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Link to the Liddell Scott Lexicon for σφραγίζω
A, 1. close or enclose with a seal,2. authenticate a document with a seal,3. certify an object after examination by attaching a seal4. Med., seal an article to show that it is pledged,II. metaph. senses:1. close up as if with a seal,3. set a seal of approval upon, confirm,
Kinda not hard to use that word "seal." Maybe the Cambridge Greek Lexicon has a different slant, but I didn't want to take the time.
SWAK,
Rhema
I don't do the Canbridge...but Zodhiates:
σφραγίζω
sphragízō; fut. sphragísō, from sphragís (G4973), seal. To seal, trans.:
(I) To seal, close up and make fast with a seal signet such as letters or books so that they may not be read (Sept.: 1Ki_21:8; Isa_29:11; Dan_12:4). Hence, figuratively of lips, to keep in silence, not to make known, with the acc. (Rev_10:4; Rev_22:10; Sept.: Dan_8:26). Generally, to seal or set a seal for the sake of security upon a sepulcher, prison, with the acc. (Mat_27:66; Rev_20:3; Sept.: Son_4:12). Figuratively, to secure to someone, make sure, deliver over safely, in the mid. with the acc. and dat. (Rom_15:28 [cf. Deu_32:34; 2Ki_22:4]).
(II) Generally, to set a mark upon a thing as a token of its authenticity or approvedness; used of persons, with the acc. (Rev_7:3); pass. (Rev_7:4-8). More often of decrees or documents, to attest by such a mark (Sept.: Est_8:8, Est_8:10; Job_14:17). Hence figuratively, to attest, confirm, establish, with the acc. (Joh_6:27 [cf. Joh_5:36]), followed by hóti (G3754), that (Joh_3:33). So also of Christians whom God attests and confirms by the gift of the Holy Spirit as the earnest, pledge, or seal of their choice of salvation. Mid. with the acc. (2Co_1:22); pass. (Eph_1:13; Eph_4:30).
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