Senses
1. seal, signet mark of authentication or closure — A device or its impression used to authenticate, secure, or mark ownership; used both of literal seals (as on the seven seals of Revelation's scroll, or the seal on Christ's tomb) and of metaphorical marks of divine ownership and authentication (Rom 4:11 circumcision as a seal of righteousness; 1 Cor 9:2 believers as a seal of apostleship; 2 Tim 2:19 God's firm foundation bearing a seal). Singular and plural forms represent the same referent class. Spanish 'sello/sellos' (stamp/stamps); Hindi 'मुहर/मुहरें' (seal/seals) from Persian 'muhr'; Arabic 'خَتْم/أختام' (seal/seals) from the root kh-t-m (to seal, conclude); Korean '인' (印, seal/stamp) uses the Sino-Korean character for official stamp; Swahili 'muhuri/mihuri' (seal/seals) is a Bantu-Arabic loan from the same Semitic root as Hindi 'muhr'. 16×
AR["أختامَهُ","الأختامِ","الخَتمَ","الخَتْمُ","بِأختامٍ","خَتماً","خَتمُ","خَتْمَ","خَتْمُ"]·ben["মোহর","সীল","সীল,","সীলগুলি","সীলগুলি-দিয়ে","সীলগুলির,","সীলমোহর"]·DE["Siegel"]·EN["a-seal","seal","seals","with-seals"]·FR["sceau"]·heb["בְּ-חוֹתָמוֹת","הַ-חוֹתָם","הַחוֹתָם","חוֹתָם","חוֹתָמוֹת","חוֹתָמוֹתָיו"]·HI["छाप","मुहर","मुहर,","मुहरें","मुहरों,","मुहरों-से"]·ID["meterai","meterai,"]·IT["sigillo"]·jav["cap","segel"]·KO["인-을","인들-로","인들-을","인들-의","인을","인침","인침이"]·PT["com-selos","selo","selos"]·RU["печатей","печатей,","печати","печать","печать,","печатями"]·ES["con-sellos","sello","sellos"]·SW["kwa-mihuri","mihuri","mihuri,","muhuri","muhuri,"]·TR["mühru","mührü","mühurü","mühürlerin","mühürlerini","mühürlerle","mühürü","mühürü-","onun"]·urd["مُہر","مہر","مہروں-سے","مہروں-میں-سے","مہریں"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
σφρᾱγ-ίς, Ionic dialectσφρηγίς, ῖδος, ἡ: Aeolic dialect accusative σφρᾶγιν Refs 4th c.AD+:—seal, signet, Refs 5th c.BC+; distinguished from δακτύλιος, Refs 5th c.BC+; τῶν σφραγῖδας ἐχόντων, i.e. fops, Refs 4th c.BC+; of the public seal of a state, [ὁ ἐπιστάτης] τηρεῖ τὴν δημοσίαν σ. Refs 4th c.BC+; τὸν στρατηγὸν καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς σ. keeper of the privy seal, Refs 2nd c.BC+ __2 gem or stone for a ring,…