σφραγίζω sphragizō

Greek word for “to seal” · Strong’s G4972 · used 15 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

σφραγίζω; to seal; (a) for security:;

How it is translated

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

• sealed 7
• having sealed 3
• has set his seal 1
• has sealed 1
• may have sealed 1
• do seal 1
• may seal 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Revelation 7 (4), Matthew 27 (1), John 3 (1), John 6 (1), Romans 15 (1), 2 Corinthians 1 (1), Ephesians 1 (1), Ephesians 4 (1), Revelation 10 (1), Revelation 20 (1)

Forms

• ἐσφράγισεν 3
• ἐσφραγισμένοι 3
• σφραγισάμενος 2
• ἐσφραγίσθητε 2
• σφραγίσαντες 1
• σφραγίσωμεν 1
• ἐσφραγισμένων 1
• σφράγισον 1
• σφραγίσῃς 1

Words used with it

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

• χιλιάς chilias “thousand” 3
• φυλή phulē “tribe” 3
• ἄχρι achri “until” 2
• δώδεκα dōdeka “twelve” 2
• πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 3
• ἀκούω akouō “to hear” 3
• ἅγιος hagios “holy” 2
• λόγος logos “word” 2
• υἱός uhios “son” 2
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 2
• μετά meta “with/after” 2

Key verses

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

• Matthew 27:66 — So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
• John 3:33 — He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
• John 6:27 — Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the…
• Romans 15:28 — When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.
• 2 Corinthians 1:22 — Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
• Ephesians 1:13 — In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that…
• Ephesians 4:30 — And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
• Revelation 7:3 — Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
• Revelation 7:4 — And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
• Revelation 10:4 — And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the…
• Revelation 20:3 — And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be…
• Revelation 22:10 — And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.

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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.