Strong G4973σφραγίς
seal
- Transliteration
- sphragis
- Pronunciation
- sfrag-ece'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Probably strengthened from G5420; a signet (as fencing in or protecting from misappropriation); by implication the stamp impressed (as a mark of privacy or genuineness) literally or figuratively: - seal.
Detailed definition
σφραγίς, -ῖδος, ἡ
[in LXX: Exo.28:11, al. (חוֹתָם) Exo.35:22 (חָח), Sir.17:22, al.;]
1. a seal, signet: Rev.7:2.
2. The impression of a seal or signet, a seal (on its various purposes, see: σφραγίζω): on a book or roll, Rev.5:1-2, 5 5:9 6:1, 3 6:5, 7 6:9, 12 8:1; metaphorically, Rom.4:11, 1Co.9:2, 2Ti.2:19, Rev.9:4.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Exo.28:11, al. (חוֹתָם) Exo.35:22 (חָח), Sir.17:22, al.;]
1. a seal, signet: Rev.7:2.
2. The impression of a seal or signet, a seal (on its various purposes, see: σφραγίζω): on a book or roll, Rev.5:1-2, 5 5:9 6:1, 3 6:5, 7 6:9, 12 8:1; metaphorically, Rom.4:11, 1Co.9:2, 2Ti.2:19, Rev.9:4.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4973 appears in 16 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- seal16
- the1
First verses
- Romans 4:11And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
- 1 Corinthians 9:2If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.
- 2 Timothy 2:19Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
- Revelation 5:1And 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.
- Revelation 5:2And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
- Revelation 5:5And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
- Revelation 5:9And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
- Revelation 6:1And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
- Revelation 6:3And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
- Revelation 6:5And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
- Revelation 6:7And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
- Revelation 6:9And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
- Revelation 6:12And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
- Revelation 7:2And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
- Revelation 8:1And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
- Revelation 9:4And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
σφρᾱγ-ίς,
Ionic dialectσφρηγίς, ῖδος, ἡ: Aeolic dialect accusative σφρᾶγιν [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 1.327 H. (variant{σφράγιν}), 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 265.18)]:—seal, signet, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.195, 3.41, “PHib.” 1.72.19 (3rd c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Numenius Apamensis Platonicus cited in 4th c.AD: Eusebius Caesariensis Scriptor Ecclesiasticus “Praeparatio Evangelica” 14.7, etc.)]; distinguished from δακτύλιος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 320.12, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Mi.” 368c; σ. ἐπιβάλλειν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 560 (_anapaest meter_), “Th.” 415)]; τῶν σφραγῖδας ἐχόντων, i.e. fops, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ec.” 632 (_anapaest meter_); ἔχων.. σφραγῖδα καὶ μεμυρισμένος 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 190.2)]; of the public seal of a state, [ὁ ἐπιστάτης] τηρεῖ τὴν δημοσίαν σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 44.1, compare “IG” 22.204.40, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 9.3.1)]; τὸν στρατηγὸν καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς σ. keeper of the privy seal, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae ad res Romanas pertinentes 4.1712 (Samos, 2nd c.BC).)]
2 gem or stone for a ring, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.69, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 387b17, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 44)]; τὰς τῶν δακτυλίων σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Audibilibus” 801b4; σ. ἴασπις χρυσοῦν δακτύλιον ἔχουσα “IG” 22.1388.87; σ. ὑάλιναι [prev. work]90.)]
3 generally, gem, κιθάραν.. σφραγῖσι.. κατακεκοσμημένην [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ind.” 8.)]
II impression of a signet-ring, seal, σ. δακτυλίου Legal Solonis cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 1.57; σφραγῖδος ἕρκος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 615, compare “El.” 1223, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 155 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.129)]; παρασημήνασθαι σασθαι σ. to counterfeit it, [Refs ([prev. work] 132)]; warrant attached to a camel, οἴσομεν ὑμῖν τὴν σ. καὶ οὐδὲν ζητηθήσεται πρὸς ἡμᾶς [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PBasel” 2.11 (2nd c.AD): _metaphorically_, σφρηγὶς ἐπικείσθω τοῖσδ᾽ ἔπεσιν)], as a warrant, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 19)]; but ἀρρήτων ἐπέων γλώσσῃ σ. ἐπικείσθω (for secrecy) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “epigram” 11; σ. δ᾽ ἡμετέρης γλώττης ἐπὶ τοῖσδεσι κεῖται 5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 5; διάτορον σφραγῖδα θραύων στόματος 5th-6th c.BC: Timotheus Lyricus “Persae” 160)]; ἔχεις κόσμου σφρηγῖδα τυπῶτιν, of the Creator, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Hymni” 34.26. compare 64.2)]; ὁρκίζω σφραγῖδα (σφρακ- pap.) θεοῦ, ὅπερ ἐστὶν ὅρασις [Refs (“PMag.Berol.” 1.306)]; drawing, γράφε χαλκῷ γραφίῳ τὴν ὑποκειμένην σ. τοῦ ζῳδίου “PMag. Osl.” 1.39.
II.2 any mark, as the spots on a leopard, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 2.299: see at {σφηρός}.)]
II.3 wound, blow, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 780.)]
III tablet of Lemnian medicinal earth certified as such by bearing the impression of the seal of the Lemnian priestess of Artemis, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.97)]; σ. Λημνία [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Alex.Prooem.”, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.169, 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 2.2, so probably in 2nd c.AD: Archigenes Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 44.26.11, 51.42.5.)]
IV governmentally defined and numbered area of land (including plots belonging to different owners) in Egypt, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 918ii 8 (2nd c.AD), “PFay.” 339 (2nd c.AD), “BGU” 831.6 (3rd c.AD), “PHamb.” 12.2 (3rd c.AD), “Sammelb.” 4325 ii 4 (3rd c.AD).)]
IV.2 registered holding of land, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (PTeb. 105.13, +others (2nd c.BC), “PLond.” 3.880.20 (2nd c.BC), “PAmh.” 2.87, 90 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]
IV.3 numbered area on a worldmap, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Eratosthenes Epicus cited in 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.1.22, +others: _plural_, 11.12.5.)]
V in Medicine texts, pastille, ἡ Πολυείδου σ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.834, 7th c.AD: Paulus Aegineta Medicus 7.12, compare 1st c.AD: Celsus Medicus 5.20.2, +others)]
V.b Πακκίου σ., Paccius's brand, name of an eye-salve, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.751)]; eye-salves were certified by their makers by a seal-impression, e.g. D. Galli Sesti sfragis ad aspritudines, [Refs (“CIL” 13.10021.76 (from Gaul).)]
Ionic dialectσφρηγίς, ῖδος, ἡ: Aeolic dialect accusative σφρᾶγιν [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 1.327 H. (variant{σφράγιν}), 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 265.18)]:—seal, signet, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.195, 3.41, “PHib.” 1.72.19 (3rd c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Numenius Apamensis Platonicus cited in 4th c.AD: Eusebius Caesariensis Scriptor Ecclesiasticus “Praeparatio Evangelica” 14.7, etc.)]; distinguished from δακτύλιος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 320.12, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Mi.” 368c; σ. ἐπιβάλλειν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 560 (_anapaest meter_), “Th.” 415)]; τῶν σφραγῖδας ἐχόντων, i.e. fops, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ec.” 632 (_anapaest meter_); ἔχων.. σφραγῖδα καὶ μεμυρισμένος 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 190.2)]; of the public seal of a state, [ὁ ἐπιστάτης] τηρεῖ τὴν δημοσίαν σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 44.1, compare “IG” 22.204.40, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 9.3.1)]; τὸν στρατηγὸν καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς σ. keeper of the privy seal, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae ad res Romanas pertinentes 4.1712 (Samos, 2nd c.BC).)]
2 gem or stone for a ring, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.69, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 387b17, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 44)]; τὰς τῶν δακτυλίων σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Audibilibus” 801b4; σ. ἴασπις χρυσοῦν δακτύλιον ἔχουσα “IG” 22.1388.87; σ. ὑάλιναι [prev. work]90.)]
3 generally, gem, κιθάραν.. σφραγῖσι.. κατακεκοσμημένην [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ind.” 8.)]
II impression of a signet-ring, seal, σ. δακτυλίου Legal Solonis cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 1.57; σφραγῖδος ἕρκος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 615, compare “El.” 1223, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 155 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.129)]; παρασημήνασθαι σασθαι σ. to counterfeit it, [Refs ([prev. work] 132)]; warrant attached to a camel, οἴσομεν ὑμῖν τὴν σ. καὶ οὐδὲν ζητηθήσεται πρὸς ἡμᾶς [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PBasel” 2.11 (2nd c.AD): _metaphorically_, σφρηγὶς ἐπικείσθω τοῖσδ᾽ ἔπεσιν)], as a warrant, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 19)]; but ἀρρήτων ἐπέων γλώσσῃ σ. ἐπικείσθω (for secrecy) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “epigram” 11; σ. δ᾽ ἡμετέρης γλώττης ἐπὶ τοῖσδεσι κεῖται 5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 5; διάτορον σφραγῖδα θραύων στόματος 5th-6th c.BC: Timotheus Lyricus “Persae” 160)]; ἔχεις κόσμου σφρηγῖδα τυπῶτιν, of the Creator, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Hymni” 34.26. compare 64.2)]; ὁρκίζω σφραγῖδα (σφρακ- pap.) θεοῦ, ὅπερ ἐστὶν ὅρασις [Refs (“PMag.Berol.” 1.306)]; drawing, γράφε χαλκῷ γραφίῳ τὴν ὑποκειμένην σ. τοῦ ζῳδίου “PMag. Osl.” 1.39.
II.2 any mark, as the spots on a leopard, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 2.299: see at {σφηρός}.)]
II.3 wound, blow, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 780.)]
III tablet of Lemnian medicinal earth certified as such by bearing the impression of the seal of the Lemnian priestess of Artemis, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.97)]; σ. Λημνία [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Alex.Prooem.”, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.169, 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 2.2, so probably in 2nd c.AD: Archigenes Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 44.26.11, 51.42.5.)]
IV governmentally defined and numbered area of land (including plots belonging to different owners) in Egypt, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 918ii 8 (2nd c.AD), “PFay.” 339 (2nd c.AD), “BGU” 831.6 (3rd c.AD), “PHamb.” 12.2 (3rd c.AD), “Sammelb.” 4325 ii 4 (3rd c.AD).)]
IV.2 registered holding of land, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (PTeb. 105.13, +others (2nd c.BC), “PLond.” 3.880.20 (2nd c.BC), “PAmh.” 2.87, 90 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]
IV.3 numbered area on a worldmap, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Eratosthenes Epicus cited in 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.1.22, +others: _plural_, 11.12.5.)]
V in Medicine texts, pastille, ἡ Πολυείδου σ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.834, 7th c.AD: Paulus Aegineta Medicus 7.12, compare 1st c.AD: Celsus Medicus 5.20.2, +others)]
V.b Πακκίου σ., Paccius's brand, name of an eye-salve, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.751)]; eye-salves were certified by their makers by a seal-impression, e.g. D. Galli Sesti sfragis ad aspritudines, [Refs (“CIL” 13.10021.76 (from Gaul).)]