G4973 – sphragis – σφραγίς – seal
- Strong’s ID:
- G4973
- Greek Word:
- σφραγίς
- Transliteration:
- sphragis
- Pronunciation:
- sfrag-ece’
- Part of Speech:
- noun feminine
- Usage Count:
- 16
- Search:
- Find “sphragis” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
probably strengthened from G5420; 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.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) a seal
1a) the seal placed upon books
1b) a signet ring
1c) the inscription or impression made by a seal
1c1) of the name of God and Christ stamped upon their foreheads
1d) that by which anything is confirmed, proved, authenticated, as by a seal (a token or proof)
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.