Strong G2696κατασφραγίζω

to seal

Transliteration
katasphragizō
Pronunciation
kat-as-frag-id'-zo
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G2596 and G4972; to seal closely: - seal.

Detailed definition

κατα-σφραγίζω
[in LXX: Job.9:7 37:7 (חָתַם), Wis.2:5 *;]
to seal up, secure with a seal: Rev.5:1.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G2696 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • seal1

First verses

  1. Revelation 5:1
    And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
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Related words

Detailed Greek dictionary
κατασφρᾱγίζω,
Ionic dialect and Epic dialect κατα-σφρηγίζω, seal up, [LXX (LXX.Job.9.7, 37.7)]: mostly perfect participle passive κατεσφρηγισμένος sealed up, made fast, secured, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ὅρκοις 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 115.2, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supp.” 947, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “fragment” 762, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Erx.” 400a)], etc.: imperfect passive [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (κατεσφρηγίζετο {3-4th c.AD}: Tryphiodorus Epicus 68)]: future -[Refs (σφραγισθήσομαι “Hermes” 64.64)] (Epid., 2nd c.AD): aorist [Refs 5th c.AD+ (κατεσφραγίσθην Vetus Testamentum Graece redditum “Wisdom of Solomon” 2.5, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus:)] —middle, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (κ. τὰς θύρας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 842a29, compare “UPZ” 6.21 (2nd c.BC): _Epic dialect_)]aorist 1 -ίσσατο [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “D.” 45.188.)]