Word Study · Strong's G4591 · Greek
σημαίνω
semaino
say-mah'-ee-no
Strong's 1890 spelling: sēmaínō
“to indicate”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to indicate
Rendered in the KJV as
signify.
- 6occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- σημαίνων3
- ἐσήμανεν2
- σημᾶναι.¶1
How it is rendered · 4
- signifying3
- he signified1
- He signified [it]1
- to specify.1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- verb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singular3
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singular2
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, infinitive (“to…”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-PAP-NSM · 3
- V-AAI-3S · 2
- V-AAN · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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John3 occurrences
- John 12:33σημαίνωνsēmainōnverb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singularHe said this to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.here: signifying
- John 18:32σημαίνωνsēmainōnverb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singularThis was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.here: signifying
- John 21:19σημαίνωνsēmainōnverb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singularJesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. And after He had said this, He told him, “Follow Me.”here: signifying
Acts2 occurrences
- Acts 11:28ἐσήμανενesēmanenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularOne of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)here: he signified
- Acts 25:27σημᾶναι.¶sēmanaiverb · aorist (simple past) active, infinitive (“to…”)For it seems unreasonable to me to send on a prisoner without specifying the charges against him.”here: to specify.