σημαίνω
sēmaínō · G4591 · Greek · 6 occurrences
Meanings
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to indicate clearly, to make clear
To cause something to be both specific and clear
ExamplesJohn 12:33 Now He was saying this to indicate what kind of death He was going to die.
John 18:32 This happened so that the word of Jesus which He said, indicating what kind of death He was going to die, would be fulfilled.
John 21:19 Now He said this, indicating by what kind of death he would glorify God. And when He had said this, He said to him, “Follow Me!”
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
6 occurrences in 4 groups
- Not stated (participle) 3
- εἷςone 1
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
5 occurrences in 4 groups
- μέλλωto be about to 3
- δοξάζωto glorify, to praise 1
- αἰτίαcause, charge 1
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- διάthrough+ πνεῦμαspirit 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- μήnot 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀποκάλυψιςrevelation, appearing 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἄλογοςwithout reason 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 1 entry
- To indicate clearly, to make clear33.153
- The verb describes communicating information, often about something future. John records that Jesus spoke of His coming death, “indicating the kind of death by which He was to die” (John 12:33).
Word family 9 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon imperfect ἐσήμαινον (Acts 11:28 L WH text); 1 aorist ἐσημανα, for ἐσήμηνα which is the…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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