Strong G4972σφραγίζω
to seal
- Transliteration
- sphragizō
- Pronunciation
- sfrag-id'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G4973; to stamp (with a signet or private mark) for security or preservation (literally or figuratively); by implication to keep secret to attest: - (set a set to) seal up stop.
Detailed definition
σφραγίζω
[in LXX chiefly for חָתַם (Deu.32:34, al.), also for סָתַם (Da TH Dan.8:26);]
to seal,
__(a) for security: Mat.27:66, Rev.20:3; τ. καρπὸν τοῦτον, figuratively (cf. Deiss., BS, 238 f.; MM, xxiv; DB, iv, 427a), Rom.15:28;
__(b) for concealment, hence, metaphorically, to hide (Da TH Dan.9:24, Jhn.14:17): Rev.10:4 22:10;
__(with) for distinction, Rev.7:3-8; metaphorically, Eph.4:30; mid., 2Co.1:22;
__(d) for authentication (Est.8:8): Jhn.3:33 6:27 (cf. κατα-σφραγίζω).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for חָתַם (Deu.32:34, al.), also for סָתַם (Da TH Dan.8:26);]
to seal,
__(a) for security: Mat.27:66, Rev.20:3; τ. καρπὸν τοῦτον, figuratively (cf. Deiss., BS, 238 f.; MM, xxiv; DB, iv, 427a), Rom.15:28;
__(b) for concealment, hence, metaphorically, to hide (Da TH Dan.9:24, Jhn.14:17): Rev.10:4 22:10;
__(with) for distinction, Rev.7:3-8; metaphorically, Eph.4:30; mid., 2Co.1:22;
__(d) for authentication (Est.8:8): Jhn.3:33 6:27 (cf. κατα-σφραγίζω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4972 appears in 17 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- seal14
- hath2
- set2
- sealed1
- stop1
First verses
- Matthew 27:66So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
- John 3:33He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
- John 6:27Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
- Romans 15:28When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.
- 2 Corinthians 1:22Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
- 2 Corinthians 11:10As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
- Ephesians 1:13In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
- Ephesians 4:30And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
- Revelation 7:3Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
- Revelation 7:4And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
- Revelation 7:5Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.
- Revelation 7:6Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.
- Revelation 7:7Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.
- Revelation 7:8Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
- Revelation 10:4And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
- Revelation 20:3And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
- Revelation 22:10And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
σφρᾱγ-ίζω,
Ionic dialect σφρηγίζω, close or enclose with a seal, σφραγίζεις λύεις τ᾽ ὀπίσω.. πεύκην (={δέλτον}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 38 (_anapaest meter_); ταβέλλας “PHamb.” 29.23 (1st c.AD))]; τὸ σιτάριον [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“BGU” 249.21 (1st c.AD))]:—middle, τὸν θησαυρόν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PAmh.” 2.41.7 (2nd c.BC))]; μόνη δὲ κλῇθρ᾽ ἐγὼ σφραγίζομαι [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 781.10; -ισάμενος τὸν ναὸν ἐκέλευσε σφραγίσαι τῷ τοῦ βασιλέως δακτυλίῳ LXX “Bel.” 14; [τὸ ταμιεῖον] -ισάμενος εἴσω τὸν δακτύλιον διὰ τῆς ὀπῆς ἐρρίπτει 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 4.59)]; δεῖγμα σφραγισάσθω let him seal up with his seal a sample (of the corn), [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PHib.” 1.39.15 (3rd c.BC))]:—passive, ἐν ᾧ [δώματι] κεραυνός ἐστιν ἐσφραγισμένος [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 828; ἐσφράγισται ἐν τοῖς θησαυροῖς μου LXX.Deu.32.34)]; οὐ δύναμαι ἀναγνῶναι [τὸ βιβλίον]· ἐσφράγισται γάρ[LXX+3rd c.BC+ (LXX.Isa.29.11; θυλάκιον ἐσφραγισμένον “PCair.Zen.” 69.6 (3rd c.BC))]; ἐσφραγίσθη γῇ λευκῇ [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 929.13 (2nd-3rd c.AD).)]
2 authenticate a document with a seal, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 9(1).61.78,95 (Daulis, 2nd c.BC):)] —middle [Refs (, [prev. work] 61.41)]; ἵνα μὴ κυριεύσας (i.e. τῆς σφραγῖδος) κοινὴν ἐπιστολὴν κατὰ πάντων γράψας σφραγίσηται αὐτῇ τῇ σφραγῖδι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PHib.” 1.72.19 (3rd c.BC))]; ἐξαποστεῖλαι εἰς Ῥόδον τοῦδε τοῦ ψηφίσματος ἀντίγραφον, σφραγισαμένους τῇ δημοσίᾳ σφραγῖδι [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“IG” 12(5).833.14 (Tenos, 2nd c.BC), compare 835.31, +others, 11(4).1065b28 (Delos(?), 2nd c.BC))]; τὸ βιβλίον τῆς κτήσεως τὸ ἐσφραγισμένον [LXX+2nd c.BC+ (LXX.Jer.39(32).11; τὴν παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως διὰ τῆς θυρίδος ἐσφραγισμένην.. [ἔντευξιν] “UPZ” 53.5 (2nd c.BC).)]
3 certify an object after examination by attaching a seal [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.38), μέτροις.. ἐξητασμένοις καὶ ἐσφραγισμένοις ὑπὸ τοῦ οἰκονόμου “PRev.Laws” 25.10 (3rd c.BC))]; ἐπεθεώρησα μόσχον ἕνα.. καὶ δοκιμάσας ἐσφράγισα ὡς ἔστιν καθαρός Wilcken [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Chr.” 89.5 (2nd c.AD);compare σφραγίς 11.1.)]
4 middle, seal an article to show that it is pledged, ἐγγύην σ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 5, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.13.7)]: absolutely, make an impression with a seal for any purpose, καθάπερ οἱ σφραγιζόμενοι τοῖς δακτυλίοις [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Memoria” 450a32.)]
II metaphorically senses:
II.1 close up as if with a seal, in passive, ἐσφραγισμένην ἀκριβῶς οὐλήν a fully closed cicatrix, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.215:)] — middle, οὓς.. ἀφθόγγων στομάτων σφρηγίσσατο δεσμῷ, i.e. made them mute, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 26.261.)]
II.2 accredit as an envoy, etc., τινα [NT (NT.John.6.27)]:—middle, ὁ χρίσας ἡμᾶς θεός, καὶ -ισάμενος ἡμᾶς [NT (NT.2Cor.1.22.)]
II.3 set a seal of approval upon, confirm, [NT+1st c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 9.236 (1st c.AD: Lollius Bassus Epigrammaticus); σ. ὅτι.. NT.John.3.33)]:—frequently in middle, σ. ποιητικαῖς φωναῖς [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 1.271)]; σ. αὐτοῖς τὸν καρπόν assure them of it, [NT (NT.Rom.15.28.)]
II.4 generally, mark, ψάμμος.. νῶτον οὐκ ἐσφράγισεν the sand never marked his back, i.e. he never fell in the sand, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“APl.” 3.25 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus))]; δεινοῖς.. σημάντροισιν ἐσφραγισμένοι, of wounded persons, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1372)]; σφραγιζομένη γελασίνοις marked with dimples, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 5.34 (2nd-3rd c.AD: Rufinus Epigrammaticus); καμήλους ἐσφραγισμένας εἰς τὸν δεξιὸν μηρὸν νῦ καὶ ἦτα “BGU” 87.12, 26 (2nd c.AD).)]
II.5 set an end or limit to, σφραγίσαι ἁμαρτίας [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Theodotion LXX.Dan.9.24 (σπανίσαι LXX))]:—middle, Ῥώμην ἀνερχομένῳ σφράγισαι ἠελίῳ[Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.297)] (Antip.); πάντα δι᾽ ἀλλήλων ὁ πολὺς σφραγίζεται αἰών, i.e. the death of one creature is the birth of another, Archelaus cited in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Antigonus Carystius Paradoxographus “Mirabilia” 89.)]
Ionic dialect σφρηγίζω, close or enclose with a seal, σφραγίζεις λύεις τ᾽ ὀπίσω.. πεύκην (={δέλτον}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 38 (_anapaest meter_); ταβέλλας “PHamb.” 29.23 (1st c.AD))]; τὸ σιτάριον [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“BGU” 249.21 (1st c.AD))]:—middle, τὸν θησαυρόν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PAmh.” 2.41.7 (2nd c.BC))]; μόνη δὲ κλῇθρ᾽ ἐγὼ σφραγίζομαι [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 781.10; -ισάμενος τὸν ναὸν ἐκέλευσε σφραγίσαι τῷ τοῦ βασιλέως δακτυλίῳ LXX “Bel.” 14; [τὸ ταμιεῖον] -ισάμενος εἴσω τὸν δακτύλιον διὰ τῆς ὀπῆς ἐρρίπτει 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 4.59)]; δεῖγμα σφραγισάσθω let him seal up with his seal a sample (of the corn), [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PHib.” 1.39.15 (3rd c.BC))]:—passive, ἐν ᾧ [δώματι] κεραυνός ἐστιν ἐσφραγισμένος [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 828; ἐσφράγισται ἐν τοῖς θησαυροῖς μου LXX.Deu.32.34)]; οὐ δύναμαι ἀναγνῶναι [τὸ βιβλίον]· ἐσφράγισται γάρ[LXX+3rd c.BC+ (LXX.Isa.29.11; θυλάκιον ἐσφραγισμένον “PCair.Zen.” 69.6 (3rd c.BC))]; ἐσφραγίσθη γῇ λευκῇ [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 929.13 (2nd-3rd c.AD).)]
2 authenticate a document with a seal, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 9(1).61.78,95 (Daulis, 2nd c.BC):)] —middle [Refs (, [prev. work] 61.41)]; ἵνα μὴ κυριεύσας (i.e. τῆς σφραγῖδος) κοινὴν ἐπιστολὴν κατὰ πάντων γράψας σφραγίσηται αὐτῇ τῇ σφραγῖδι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PHib.” 1.72.19 (3rd c.BC))]; ἐξαποστεῖλαι εἰς Ῥόδον τοῦδε τοῦ ψηφίσματος ἀντίγραφον, σφραγισαμένους τῇ δημοσίᾳ σφραγῖδι [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“IG” 12(5).833.14 (Tenos, 2nd c.BC), compare 835.31, +others, 11(4).1065b28 (Delos(?), 2nd c.BC))]; τὸ βιβλίον τῆς κτήσεως τὸ ἐσφραγισμένον [LXX+2nd c.BC+ (LXX.Jer.39(32).11; τὴν παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως διὰ τῆς θυρίδος ἐσφραγισμένην.. [ἔντευξιν] “UPZ” 53.5 (2nd c.BC).)]
3 certify an object after examination by attaching a seal [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.38), μέτροις.. ἐξητασμένοις καὶ ἐσφραγισμένοις ὑπὸ τοῦ οἰκονόμου “PRev.Laws” 25.10 (3rd c.BC))]; ἐπεθεώρησα μόσχον ἕνα.. καὶ δοκιμάσας ἐσφράγισα ὡς ἔστιν καθαρός Wilcken [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Chr.” 89.5 (2nd c.AD);compare σφραγίς 11.1.)]
4 middle, seal an article to show that it is pledged, ἐγγύην σ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 5, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.13.7)]: absolutely, make an impression with a seal for any purpose, καθάπερ οἱ σφραγιζόμενοι τοῖς δακτυλίοις [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Memoria” 450a32.)]
II metaphorically senses:
II.1 close up as if with a seal, in passive, ἐσφραγισμένην ἀκριβῶς οὐλήν a fully closed cicatrix, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.215:)] — middle, οὓς.. ἀφθόγγων στομάτων σφρηγίσσατο δεσμῷ, i.e. made them mute, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 26.261.)]
II.2 accredit as an envoy, etc., τινα [NT (NT.John.6.27)]:—middle, ὁ χρίσας ἡμᾶς θεός, καὶ -ισάμενος ἡμᾶς [NT (NT.2Cor.1.22.)]
II.3 set a seal of approval upon, confirm, [NT+1st c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 9.236 (1st c.AD: Lollius Bassus Epigrammaticus); σ. ὅτι.. NT.John.3.33)]:—frequently in middle, σ. ποιητικαῖς φωναῖς [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 1.271)]; σ. αὐτοῖς τὸν καρπόν assure them of it, [NT (NT.Rom.15.28.)]
II.4 generally, mark, ψάμμος.. νῶτον οὐκ ἐσφράγισεν the sand never marked his back, i.e. he never fell in the sand, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“APl.” 3.25 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus))]; δεινοῖς.. σημάντροισιν ἐσφραγισμένοι, of wounded persons, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1372)]; σφραγιζομένη γελασίνοις marked with dimples, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 5.34 (2nd-3rd c.AD: Rufinus Epigrammaticus); καμήλους ἐσφραγισμένας εἰς τὸν δεξιὸν μηρὸν νῦ καὶ ἦτα “BGU” 87.12, 26 (2nd c.AD).)]
II.5 set an end or limit to, σφραγίσαι ἁμαρτίας [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Theodotion LXX.Dan.9.24 (σπανίσαι LXX))]:—middle, Ῥώμην ἀνερχομένῳ σφράγισαι ἠελίῳ[Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.297)] (Antip.); πάντα δι᾽ ἀλλήλων ὁ πολὺς σφραγίζεται αἰών, i.e. the death of one creature is the birth of another, Archelaus cited in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Antigonus Carystius Paradoxographus “Mirabilia” 89.)]