חֲתַם
chătham · H2857 · Aramaic · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to seal
To put a seal on a written document; in order to confirm that the document is authentic and to keep unauthorized readers from having access to it; associated with both authenticity and secrecy
ExamplesDaniel 6:17 And a stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signet rings of his nobles, so that nothing would be changed regarding Daniel.
How it’s used In 2 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
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מֶלֶךְking 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָher 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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Near synonyms 1 word
- סָגַר çâgar · H5462 · to shut, to close
- These are genuinely overlapping synonyms: to seal is a specific way of closing/shutting (e.g., a seal closes a document or container).
Semantic domains 7 entries
- Attach002003001001
- Daniel 6:17 recounts that “a stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signet rings of his nobles, so that nothing would be changed regarding Daniel.”
- Close002001001012
- The same verse, Daniel 6:17, also carries this word's Close-domain sense: the stone placed over the mouth of the den was itself sealed shut.
- Hide002002001010
- This Hide code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping with the Hebrew form (חָתַם (châtham, H2856)), whose “to hide oneself” sense is well attested; this word's own occurrence describes a den's mouth being sealed, never a person concealing themselves.
- Unable002001001065
- The same verse, Daniel 6:17, likewise carries this word's Unable-domain sense: the seal was set precisely so that nothing regarding Daniel could be changed.
- Know002004002007
- This Know code is inherited from the same shared lemma-cluster grouping's “to seal off; to store in memory” sense; this word's own occurrence describes a physical seal on a stone, never a mental act of remembering.
- True002001003017
- This True code is likewise inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's “to seal; to ratify” sense (of formally confirming an agreement); this word's own occurrence describes sealing a den shut, not ratifying a document.
- Innocent002003003015
- This Innocent code is inherited from the same shared lemma-cluster grouping's idiomatic “to seal (someone's) sins in a bag > to forgive (someone's sins)” sense; this word's own occurrence carries no such idiom of forgiveness.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
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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