Strong's #4972: sphragizo (pronounced sfrag-id'-zo)

from 4973; to stamp (with a signet or private mark) for security or preservation (literally or figuratively); by implication, to keep secret, to attest:--(set a, set to) seal up, stop.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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sphragizō

1) to set a seal upon, mark with a seal, to seal

1a) for security: from Satan

1b) since things sealed up are concealed (as the contents of a letter), to hide, keep in silence, keep secret

1c) in order to mark a person or a thing

1c1) to set a mark upon by the impress of a seal or a stamp

1c2) angels are said to be sealed by God

1d) in order to prove, confirm, or attest a thing

1d1) to confirm authenticate, place beyond doubt

1d1a) of a written document

1d1b) to Proverbs one' s testimony to a person that he is what he professes to be

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: from G4973

Citing in TDNT: 7:939, 1127

Usage:

This word is used 26 times:

 

Matthew 27:66: "they went, and made the sepulcher sure, sealing the stone,"
John 3:33: "He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true."
John 6:27: "hath God the Father sealed."
Romans 15:28: "I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come"
2 Corinthians 1:22: " Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the"
2 Corinthians 11:10: "in me, no man shall stop me of this"
Ephesians 1:13: "whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise,"
Ephesians 4:30: "Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption."
Revelation 7:3: "the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our"
Revelation 7:4: "I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed a hundred and forty and four thousand"
Revelation 7:4: "the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed a hundred and forty and four thousand"
Revelation 7:5: "Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe"
Revelation 7:5: "Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe"
Revelation 7:5: "Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand."
Revelation 7:6: "Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe"
Revelation 7:6: "Of the tribe of Naphtali were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe"
Revelation 7:6: "Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand."
Revelation 7:7: "Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe"
Revelation 7:7: "Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe"
Revelation 7:7: "Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand."
Revelation 7:8: "Of the tribe of Zebulun were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe"
Revelation 7:8: "Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe"
Revelation 7:8: "Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand."
Revelation 10:4: "heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders"
Revelation 20:3: "and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that"
Revelation 22:10: "And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the"