σφρᾱγ-ίς, Ion. σφρηγίς, ῖδος, ἡ: Aeol. acc. σφρᾶγιν Choerob. in Theod. 1.327 H. (v.l. σφράγιν), Eust. 265.18: - seal, signet, Hdt. 1.195, 3.41, PHib. 1.72.19 (iii B.C.), Numen. ap. Eus. PE 14.7, etc.; distd. from δακτύλιος, Ar. Fr. 320.12, Pl. Hp.Mi. 368c; ς. ἐπιβάλλειν Ar. Av. 560 (anap.), Th. 415; τῶν σφραγῖδας ἐχόντων, i.e. fops, Id. Ec. 632 (anap.); ἔχων.. σφραγῖδα καὶ μεμυρισμένος Antiph. 190.2; of the public seal of a state, [ ὁ ἐπιστάτης] τηρεῖ τὴν δημοσίαν ς. Arist. Ath. 44.1, cf. IG 22.204.40, Str. 9.3.1; τὸν στρατηγὸν καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς ς. keeper of the privy seal, IGRom. 4.1712 (Samos, ii B.C.).
2. gem or stone for a ring, Hdt. 7.69, cf. Arist. Mete. 387b17, Thphr. Lap. 44; τὰς τῶν δακτυλίων ς. Arist. Aud. 801b4; ς. ἴασπις χρυσοῦν δακτύλιον ἔχουσα IG 22.1388.87; ς. ὑάλιναι ib.90.
3. generally, gem, κιθάραν.. σφραγῖσι.. κατακεκοσμημένην Luc. Ind. 8.
II impression of a signet-ring, seal, ς. δακτυλίου Lex Solonis ap. D.L. 1.57; σφραγῖδος ἕρκος S. Tr. 615, cf. El. 1223, E. IA 155 (anap.), Th. 1.129; παρασημήνασθαι σασθαι ς. to counterfeit it, ib. 132; warrant attached to a camel, οἴσομεν ὑμῖν τὴν ς. καὶ οὐδὲν ζητηθήσεται πρὸς ἡμᾶς PBasel 2.11 (ii A.D.): metaph., σφρηγὶς ἐπικείσθω τοῖσδ’ ἔπεσιν, as a warrant, Thgn. 19; but ἀρρήτων ἐπέων γλώσσῃ ς. ἐπικείσθω (for secrecy) Luc. Epigr. 11; ς. δ’ ἡμετέρης γλώττης ἐπὶ τοῖσδεσι κεῖται Critias 5; διάτορον σφραγῖδα θραύων στόματος Tim. Pers. 160; ἔχεις κόσμου σφρηγῖδα τυπῶτιν, of the Creator, Orph. H. 34.26. cf. 64.2; ὁρκίζω σφραγῖδα (σφρακ- pap.) θεοῦ, ὅπερ ἐστὶν ὅρασις PMag.Berol. 1.306; drawing, γράφε χαλκῷ γραφίῳ τὴν ὑποκειμένην ς. τοῦ ζῳδίου PMag. Osl. 1.39.
2. any mark, as the spots on a leopard, Opp. C. 2.299: v. σφηρός.
3. wound, blow, Lyc. 780.
III tablet of Lemnian medicinal earth certified as such by bearing the impression of the seal of the Lemnian priestess of Artemis, Dsc. 5.97; ς. Λημνία Id. Alex.Prooem., Gal. 12.169, Aret. CA 2.2, so prob. in Archig. ap. Orib. 44.26.11, 51.42.5. governmentally defined and numbered area of land (including plots belonging to different owners) in Egypt, POxy. 918ii 8 (ii A.D.), PFay. 339 (ii A.D.), BGU 831.6 (iii A.D.), PHamb. 12.2 (iii A.D.), Sammelb. 4325 ii 4 (iii A.D.).
2. registered holding of land, PTeb. 105.13, al. (ii B.C.), PLond. 3.880.20 (ii B.C.), PAmh. 2.87, 90 (ii A.D.), etc.
3. numbered area on a worldmap, Eratosth. ap. Str. 2.1.22, al.: pl., 11.12.5. Medic., pastille, ἡ Πολυείδου ς. Gal. 13.834, Paul.Aeg. 7.12, cf. Cels. 5.20.2, al. Πακκίου ς., Paccius’s brand, name of an eye-salve, Gal. 12.751; eye-salves were certified by their makers by a seal-impression, e.g. D. Galli Sesti sfragis ad aspritudines, CIL 13.10021.76 (Gaul).
σφραγίς sphragis 16x
a seal, a signet ring, [Rev 7:2];
an inscription on a seal, motto, [2Ti 2:19];
a seal, the impression of a seal, [Rev 5:1-2]; [Rev 5:5]; [Rev 5:9]; [Rev 6:1]; [Rev 6:3]; [Rev 6:5]; [Rev 6:7]; [Rev 6:9]; [Rev 6:12]; [Rev 8:1];
a seal, a distinctive mark, [Rev 9:4];
a seal, a token, proof, [1Co 9:2];
a token of guarantee, [Rom 4:11]* seal.
σφυδρόν sphydron 1x
ankle, [Act 3:7]
G4973 — σφραγίς
σφραγῖδος, ἡ (akin, apparently, to the verb φράσσω or φράγνυμι), from Herodotus down, the Sept. for חותָם, a seal; i. e.
a. the seal placed upon books (cf. B. D., under the word , under the end; Gardthausen, Palaeogr., p. 27): [Rev 5:1]; λῦσαι τάς σφραγας, ibid. [Rev 5:2], (Rec.); ἀνοῖξαι, ibid. (5 G L T Tr WH), ; [Rev 6:1], [Rev 6:3], [Rev 6:5], [Rev 6:7], [Rev 6:9], [Rev 6:12]; .
b. a signet-ring: [Rev 7:2].
c. the inscription or impression made by a seal: [Rev 9:4] (the name of God and Christ stamped upon their foreheads must be meant here, as is evident from ); [2Ti 2:19].
d. that by which anything is confirmed, proved, authenticated, as by a seal (a token or proof): [Rom 4:11]; [1Co 9:2]. (Cf. BB. DD. under the word .)
σφραγίς , - ῖδος , ἡ ,
[in LXX : [Exo 28:11], al. (H2368) [Exo 35:22] (H2397), Sir 17:22 , al. ;]
1. a seal, signet: [Rev 7:2].
2. The impression of a seal or signet, a seal (on its various purposes, vs. σφραγίζω ): on a book or roll, [Rev 5:1-2]; [Rev 5:5]; [Rev 5:9]; [Rev 6:1]; [Rev 6:3]; [Rev 6:5]; [Rev 6:7]; [Rev 6:9]; [Rev 6:12]; [Rev 8:1]; metaph ., Rom 4:11 , [1Co 9:2], [2Ti 2:19], [Rev 9:4]. †