G4953

σύσσημον

sussēmonG:N-N

an agreed signal

σύσ-σημον (T, συν-), -ου, τό (σῆμα), [in LXX: Jdg.20:38, 40 (מַשְׂאֵת), Isa.5:26 49:22 62:10 (נֵס) * ;] a fixed sign or signal: Mrk.14:44. (Strab., Plut., al.; condemned by Atticists, see Rutherford, NPhr., 492 f.) † (AS)

The KJV translates G4953 in the following manner:

token (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

σύσσημον — sýssēmon

σύσσημον (Tdf. συνσημον (cf. σύν, II. at the end)), συσσημου, τό (σύν and σῆμα), a common sign or concerted signal, a sign given according to agreement: Mar 14:44. (Diodorus, Strabo, Plutarch, others; for נֵס, a standard, Isa 5:26; Isa 49:22; Isa 62:10.) The word is condemned by Phrynichus, edition Lob., p. 418, who remarks that Menander was the first to use it; cf. Sturz, De dial. Maced. et Alex., p. 196.

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