σφραγίζω

sfragivzw sfragivzw ( Rec.^st); 1 aorist
ejsfragisa; 1 aorist middle participle
sfragisavmeno"; passive, perfect participle
ejsfragismeno"; 1 aorist
ejsfragivsqhn; (in Rec.^st gives the form
sfragivsetai de coniectura vel errore (Tdf.; see his note at the passage)); (
sfragiv", which see); the Septuagint for !t'j;; to set a seal upon, mark with a seal, to seal; a. for security:
tiv, ; namely,
thvn
a[busson, to close it, lest Satan after being cast into it should come out; hence, the addition
ejpavnw
aujtou', over him i. e. Satan, (
ejn
w|/ --i. e.
dwvmati --
keraunov"
ejstin
ejsfragismeno", Aeschylus Eum. 828; middle
sfragivzomai
thvn
quvran, Bel and the Dragon, 14, Theodotion). b. Since things sealed up are concealed (as, the contents of a letter), (
sfragivzw means, tropically, to hide (), keep in silence, keep secret:
tiv, ; (
tav"
aJmartiva", , Theodotion;
tav"
ajnomiva", ;
touv"
lovgou"
sighv, Stobaeus, flor. 34, 9, p. 215;
qaumata
pollav
sofhv
sfrhgissato
sighv, Norm. paraphr. evang. Ioan. 21,140). c. in order to mark a person or thing; hence, to set a mark upon by the impress of a seal, to stamp: angels are said
sfragivzein
tina"
ejpiv
tw'n
metwvpwn, i. e. with the seal of God (see
sfragiv", c.) to stamp his servants on their foreheads as destined for eternal salvation, and by this means to confirm their hopes, , cf. Ewald at the passage; (B. D., under the words, Cuttings and Forehead); hence,
oiJ
esfragismevnoi, fourteen times in Rec. , four times by G L T Tr WH (
deinoisi
shmantroisin
esfragismevnoi, Euripides, Iph. Taur. 1372); metaphorically:
tina
tw'/
pneuvmati and
ejn
tw'/
pneuvmati, respecting God, who by the gift of the Holy Spirit indicates who are his, passive, ; ; absolutely, middle with
tina, . d. in order to prove, confirm, or attest a thing; hence, tropically, to confirm, authenticate, place beyond doubt (a written document
tw'/
daktulivw/, Esth. ): followed by
o{ti, ;
tina, to prove by one's testimony to a person that he is what he professes to be, . Somewhat unusual is the expression
sfragisavmeno"
aujtoi'"
tovn
karpovn
tou'ton, when I shall have confirmed (sealed) to them this fruit (of love), meaning apparently, when I shall have given authoritative assurance that this money was collected for their use, . (Compare:
katasfragivzw.)*