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Strong's #4973 - σφραγίς

Transliteration

sphragís

Phonetics

sfrag-ece'

Origin

probably strengthened from (G5420)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

7:939,1127

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a seal
1. the seal placed upon books
2. a signet ring
3. the inscription or impression made by a seal
  1. of the name of God and Christ stamped upon their foreheads
4. that by which anything is confirmed, proved, authenticated, as by a seal (a token or proof)

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2368 ‑ חֹתָמ (kho‑thawm', kho‑thawm'); 2397 ‑ חָחִי (khawkh, khakh‑ee');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (16)

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Timothy 1

Revelation 13

NAS (16)

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Timothy 1

Revelation 13

HCS (16)

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Timothy 1

Revelation 13

BSB (16)

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Timothy 1

Revelation 13

ESV (16)

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Timothy 1

Revelation 13

WEB (16)

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Timothy 1

Revelation 13

KJV (16)

seal 11

seals 5

NAS (16)

seal 11

seals 5

HCS (16)

as a seal 1

inscription 1

seal 8

seals 5

the seal 1

BSB (16)

[as] a seal 1

[the] seal 1

seal 9

seals 5

ESV (16)

seal 11

seals 5

WEB (16)

a seal 1

seal 8

seals 4

the seal 2

the seven seals 1

RAH

N-APF 2

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 1

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 4

ANT

N-APF 3

N-ASF 10

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 1

N-NSF 1

BEZ

N-APF 3

N-ASF 10

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 1

N-NSF 1

BGB

N-AFP 3

N-AFS 10

N-DFP 1

N-GFP 1

N-NFS 1

BMT

N-APF 3

N-ASF 10

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 1

N-NSF 1

BYZ

N-APF 3

N-ASF 10

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 1

N-NSF 1

ELZ

N-APF 3

N-ASF 10

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 1

N-NSF 1

NA26

N-APF 2

N-ASF 10

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 1

N-NSF 1

T-APF 1

SBL

N-APF 3

N-ASF 10

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 1

N-NSF 1

SCV

N-APF 3

N-ASF 10

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 1

N-NSF 1

STV

N-APF 3

N-ASF 10

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 1

N-NSF 1

TIS

N-APF 3

N-ASF 10

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 1

N-NSF 1

N-APF 3

N-ASF 10

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 1

N-NSF 1

N-APF 3

N-ASF 10

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 1

N-NSF 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

σφρᾱγ-ίς, Ion. σφρηγίς, ῖδος, ἡ: Aeol. acc. σφρᾶγιν Choerob. in Theod. 1.327 H. (v.l. σφράγιν), Eust. 265.18: — seal, signet, Hdt. 1.195, 3.41, PHib. 1.72.19 (iii B.C.), Numen. ap. Eus. PE 14.7, etc.; distd. from δακτύλιος, Ar. Fr. 320.12, Pl. Hp.Mi. 368c; ς. ἐπιβάλλειν Ar. Av. 560 (anap.), Th. 415; τῶν σφραγῖδας ἐχόντων, i.e. fops, Id. Ec. 632 (anap.); ἔχων.. σφραγῖδα καὶ μεμυρισμένος Antiph. 190.2; of the public seal of a state, [ ὁ ἐπιστάτης] τηρεῖ τὴν δημοσίαν ς. Arist. Ath. 44.1, cf. IG 22.204.40, Str. 9.3.1; τὸν στρατηγὸν καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς ς. keeper of the privy seal, IGRom. 4.1712 (Samos, ii B.C.).

2. gem or stone for a ring, Hdt. 7.69, cf. Arist. Mete. 387b17, Thphr. Lap. 44; τὰς τῶν δακτυλίων ς. Arist. Aud. 801b4; ς. ἴασπις χρυσοῦν δακτύλιον ἔχουσα IG 22.1388.87; ς. ὑάλιναι ib.90.

3. generally, gem, κιθάραν.. σφραγῖσι.. κατακεκοσμημένην Luc. Ind. 8.

II impression of a signet-ring, seal, ς. δακτυλίου Lex Solonis ap. D.L. 1.57; σφραγῖδος ἕρκος S. Tr. 615, cf. El. 1223, E. IA 155 (anap.), Th. 1.129; παρασημήνασθαι σασθαι ς. to counterfeit it, ib. 132; warrant attached to a camel, οἴσομεν ὑμῖν τὴν ς. καὶ οὐδὲν ζητηθήσεται πρὸς ἡμᾶς PBasel 2.11 (ii A.D.): metaph., σφρηγὶς ἐπικείσθω τοῖσδ' ἔπεσιν, as a warrant, Thgn. 19; but ἀρρήτων ἐπέων γλώσσῃ ς. ἐπικείσθω (for secrecy) Luc. Epigr. 11; ς. δ' ἡμετέρης γλώττης ἐπὶ τοῖσδεσι κεῖται Critias 5; διάτορον σφραγῖδα θραύων στόματος Tim. Pers. 160; ἔχεις κόσμου σφρηγῖδα τυπῶτιν, of the Creator, Orph. H. 34.26. cf. 64.2; ὁρκίζω σφραγῖδα (σφρακ- pap.) θεοῦ, ὅπερ ἐστὶν ὅρασις PMag.Berol. 1.306; drawing, γράφε χαλκῷ γραφίῳ τὴν ὑποκειμένην ς. τοῦ ζῳδίου PMag. Osl. 1.39.

2. any mark, as the spots on a leopard, Opp. C. 2.299: v. σφηρός.

3. wound, blow, Lyc. 780.

III tablet of Lemnian medicinal earth certified as such by bearing the impression of the seal of the Lemnian priestess of Artemis, Dsc. 5.97; ς. Λημνία Id. Alex.Prooem., Gal. 12.169, Aret. CA 2.2, so prob. in Archig. ap. Orib. 44.26.11, 51.42.5. governmentally defined and numbered area of land (including plots belonging to different owners) in Egypt, POxy. 918ii 8 (ii A.D.), PFay. 339 (ii A.D.), BGU 831.6 (iii A.D.), PHamb. 12.2 (iii A.D.), Sammelb. 4325 ii 4 (iii A.D.).

2. registered holding of land, PTeb. 105.13, al. (ii B.C.), PLond. 3.880.20 (ii B.C.), PAmh. 2.87, 90 (ii A.D.), etc.

3. numbered area on a worldmap, Eratosth. ap. Str. 2.1.22, al.: pl., 11.12.5. Medic., pastille, ἡ Πολυείδου ς. Gal. 13.834, Paul.Aeg. 7.12, cf. Cels. 5.20.2, al. Πακκίου ς., Paccius's brand, name of an eye-salve, Gal. 12.751; eye-salves were certified by their makers by a seal-impression, e.g. D. Galli Sesti sfragis ad aspritudines, CIL 13.10021.76 (Gaul).

Thayer's Expanded Definition

σφραγίς, σφραγῖδος, ἡ (akin, apparently, to the verb φράσσω or φράγνυμι), from Herodotus down, the Sept. for חותָם, a seal; i. e.

a. the seal placed upon books (cf. B. D., under the word , under the end; Gardthausen, Palaeogr., p. 27): Revelation 5:1; λῦσαι τάς σφραγας, ibid. (Rec.); ἀνοῖξαι, ibid. (5 G L T Tr WH), ; .

b. a signet-ring: Revelation 7:2.

c. the inscription or impression made by a seal: Revelation 9:4 (the name of God and Christ stamped upon their foreheads must be meant here, as is evident from ); 2 Timothy 2:19.

d. that by which anything is confirmed, proved, authenticated, as by a seal (a token or proof): Romans 4:11; 1 Corinthians 9:2. (Cf. BB. DD. under the word .)

STRONGS NT 4973a: σφυδρόν σφυδρόν, σφυδρου, τό, equivalent to σφυρόν, which see: Acts 3:7 T WH. (Hesychius σφυδρά. ἡ περιφέρεια τῶν ποδῶν.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

σφραγίς , -ῖδος , ἡ ,

[in LXX: Exodus 28:11, al. (H2368) Exodus 35:22 (H2397), Sirach 17:22, al.;]

1. a seal, signet: Revelation 7:2.

2. The impression of a seal or signet, a seal (on its various purposes, v.s. σφραγίζω ): on a book or roll, Revelation 5:1-2; Revelation 5:5; Revelation 5:9; Revelation 6:1; Revelation 6:3; Revelation 6:5; Revelation 6:7; Revelation 6:9; Revelation 6:12; Revelation 8:1; metaph., Romans 4:11, 1 Corinthians 9:2, 2 Timothy 2:19, Revelation 9:4.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";four-fold"; (Luke 19:8) : cf. the form τετραπλάσιος in OGIS 665.30 (i/A.D.) τὸ τετραπλάσιον μέρος, and Syll 932(= .3 880).80 (A.D. 202) πρὸς δὲ δ [ιαλύ ]σωσ [ι ] αὐτὰ τὰ ἐνπόρια εἰς τὸ [τε ]τραπλάσιον τοῦ ἐνδεήσοντος.

List of Word Forms

εσφυροκόπησε σφραγιδα σφραγίδα σφραγῖδα σφραγιδας σφραγίδας σφραγῖδας σφραγίδες σφραγίδι σφραγίδος σφραγιδων σφραγίδων σφραγις σφραγίς σφραγισιν σφραγίσιν σφραγῖσιν σφύρα σφύραι σφύραις σφύραν σφύρη σφυροκόπος sphragida sphragîda sphragidas sphragîdas sphragidon sphragidōn sphragídon sphragídōn sphragis sphragís sphragisin sphragîsin