σφραγίζω

σφραγίζω

[in LXX chiefly for חָתַם (5 Mos 32,34, al.), also for סָתַם (Da TH Dan 8,26) ;]

to seal,

(a) for security: Matt 27,66, Åb 20,3; τ. καρπὸν τοῦτον, figuratively (cf. Deiss., BS, 238 f.; MM, xxiv; DB, iv, 427a), Rom 15,28

(b) for concealment, hence, metaphorically, to hide (Da TH Dan 9,24, Joh 14,17): Åb 10,4; 22,10;

(with) for distinction, Åb 7,3-8; metaphorically, Ef 4,30 mid., 2 Kor 1,22

(d) for authentication (Est 8,8): Joh 3,33; 6,27 (cf. κατα-σφραγίζω).†