The word in Scripture

Seal in the Bible

The word seal appears 26 times in the King James Version of the Bible. A seal marks ownership and secures what is promised. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What seal means in the Bible

A seal marks ownership and secures what is promised.

Where the word seal appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word seal appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.”Nehemiah 9:38

“It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.”Job 38:14

“His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.”Job 41:15

“Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.”Isaiah 8:16

“He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.”John 3:33

“And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:”Romans 4:11

“And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.”Revelation 6:7

“And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.”Revelation 22:10