“to stamp (with a signet or private mark) for security or preservation (literally or figuratively); by implication, to keep secret, to attest”
Definition
Strong’s Definition
to stamp (with a signet or private mark) for security or preservation (literally or figuratively); by implication, to keep secret, to attest
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to seal, stamp with a seal, Mt. 27:66; Rev. 20:3; to seal up, to close up, conceal, Rev. 10:4; 22:10; to set a mark upon, distinguish by a mark, Eph. 1:13; 4:30; Rev. 7:3, 4, 5, 8; to seal, to mark distinctively as invested with a certain character, Jn. 6:27; mid. to set one’s own mark upon, seal as one’s own, to impress with a mark of acceptance, 2 Cor. 1:22; to deliver over safely to someone, Rom. 15:28; absol. to set to one’s seal, to make a solemn declaration, Jn. 3:33*
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Etymology
from G4973 (σφραγίς);
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