σημεῖον

σημεῖον, -ου, τό

[in LXX chiefly for אוֹת ;]

a sign, mark, token;

(a) of that which distinguishes a person or thing from others: Matt 26,48 Luk 2,12, 2 Thess 3,17 (cf. Deiss., LAE, 153.2); before genitive epexeg., Rom 4,11 with genitive obj., Matt 24,8, 30, 2 Kor 12,12; with genitive subj., Matt 16,3

(b) a sign of warning or admonition: Matt 12,39; 16,4, Luk 2,34; 11,29-30, 1 Kor 14,22;

(with) a sign portending future events (Soph., Plat. al.): Mark 13,4, Luk 21,7, 11; 21,25, ApG 2,19, Åb 12,1, 3; 15,1;

(d) of miracles and wonders (MM, xxii), regarded as signs of a divine authority: Matt 12,38-39; 16,1, 4 Mark 8,11-12 Luk 11,16, 29; 23,8, Joh 2,11, 18; 2,23; 4,54; 6,30; 10,41; 12,18, ApG 4,16, 22; pl., Mark 16,17, 20, Joh 2,11, 23; 3,2; 6,2, 14; 6,26; 7,31; 9,16; 11,47; 12,37; 20,30, ApG 8,6, 1 Kor 1,22 (Lft., Notes, 162); the same ascribed to false teachers and demons: Matt 24,24, Mark 13,22, 2 Thess 2,9, Åb 13,13-14; 16,14; 19,20; σ. καὶ τέρατα (τ. καὶ σ.; cf. Tr., Syn., § xci), Matt 24,24, Mark 13,22, Joh 4,48, ApG 2,19, 43; 4,30; 5,12; 6,8; 7,36; 14,3; 15,12, Rom 15,19, 2 Thess 2,9; id. before καὶ δυνάμεις, 2 Kor 12,12, Hebr 2,4; σ. καὶ δυνάμεις, ApG 8,13 δ. καὶ τ. καὶ σ., ApG 2,22 σ. διδόναι, Matt 24,24, Mark 13,22.†