Strong's G4972 · Greek

σφραγίζω

sphragizo · sfrag-id'-zo

from 4973; to stamp (with a signet or private mark) for security or preservation (literally or figuratively); by implication, to keep secret, to attest

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

σφραγίζω (G4972)

15 σφραγίζω [in LXX chiefly for חתם ( De 32:34 , al.), also for סתם ( Da TH 8:26 ) ;] to seal , for security: Mt 27:66 , Re 20:3 ; τ. καρπὸν τοῦτον , fig. (cf. Deiss., BS , 238 f.; MM, xxiv; DB , iv, 427a), Ro 15:28 ; for concealment, hence, metaph., to hide ( Da TH 9:24 , Jo 14:17 ): Re 10:4 22:10 ; for distinction, Re 7:3-8 ; metaph., Eph 1:13 4:30 ; mid., II Co 1:22 ; for authentication ( Es 8:8 ): Jo 3:33 6:27 (cf. κατα-σφραγίζω ).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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