Lexical Summary sphragis: a seal, a signet Original Word: σφραγίςTransliteration: sphragis Phonetic Spelling: (sfrag-ece') Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a seal, a signet Meaning: a seal, a signet Strong's Concordance seal. Probably strengthened from phrasso; a signet (as fencing in or protecting from misappropriation); by implication, the stamp impressed (as a mark of privacy, or genuineness), literally or figuratively -- seal. see GREEK phrasso Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4973: σφραγίςσφραγίς, σφραγῖδος, ἡ (akin, apparently, to the verb φράσσω or φράγνυμι), from Herodotus down, the Sept. for חותָם, a seal; i. e. a. the seal placed upon books (cf. B. D., under the word b. a signet-ring: Revelation 7:2. c. the inscription or impression made by a seal: Revelation 9:4 (the name of God and Christ stamped upon their foreheads must be meant here, as is evident from d. that by which anything is confirmed, proved, authenticated, as by a seal (a token or proof): Romans 4:11; 1 Corinthians 9:2. (Cf. BB. DD. under the word STRONGS NT 4973a: σφυδρόνσφυδρόν, σφυδρου, τό, equivalent to σφυρόν, which see: Acts 3:7 T WH. (Hesychius σφυδρά. ἡ περιφέρεια τῶν ποδῶν.) |
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