Words the Bible translates as seal
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- sphragizōσφραγίζωto set a seal on something, so that the seal secures it, marks it as owned, vouches that it is true, or closes it up
- sphragisσφραγίςa seal: the stamped mark, or the signet that makes it, used to keep something closed, mark whose it is, and vouch that it is genuine
- ḥatamחָתַםto seal: to press a seal onto something in order to authorize it, secure it shut, or close it off
- ḥotamחֹתָםa seal or signet: the small engraved stone or ring, worn on the body, that a person pressed onto documents and goods to mark them as his own.
- satamסָתַםto close something off so that nothing can get through it, and so make it inaccessible: from stopping up a well to sealing a message shut
- katasphragizōκατασφραγίζωto sealnot studied yet
- ḥatamחֲתַםto sealnot studied yet
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