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Lexicon :: Strong's G4972 - sphragizō

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σφραγίζω
Transliteration
sphragizō (Key)
Pronunciation
sfrag-id'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:939,1127

Strong’s Definitions

σφραγίζω sphragízō, sfrag-id'-zo; 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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x

The KJV translates Strong's G4972 in the following manner: seal (22x), set to (one's) seal (1x), stop (1x), seal up (1x), set a seal (1x), variations of 'seal' (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x
The KJV translates Strong's G4972 in the following manner: seal (22x), set to (one's) seal (1x), stop (1x), seal up (1x), set a seal (1x), variations of 'seal' (1x).

  1. to set a seal upon, mark with a seal, to seal

    1. for security: from Satan

    2. since things sealed up are concealed (as the contents of a letter), to hide, keep in silence, keep secret

    3. in order to mark a person or a thing

      1. to set a mark upon by the impress of a seal or a stamp

      2. angels are said to be sealed by God

    4. in order to prove, confirm, or attest a thing

      1. to confirm authenticate, place beyond doubt

        1. of a written document

        2. to prove one's testimony to a person that he is what he professes to be

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σφραγίζω sphragízō, sfrag-id'-zo; 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.
STRONGS G4972:
σφραγίζω (Revelation 7:3 Rec.st); 1 aorist ἐσφραγισα; 1 aorist middle participle σφραγισάμενος; passive, perfect participle ἐσφραγισμενος; 1 aorist ἐσφραγίσθην; (in 2 Corinthians 11:10 Rec.st gives the form σφραγίσεται de coniectura vel errore (Tdf.; see his note at the passage)); (σφραγίς, which see); the Sept. for חָתַם; to set a seal upon, mark with a seal, to seal;
a. for security: τί, Matthew 27:66; namely, τήν ἄβυσσον, to close it, lest Satan after being cast into it should come out; hence, the addition ἐπάνω αὐτοῦ, over him i. e. Satan, Revelation 20:3 (ἐν ᾧ —i. e. δώματι —κεραυνός ἐστιν ἐσφραγισμενος, Aeschylus Eum. 828; middle σφραγίζομαι τήν θύραν, Bel and the Dragon, Bel 1:14, Theod.).
b. Since things sealed up are concealed (as, the contents of a letter), (σφραγίζω means, tropically, to hide (Deuteronomy 32:34), keep in silence, keep secret: τί, Revelation 10:4; Revelation 22:10 (τάς ἁμαρτίας, Daniel 9:24, Theod.; τάς ἀνομίας, Job 14:17; τούς λόγους σιγή, Stobaeus, flor. 34, 9, p. 215; θαυματα πολλά σοφή σφρηγισσατο σιγή, Norm. paraphr. evang. Ioan. 21,140).
c. in order to mark a person or thing; hence, to set a mark upon by the impress of a seal, to stamp: angels are said σφραγίζειν τινας ἐπί τῶν μετώπων, i. e. with the seal of God (see σφραγίς, c.) to stamp his servants on their foreheads as destined for eternal salvation, and by this means to confirm their hopes, Revelation 7:3, cf. Ewald at the passage; (B. D., under the words, Cuttings and Forehead); hence, οἱ εσφραγισμένοι, fourteen times in Rec. Revelation 7:4-8, four times by G L T Tr WH (δεινοισι σημαντροισιν εσφραγισμένοι, Euripides, Iph. Taur. 1372); metaphorically: τινα τῷ πνεύματι and ἐν τῷ πνεύματι, respecting God, who by the gift of the Holy Spirit indicates who are his, passive, Ephesians 1:13; Ephesians 4:30; absolutely, middle with τινα, 2 Corinthians 1:22.
d. in order to prove, confirm, or attest a thing; hence, tropically, to confirm, authenticate, place beyond doubt (a written document τῷ δακτυλίῳ, Esther 8:8): followed by ὅτι, John 3:33; τινα, to prove by one's testimony to a person that he is what he professes to be, John 6:27. Somewhat unusual is the expression σφραγισάμενος αὐτοῖς τόν καρπόν τοῦτον, when I shall have confirmed (sealed) to them this fruit (of love), meaning apparently, when I shall have given authoritative assurance that this money was collected for their use, Romans 15:28. (Compare: κατασφραγίζω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
32:34
Esther
8:8
Job
14:17
Daniel
9:24
Matthew
27:66
John
3:33; 6:27
Romans
15:28
2 Corinthians
1:22; 11:10
Ephesians
1:13; 4:30
Revelation
7:3; 7:3; 7:4; 7:5; 7:6; 7:7; 7:8; 10:4; 20:3; 22:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4972 matches the Greek σφραγίζω (sphragizō),
which occurs 24 times in 21 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:34 - Lo! are not these things stored up by me, and sealed among my treasures?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:8 - (LXX 20:8) And she wrote a [fn]letter in the name of Achaab, and sealed it with his seal, and sent the letter to the elders, and to the [fn]freemen who dwelt with Nabuthai.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:4 - Go up to Chelcias the high priest, and [fn]take account of the money that is brought into the house of the Lord, which they that keep the door have collected of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:1 - (LXX 10:2) And over them that sealed were Neemias the Artasastha, son of Achalia, and Zedekias,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:10 - And the king took off his ring, and gave it into the hands of Aman, to seal the decrees against the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:8 - Write ye also in my name, as it seems good to you, and seal it with my ring: for whatever orders are written at the command of the king, and sealed with my ring, it is not lawful to gainsay them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:10 - And they were written by order of the king, and sealed with his ring, and they sent the letters by the posts:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:17 - And thou hast sealed up my transgressions in a bag, and marked if I have been guilty of any transgression unawares.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:16 - In darkness he digs through houses: by day they conceal themselves securely: they know not the light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:12 - My sister, my spouse is a garden enclosed; a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:16 - Then shall those who seal themselves that they may [fn]not learn the law be made manifest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:11 - And all these things shall be to you as the words of this sealed book, which if they shall give to a learned man, saying, Read this, he shall then say, I cannot read it, for it is sealed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:10 - (LXX 39:10) And I wrote it in a book, and sealed it, and took the testimony of witnesses, and weighed the money in the balance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:11 - (LXX 39:11) And I took the book of the purchase that was sealed;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:25 - (LXX 39:25) And thou sayest to me, Buy thee the field for money; and I wrote a book, and sealed it, and took the testimony of witnesses: and the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:44 - (LXX 39:44) And they shall buy fields for money, and thou shalt write a book, and seal it, and shalt take the testimony of witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and round about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Juda, and in the cities of the mountain, and in the cities of the plain, and in the cities of the south: for I will turn their captivity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:17 - (LXX 6:18) And they brought a stone, and put it on the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his ring, and with the ring of his nobles; that the case might not be altered with regard to Daniel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:26 - And the vision of the evening and morning that was mentioned is true: and do thou seal the vision; for it is for many days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:24 - Seventy weeks have been determined upon thy people, and upon the holy city, for sin to be ended, and to seal up transgressions, and to blot out the iniquities, and to make atonement for iniquities, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal the vision and the prophet, and to anoint the Most Holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:4 - And thou, Daniel, close the words, and seal the book to the time of the end; until many are taught, and knowledge is increased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:9 - And he said, Go, Daniel: for the words are closed and sealed up to the time of the end.
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