ΣΦΡΑΓΙΣ, σφραγις
SPHRAGIS, sphragis
Sounds Like: sfra-GEES
Translations: seal, a seal, signet, a signet
From the root: ΣΦΡΑΓΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a seal, which is an instrument used for making an impression, or the impression itself. It was commonly used for authentication, to secure documents or property, or as a mark of ownership or authority. It could also signify a mark or token of something, like a spiritual seal.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4973 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 12 — 6:227
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 16:4
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 1 Corinthians — 9:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΦΡΑΓΙΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΣΦΑΓΙΔΑ — seal, a seal, signet, a signet, mark, a mark
- ΣΦΡΑΓΕΙΔΑ — seal, a seal, signet, a signet, mark, a mark
- ΣΦΡΑΓΕΙΣ — seals, a seal, of seals
- ΣΦΡΑΓΙΔΑ — seal, a seal, signet, a signet, mark, a mark
- ΣΦΡΑΓΙΔΑΝ — seal, a seal, signet, a signet, mark, a mark
- ΣΦΡΑΓΙΔΑΣ — seal, a seal, signet, a signet
- ΣΦΡΑΓΙΔΕΣ — seals, signets, marks
- ΣΦΡΑΓΙΔΙ — to a seal, to a signet, to a mark, to a stamp, to a token
- ΣΦΡΑΓΙΔΟΣ — of a seal, of a signet, of a mark, of a stamp
- ΣΦΡΑΓΙΔΩΝ — of seals, of a seal
- ΣΦΡΑΓΙΗ — seal, a seal, signet, mark
- ΣΦΡΑΓΙΣΙΝ — seals, a seal, the seals
- ΦΡΑΓΙΔΑ — seal, a seal, signet, mark, stamp
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