σημεῖον sēmeion

Greek word for “sign” · Strong’s G4592 · used 77 times in 69 verses

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Meaning

σημεῖον, -ου, τό; a sign, mark, token;

How it is translated

Glosses given for sēmeion in context, with how often each is used:

• signs 38
• sign 36
• sign? 1
• signs! 1
• my sign 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

John 6 (4), Matthew 16 (3), Matthew 24 (3), Luke 11 (3), Luke 21 (3), John 2 (3), Acts 2 (3), Acts 4 (3), Matthew 12 (2), Mark 8 (2)

Forms

• σημεῖον 37
• σημεῖα 31
• σημείοις 4
• σημείων 3
• Σημεῖα 1
• σημεῖόν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with sēmeion more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• τέρας teras “wonders” 16
• οὐρανός ouranos “heaven” 11
• πιστεύω pisteuō “to trust (in)” 10
• δύναμις dunamis “power” 8
• μέγας megas “great” 9
• πολύς polus “much” 10
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 10
• Ἰωνᾶς Iōnas “Jonah” 4
• γενεά genea “generation” 5
• ζητέω zēteō “to seek” 6
• μέν men “on the other hand” 6
• Φαρισαῖος Pharisaios “Pharisee” 5

Key verses

The verses using sēmeion that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 16:1 — The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
• Matthew 24:24 — For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the…
• Luke 2:34 — And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall…
• Luke 21:25 — And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
• John 11:47 — Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.
• Acts 2:22 — Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of…
• Romans 4:11 — And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all…
• Romans 15:19 — Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel…
• 2 Thessalonians 2:9 — Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
• Revelation 13:14 — And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the…
• Revelation 16:14 — For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that…
• Revelation 19:20 — And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast,…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.