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Lexicon :: Strong's G4591 - sēmainō

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σημαίνω
Transliteration
sēmainō (Key)
Pronunciation
say-mah'-ee-no
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From sema (a mark, of uncertain derivation)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:262,1015

Strong’s Definitions

σημαίνω sēmaínō, say-mah'-ee-no; from σῆμα sēma (a mark; of uncertain derivation); to indicate:—signify.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G4591 in the following manner: signify (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G4591 in the following manner: signify (6x).

  1. to give a sign, to signify, indicate

  2. to make known

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σημαίνω sēmaínō, say-mah'-ee-no; from σῆμα sēma (a mark; of uncertain derivation); to indicate:—signify.
STRONGS G4591:
σημαίνω; imperfect ἐσήμαινον (Acts 11:28 L WH text); 1 aorist ἐσημανα, for ἐσήμηνα which is the more common form in the earlier and more elegant Greek writings (see Matthiae, § 185; Kühner, § 343, under the word; (Veitch, under the word); Lob. ad Phryn., p. 24f; Winers Grammar, § 15, under the word; Buttmann, 41 (35)); (from σῆμα a sign); from (Homer), Aeschylus, Herodotus down; to give a sign, to signify, indicate: τί, Acts 25:27; followed by indirect discourse, John 12:33; John 18:32; John 21:19; equivalent to to make known: absolutely Revelation 1:1; followed by the accusative with an infinitive Acts 11:28.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

John
12:33; 18:32; 21:19
Acts
11:28; 11:28; 25:27
Revelation
1:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4591 matches the Greek σημαίνω (sēmainō),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:20 - And thou shalt testify to them the ordinances of God and his law, and thou shalt shew to them the ways in which they shall walk, and the works which they shall do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:9 - And if ye shall go forth to war in your land against your enemies that are opposed to you, then shall ye sound with the trumpets; and ye shall be had in remembrance before the Lord, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:8 - And let seven priests having seven [fn]sacred trumpets proceed thus before the Lord, and let them sound loudly; and let the ark of the covenant of the Lord follow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:21 - And every man stood in his place round about the host; and all the host ran, and sounded an alarm, and fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:12 - And, behold, the Lord and his priests are with us at our head, and the signal trumpets to sound an alarm over us. Children of Israel, fight not against the Lord God of our fathers; for ye shall not prosper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:11 - And they answered each other with praise and thanksgiving to the Lord, saying, For it is good, for his mercy to Israel endures for ever. And all the people shouted with a loud voice to praise the Lord at the laying the foundation of the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:15 - and that they should sound with trumpets in all their cities, and in Jerusalem. And Esdras said, Go forth to the mountain, and bring branches of olive, and branches of cypress trees, and branches of myrtle, and branches of palm trees, and branches of every thick tree, to make booths, according to that which was written.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:22 - And the matter was discovered to Mardochæus, and he made it known to Esther, and she declared to the king the matter of the conspiracy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:24 - and he will not believe until the trumpet sounds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:25 - And when the trumpet sounds, he says, Aha! and afar off he smells the war with prancing and neighing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:13 - And the same winks with the eye, and makes a sign with his foot, and teaches with the beckonings of his fingers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:5 - Declare ye in Juda, and let it be heard in Jerusalem: say ye, Sound the trumpet in the land; cry ye aloud: say ye, Gather yourselves together, and let us enter into the fortified cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:1 - Strengthen yourselves, ye children of Benjamin, to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and sound an alarm with the trumpet in Thecue, and set up a signal over Bæthacharma: for evil threatens from the north, and a great destruction is coming.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:3 - and he shall see the sword coming upon the land, and blow the trumpet, and sound an alarm to the people;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:6 - But if the watchman see the sword coming, and do not sound the trumpet, and the people do not watch; and the sword come, and take a soul from among them, that soul is taken because of its iniquity; but the blood thereof will I require at the watchman's hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:8 - I will make a sign to them, and gather them in; for I will redeem them, and they shall be multiplied according to their number before.
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