σημεῖον

shmei'on shmei'on,
shmeivou,
tov (
shmaivnw (or
sh'ma)), from Aeschylus and Herodotus down, Hebrew t/a, a sign, mark, token;1. universally, that by which a person or a thing is distinguished from others and known: ; ; ;
shmei'on
peritomh'" (explanatory genitive (cf. Buttmann, sec. 123, 4)), equivalent to
shmei'on,
oJ
ejsti
peritomhv, circumcision which should be a sign of the covenant formed with God, ;
tav
shmei'a
tou'
ajpostovlou, the tokens by which one is proved to be an apostle, ; a sign by which anything future is pre-announced, ; ;
tov
shmei'on
th'"
shv"
parousiva", genitive of the object, ;
tou'
uiJou'
tou'
ajnqrwvpou, the sign which indicates that the Messiah will shortly, or forthwith, come from heaven in visible manifestation, ; with a genitive of the subjunctive
tav
shmei'a
tw'n
kairw'n, i. e. the indications of future events which
oiJ
kairoiv furnish, what
oiJ
kairoiv portend, (T brackets WH reject the passage); a sign by which one is warned, an admonition, . used of noteworthy personages, by whom God forcibly admonishes men and indicates to them what he would have them do: thus
shmei'on
ajntilegovmenon is said of Jesus Christ, ;
!Iwna'"
ejgevneto
shmei'on
toi'"
Nineuivtai" (), ; hence,
tov
shmei'on
!Iwna', , is equivalent to
tov
shmei'on like to that
o{"
h\n
!Iwna'", i. e. to the sign which was given by the mission and preaching of Jonah, to prompt men to seek salvation (Winer's Grammar, 189 (177)); in the same sense,
oJ
uiJov"
tou'
ajnqrwvpou says that he will be a
shmei'on, to the men of his generation, ; but in ;
tov
shmei'on
!Iwna' is the miraculous experience which befell Jonah himself, cf. ; that Luke reproduces Christ's words more correctly than Matthew is shown by De Wette and Bleek on , by Neander, Leben Jesu, p. 265f edition 1 (English translation, (3rd edition N. Y. 1851) sec. 165, p. 245f), and others; (but that Luke's report is less full than Matthew's, rather than at variance with it, is shown by Meyer, Weiss, Keil, and others (on Matthew, the passage cited)).2. a sign, prodigy, portent, i. e. an unusual occurrence, transcending the common course of nature; a. of signs portending remarkable events soon to happen: ,; ; ,; . b. of miracles and wonders by which God authenticates the men sent by him, or by which men prove that the cause they are pleading is God's: f; ,; f; ,; ,; ; ,,; ; ; ,,,;