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The meaning of Note in the Bible
(From International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)not (chaqaq, rasham; semeioo, episemos): "Note" (verb) is the translation of chaqaq, "to grave," "to inscribe," etc. (Isaiah 30:8, "note it in a book," the Revised Version (British and American) "inscribe"); of rasham, "to note down," etc. (Daniel 10:21, the Revised Version (British and American) "inscribed"); of semeioo, "to put a sign on" (II Thessalonians 3:14, "note that man").
"Note" (noun) is the translation of episemos, "marked upon," "distinguished" (Romans 16:7, "who are of note among the apostles").
"Notes" (musical) occurs in The Wisdom of Solomon 19:18, "notes of a psaltery" (phthoggos).
W. L. Walker
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