Strong H2856חָתַם

to seal

Transliteration
châtham
Pronunciation
khaw-tham'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

A primitive root; to close up; especially to seal: - make an {end} {mark} seal ({up}) stop.

Detailed definition

1) to seal, seal up, affix a seal
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to seal, affix one's seal
1a2) to seal up, fasten up by sealing
1b) (Niphal) to seal
1c) (Piel) to lock up
1d) (Hiphil) to be stopped
Aramaic equivalent: cha.tam (חֲתַם "to seal" H2857)

In the Bible

Strong H2856 appears in 24 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • seal15
  • sealed4
  • sealeth3
  • make1
  • mark1
  • stop1
  • thou1

First verses

  1. Leviticus 15:3
    And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness.
  2. Deuteronomy 32:34
    Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?
  3. 1 Kings 21:8
    So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
  4. Nehemiah 9:38
    And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.
  5. Nehemiah 10:1
    Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,
  6. Esther 3:12
    Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king’s ring.
  7. Esther 8:8
    Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring: for the writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may no man reverse.
  8. Esther 8:10
    And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus’ name, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:
  9. Job 9:7
    Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
  10. Job 14:17
    My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
  11. Job 24:16
    In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
  12. Job 33:16
    Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
  13. Job 37:7
    He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
  14. Song of Songs 4:12
    A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
  15. Isaiah 8:16
    Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
  16. Isaiah 29:11
    And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
  17. Jeremiah 32:10
    And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.
  18. Jeremiah 32:11
    So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open:
  19. Jeremiah 32:14
    Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days.
  20. Jeremiah 32:44
    Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the Lord.
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