G3902

παράσημος

parasēmosG:N-N

figurehead

παράσημος, -ον (σῆμα, a mark) [in LXX: 3Ma.2:29 * ;] __1. in cl., marked amiss, spurious, counterfeit. Later, __2. marked at the side, annotated (Plut.). __3. marked with a sign (LXX); as subst., a figure­head : Act.28:11 (see MM, xix).† (AS)

The KJV translates G3902 in the following manner:

sign (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

παράσημος — parásēmos

παράσημος, παράσημον (παρά (which see IV. 2), and σῆμα (a mark))

1. marked falsely, spurious, counterfeit; as coin.

2. marked beside or on the margin; so of noteworthy words, which the reader of a book marks on the margin hence,

3. universally, noted, marked, conspicuous, remarkable (of persons, in a bad sense, notorious); marked with a sign: ἐν πλοίῳ παρασήμῳ Διοσκωυροις, in a ship marked with the image or figure of the Dioscuri, Act 28:11 (cf. B. D. under the word ).

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