σφραγίς

σφραγίς — sphragís

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. (Rec.); ἀνοῖξαι, ibid. (5 G L T Tr WH),;.

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.)

STRONGS NT 4973a: σφυδρόνσφυδρόν, σφυδρου, τό, equivalent to σφυρόν, which see: Act 3:7 T WH. (Hesychius σφυδρά. ἡ περιφέρεια τῶν ποδῶν.)