῦ καὶ ἦτα BGU 87.12, 26 (ii A.D.).
5. set an end or limit to, σφραγίσαι ἁμαρτίας Thd. Daniel 9:24 (σπανίσαι LXX): — Med., Ῥώμην ἀνερχομένῳ σφράγισαι ἠελίῳ AP 9.297 (Antip.); πάντα δι' ἀλλήλων ὁ πολὺς σφραγίζεται αἰών, i.e. the death of one creature is the birth of another, Archelaus ap. Antig. Mir. 89.
σφραγίζω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H2856 (Deuteronomy 32:34, al.), also for H5640 (Da TH Daniel 8:26);]
to seal,
(a) for security: Matthew 27:66, Revelation 20:3; τ . καρπὸν τοῦτον , fig. (cf. Deiss., BS, 238 f.; MM, xxiv; DB, iv, 427a), Romans 15:28;
(b) for concealment, hence, metaph., to hide (Da TH Daniel 9:24, John 14:17): Revelation 10:4; Revelation 22:10;
(c) for distinction, Revelation 7:3-8; metaph., Ephesians 4:30; mid., 2 Corinthians 1:22;
(d) for authentication (Ezra 8:8): John 3:33; John 6:27 (cf. κατα -σφραγίζω ).†
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";of four months"; with χρόνος understood, and hence = ";four months."; Exx. are PSI IV. 408.10 (iii/B.C.) ὀφείληται γάρ μοι τετραμήνου καὶ τοῦ ὀψωνίου μήρος (l. μέρος) τι, P Cairo Zen II. 59291.2 (B.C. 251–0) τοῖς ἔργοις προσέχειν τετράμηνον, P Grenf II. 41.16 (A.D. 46) διὰ τετράμηνα, ";every four months,"; P Oxy XII. 1482.15 (ii/A.D.) μετὰ τετράμηνον, ";after four months,"; and from the inscrr. Syll 210(= .3 410 ).4 (c. B.C. 274) τὴν πρώτην τετράμηνον.
For adj. τετραμήνιος (not in LS8) see P Oxy XII. 1418.18 (A.D. 247) ἀν ]αδέξομαι τῷ παιδὶ τετραμήνιον γυμνασιαρχίαν, ";I shall undertake for my son the office of gymnasiarch for four months.";
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