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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 Box Exo 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:20 - “And you shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and show them the way in which they must walk and the work they must do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:9 - “When you go to war in your land against the enemy who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God, and you will be saved from your enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:8 - So it was, when Joshua had spoken to the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the LORD advanced and blew the trumpets, and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:21 - And every man stood in his place all around the camp; and the whole army ran and cried out and fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:12 - “Now look, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with sounding trumpets to sound the alarm against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD God of your fathers, for you shall not prosper!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:11 - And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the LORD:

“For He is good,
For His mercy endures forever toward Israel.”[fn]
Then all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:15 - and that they should announce and proclaim in all their cities and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the mountain, and bring olive branches, branches of oil trees, myrtle branches, palm branches, and branches of leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:22 - So the matter became known to Mordecai, who told Queen Esther, and Esther informed the king in Mordecai’s name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:24 - He devours the distance with fierceness and rage;
Nor does he come to a halt because the trumpet has sounded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:25 - At the blast of the trumpet he says, ‘Aha!’
He smells the battle from afar,
The thunder of captains and shouting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:13 - He winks with his eyes,
He shuffles his feet,
He points with his fingers;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:5 - Declare in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say:

“Blow the trumpet in the land;
Cry, ‘Gather together,’
And say, ‘Assemble yourselves,
And let us go into the fortified cities.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:1 - “O you children of Benjamin,
Gather yourselves to flee from the midst of Jerusalem!
Blow the trumpet in Tekoa,
And set up a signal-fire in Beth Haccerem;
For disaster appears out of the north,
And great destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:3 - ‘when he sees the sword coming upon the land, if he blows the trumpet and warns the people,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:6 - ‘But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:8 - I will whistle for them and gather them,
For I will redeem them;
And they shall increase as they once increased.
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