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σύσσημον

sýssēmon · G4953 · Greek · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

  1. signal, sign

    A sign which has been previously agreed upon as having a particular meaning or significance

    Examples

    Mark 14:44 Now he who was betraying Him had given them a signal, saying, “Whomever I kiss, He is the one; arrest Him and lead Him away under guard.”

How it’s used In 1 role

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

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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In the other Testament 1 word
נֵס nêç · H5251 · banner
נֵס (nêç, H5251) denotes a physical banner or signal-standard erected for rallying or identification, while σύσσημον (sýssēmon, G4953) denotes a preconcerted signal or agreed-upon sign between parties; the Hebrew term encompasses the material object used as a signal, whereas the Greek term focuses on the conventional agreement about what constitutes the signal.
Semantic domains 1 entry
Signal, sign33.476
Mark records that Judas “had given them a signal, saying, 'Whomever I kiss, He is the one; arrest Him and lead Him away under guard'” (Mark 14:44).
Word family 9 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

σημαίνω sēmaínō · G4591 · to indicate clearly, to make clear · 6×σημεῖον sēmeîon · G4592 · sign · 77×πατρίς patrís · G3968 · homeland, hometown · 8×ἐπίσημος epísēmos · G1978 · outstanding, famous, notorious · 2×ἄσημος ásēmos · G767 · low, insignificant, inferior · 1×εὔσημος eúsēmos · G2154 · intelligible, easily understandable · 1×παράσημος parásēmos · G3902 · having a sign of, being marked, emblem · 1×σημειόω sēmeióō · G4593 · to take note of, to pay special attention to · 1×σύσσημονsýssēmon · G4953
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (Tdf. συνσημον (cf. σύν, II. at the end)), συσσημου, τό (σύν and σῆμα), a common sign or…
(Tdf. συνσημον (cf. σύν, II. at the end)), συσσημου, τό (σύν and σῆμα), a common sign or concerted signal, a sign given according to agreement: Mk 14:44. (Diodorus, Strabo, Plutarch, others; for נֵס, a standard, Isa 5:26; Isa 49:22; Isa 62:10.) The word is condemned by Phrynichus, edition Lob., p. 418, who remarks that Menander was the first to use it; cf. Sturz, De dial. Maced. et Alex., p. 196.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Non-Verbal Communication1 occurrence

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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