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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 warn them about the statutes and the laws, and make them know the way in which they must walk and what they must do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:9

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:8 - And just as Joshua had commanded the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the LORD went forward, blowing the trumpets, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD following them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:21 - Every man stood in his place around the camp, and all the army ran. They cried out and fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:12 - Behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with their battle trumpets to sound the call to battle against you. O sons of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you cannot succeed.”

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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 steadfast love endures forever toward Israel.” And 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 proclaim it and publish it in all their towns and in Jerusalem, “Go out to the hills and bring branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees to make booths, as it is written.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:22 - And this came to the knowledge of Mordecai, and he told it to Queen Esther, and Esther told the king in the name of Mordecai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:24 - With fierceness and rage he swallows the ground;
he cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:25

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:13 - winks with his eyes, signals[fn] with his feet,
points with his finger,

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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 through the land;
cry aloud and say,
‘Assemble, and let us go
into the fortified cities!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:1 - Flee for safety, O people of Benjamin,
from the midst of Jerusalem!
Blow the trumpet in Tekoa,
and raise a signal on Beth-haccherem,
for disaster looms out of the north,
and great destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:3 - and if he sees the sword coming upon the land and 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, so that the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any one of them, that person 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 in,
for I have redeemed them,
and they shall be as many as they were before.
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