Seal
18 references
- 1. A stamp used for signifying documents
- Given as a pledge Gen. 38:18
- Engraved Exod. 28:11,21,36; 39:6,14,30; 2 Tim. 2:19
- Decrees signified by 1 Kgs. 21:8; Esth. 8:8
- Documents sealed with
- Ahab' s letter 1 Kgs. 21:8
- Covenants Neh. 9:38; 10:1; Isa. 8:16
- Decrees Esth. 8:8; Dan. 6:9
- Deeds Jer. 32:10
- Treasures secured by Deut. 32:34
- Lion' s den secured by Dan. 6:17
- The gravesite of Jesus Matt. 27:66
- Circumcision was regarded as a seal of righteousness Rom. 4:11
- FIGURATIVE
- Of secrecy Dan. 12:9; Rev. 5:1
- Of certainty of divine approval John 6:27; Rom. 15:28; 2 Cor. 1:22; Eph. 1:13; 4:30; Rev. 7:3,4
- 2. An amphibious animal
- Skins of, according to the Revised Version, were used as a covering of the tabernacle Exod. 25:5; 26:14; 35:7,23; 36:19; 39:34; Num. 4:25
From Nave's Topical Bible (1896). Public domain.