Lexicon :: Strong's H2856 - ḥāṯam

“This is uncleanness of his discharge: Whether his member secretes the discharge or retains it, he is unclean. All the days that his member secretes or retains anything because of his discharge,[fn] he is unclean.

“Is it not stored up with me,

sealed up in my vaults?

So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal. She sent the letters to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.

In view of all this, we are making a binding agreement in writing on a sealed document containing the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.

Those whose seals were on the document were

the governor Nehemiah son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,

The royal scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded. It was intended for the royal satraps, the governors of each of the provinces, and the officials of each ethnic group and written for each province in its own script and to each ethnic group in its own language. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the royal signet ring.

“Write in the king’s name whatever pleases you concerning the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring. A document written in the king’s name and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.”

Mordecai wrote in King Ahasuerus’s name and sealed the edicts with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers, who rode fast horses bred in the royal stables.

He commands the sun not to shine

and seals off the stars.

My rebellion would be sealed up in a bag,

and you would cover over my iniquity.

In the dark they break[fn] into houses;

by day they lock themselves in,[fn]

never experiencing the light.

he uncovers their ears

and terrifies them[fn] with warnings,

serve as his sign to all mankind,

so that all men may know his work.

My sister, my bride, you are a locked garden —

a locked garden[fn] and a sealed spring.

Bind up the testimony.

Seal up the instruction among my disciples.

For you the entire vision will be like the words of a sealed document. If it is given to one who can read and he is asked to read it,[fn] he will say, “I can’t read it, because it is sealed.”

“I recorded it on a scroll, sealed it, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.

“‘This is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Take these scrolls ​— ​this purchase agreement with the sealed copy and this open copy ​— ​and put them in an earthen storage jar so they will last a long time.

“Fields will be purchased, the transaction written on a scroll and sealed, and witnesses will be called on in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in Judah’s cities ​— ​the cities of the hill country, the cities of the Judean foothills, and the cities of the Negev ​— ​because I will restore their fortunes.”[fn]

This is the LORD’s declaration.

“Son of man, lament for the king of Tyre and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says:

You were the seal[fn] of perfection,[fn]

full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

“Seventy weeks are decreed

about your people and your holy city —

to bring the rebellion to an end,

to put a stop to sin,

to atone for iniquity,

to bring in everlasting righteousness,

to seal up vision and prophecy,

and to anoint the most holy place.

“But you, Daniel, keep these words secret and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam about, and knowledge will increase.”[fn]

He said, “Go on your way, Daniel, for the words are secret and sealed until the time of the end.