Word Study · Strong's G4973 · Greek
σφραγίς
sphragis
sfrag-ece'
Strong's 1890 spelling: sphragís
“a signet (as fencing in or protecting from misappropriation)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a signet (as fencing in or protecting from misappropriation); by implication, the stamp impressed (as a mark of privacy, or genuineness), literally or figuratively
Rendered in the KJV as
seal.
- 16occurrencesin the New Testament
- 4 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 16 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- σφραγῖδα9
- σφραγῖδας3
- σφραγῖδα,1
- σφραγίδων1
- σφραγίς1
- σφραγῖσιν1
How it is rendered · 6
- seal8
- seals4
- [the] seal1
- a seal1
- seal,1
- with seals1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular10
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine plural3
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine plural1
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine plural1
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-ASF · 10
- N-APF · 3
- N-DPF · 1
- N-GPF · 1
- N-NSF · 1
All 16, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Revelation carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Corinthians1 occurrence
Revelation13 occurrences
- Revelation 5:1σφραγῖσινsphragisinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluralThen I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One seated on the throne. It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.here: with seals
- Revelation 5:2σφραγῖδαςsphragidasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluralAnd I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”here: seals
- Revelation 5:5σφραγῖδαςsphragidasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluralThen one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”here: seals
- Revelation 5:9σφραγῖδαςsphragidasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluralAnd they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.here: seals
- Revelation 6:1σφραγίδωνsphragidōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluralThen I watched as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say in a thunderous voice, “Come!”here: seals
- Revelation 6:3σφραγῖδαsphragidanoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularAnd when the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!”here: seal
- Revelation 6:5σφραγῖδαsphragidanoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularAnd when the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” Then I looked and saw a black horse, and its rider held in his hand a pair of scales.here: seal
- Revelation 6:7σφραγῖδαsphragidanoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularAnd when the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!”here: seal
- Revelation 6:9σφραγῖδα,sphragidanoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularAnd when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld.here: seal,
- Revelation 6:12σφραγῖδαsphragidanoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularAnd when I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,here: seal
- Revelation 7:2σφραγῖδαsphragidanoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularAnd I saw another angel ascending from the east, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:here: [the] seal
- Revelation 8:1σφραγῖδαsphragidanoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularWhen the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.here: seal
- Revelation 9:4σφραγῖδαsphragidanoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularThey were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.here: seal