Bible word study
Sphragis (Strong’s G4973): Meaning in the Bible
Sphragis (σφραγίς) is the Greek word numbered G4973 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as a signet (as fencing in or protecting from misappropriation); by implication, the stamp impressed (as a mark of privacy, or genuineness), literally or figuratively. In the King James Bible it is translated seal..
- Original wordσφραγίς
- Transliterationsphragís
- Pronunciationsfrag-ece'
- Strong’s numberG4973
- LanguageGreek
The full Strong’s definition
Derivation. probably strengthened from G5420;
How the King James Bible translates it
Why the word matters
Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Sphragis in the original Greek lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.
The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.
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