2001 Translation

SĒMEIA, sēmeia

Sounds Like: say-MEH-ah

Translations: signs, miracles, wonders, proofs, marks

From the root: ΣΗΜΕΙΟΝ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a sign, mark, or token, often indicating something else or serving as a proof. In a religious context, it frequently denotes a miracle or a wonder, an extraordinary event that points to divine power or purpose. It can also refer to a distinguishing mark or a signal.

Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter

Strong’s number: G4592 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 4:14, 5:8

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 51:5

Codex Sinaiticus

• Psalms — 73:4, 73:9, 77:43
• John — 6:2, 7:31, 20:30
• 2 Corinthians — 12:12
• Revelation — 16:14

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 2 — 12:276, 13:280, 13:283, 13:284
• Book 5 — 1:46
• Book 6 — 4:56
• Book 8 — 10:244, 13:347
• Book 10 — 11:234
• Book 13 — 10:281
• Book 16 — 8:267, 11:363
• Book 19 — 1:94, 4:259
• Book 20 — 3:67, 8:168

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 1:28, 10:11
• Book Two — 13:10
• Book Four — 10:39
• Book Six — 1:8, 5:15

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 55:1

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 1:14
• Exodus — 4:17, 4:30, 7:3, 10:1, 10:2, 11:9, 11:10
• Numbers — 14:22
• Deuteronomy — 6:22, 7:19, 11:3, 28:46, 29:3
• 1 Samuel — 10:7, 10:9
• Nehemiah — 9:10
• Esther — 10:3
• Psalms — 73:9, 77:43, 134:9
• Job — 21:29
• Wisdom — 8:8
• Sirach — 33:6, 45:3
• Isaiah — 8:18, 20:3, 44:25
• Jeremiah — 31:9, 39:20
• Letter of Jeremiah — 1:66
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 3:99, 6:27
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 3:99, 4:34

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 16:3, 24:24
• Mark — 13:22, 16:17
• Luke — 21:11, 21:25
• John — 2:23, 3:2, 4:48, 6:2, 6:26, 7:31, 9:16, 11:47, 12:37, 20:30
• Acts — 2:19, 2:43, 4:30, 5:12, 6:8, 7:36, 8:6, 8:13, 14:3, 15:12
• 1 Corinthians — 1:22
• 2 Corinthians — 12:12
• Revelation — 13:13, 13:14, 16:14, 19:20

Twelve Disciples

• The Didache — 16:4, 16:6

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΗΜΕΙΟΝ.

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.

• ΗΜΕΙΟΥ — (of) sign, (of) mark, (of) token, (of) miracle, (of) wonder
• ΣΕΜΕΑ — signs, miracles, wonders, marks, tokens
• ΣΕΜΕΙΑ — signs, wonders, miracles, proofs, marks, tokens
• ΣΕΜΕΙΟΥ — of a sign, of a mark, of a miracle, of a wonder, of a token
• ΣΗΜΕΑΝ — sign, a sign, mark, a mark, token, a token, miracle, a miracle, wonder, a wonder
• ΣΗΜΕΙΑΣ — of signs, of marks, of tokens, of wonders, of miracles
• ΣΗΜΕΙΑΤΩΝ — of signs, of miracles, of wonders
• ΣΗΜΕΙΟΙΣ — signs, miracles, wonders, proofs, tokens
• ΣΗΜΕΙΟΝ — sign, a sign, mark, a mark, miracle, a miracle, wonder, a wonder
• ΣΗΜΕΙΟΥ — of a sign, of a mark, of a miracle, of a wonder, of an omen, of a token
• ΣΗΜΕΙΣ — signs, miracles, wonders, marks, tokens
• ΣΗΜΕΙΩ — sign, a sign, mark, a mark, token, a token, miracle, a miracle, wonder, a wonder
• ΣΗΜΕΙΩΝ — of signs, of marks, of tokens, of wonders, of miracles
• ΣΗΜΕΙΩΤΙΚΟΣ — pertaining to signs, significant, indicative, semiotic
• ΣΗΜΙΑ — signs, marks, tokens, miracles, wonders, a sign, a mark, a token, a miracle, a wonder
• ΣΗΜΙΟ — sign, a sign, mark, a mark, token, a token, miracle, a miracle, wonder, a wonder
• ΣΗΜΙΟΙΣ — to signs, for signs, with signs, by signs
• ΣΗΜΙΟΝ — sign, a sign, miracle, a miracle, wonder, a wonder, mark, a mark, token, a token
• ΣΗΜΙΩ — I mark, I signify, I make known, I show, I indicate, I give a sign, I perform a sign, I perform a miracle
• ΣΗΜΙΩΝ — of a sign, of a mark, of a miracle, of a wonder, of a token, of an omen
• ΣΗΜΙΩΣΙΝ — sign, a sign, mark, a mark, token, a token, miracle, a miracle

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