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σημεῖονStrong’s G4592

sēmeion

Appears in 69 verses of the New Testament

In short

Sēmeion is the Greek word usually translated “signs” and “sign”. It appears in 69 verses of the New Testament.

“Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,”
2 Thessalonians 2:9 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “signs” and “sign”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • signs 34
  • sign 21
  • a sign 17
  • by signs 2
  • the signs 1
  • of signs 1
  • in signs 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • John 17
  • Acts 13
  • Matthew 9
  • Luke 9
  • Revelation 7
  • Mark 6

11 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
All 69 verses, by book
Romans 2
4:1115:19
1 Corinthians 2
1:2214:22
2 Corinthians 1
12:12
2 Thessalonians 2
2:93:17
Hebrews 1
2:4
Greek dictionary

σημεῖον sēmeion · sign

σημεῖον, -ου, τό [in LXX chiefly for אוֹת ;] a sign, mark, token; (a) of that which distinguishes a person or thing from others: Mat.26:48 Luk.2:12, 2Th.3:17 (cf. Deiss., LAE, 153.2); before genitive epexeg., Rom.4:11; with genitive obj., Mat.24:8, 30, 2Co.12:12; with genitive subj., Mat.16:3; (b) a sign of warning or admonition: Mat.12:39 16:4, Luk.2:34 11:29-30, 1Co.14:22; (with) a sign portending future events (Soph., Plat. al.): Mrk.13:4, Luk.21:7, 11 21:25, Act.2:19, Rev.12:1, 3 15:1; …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “sign” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

SIGN, noun

[Latin signum; Gr. deicnumt.]

  1. A token; something by which another thing is shown or represented; any visible thing, any motion, appearance or event which indicates the existence or approach of something else.
  2. A motion, action, nod or gesture indicating a wish or command. Luke 1:62“They made signs to his father, how he would have him called” Luke 1:62
  3. A wonder; a miracle; a prodigy; a remarkable transaction, event or phenomenon. Romans 15:19Luke 1:62“Through mighty signs and wonders. 1” Romans 15:19
  4. Some visible transaction, event or appearance intended as proof or evidence of something else; hence; proof; evidence by sight. Judges 6:17“Show me a sign that thou talkest with me” Judges 6:17
All definitions and other forms of “sign”
  1. Something hung or set near a house or over a door, to give notice of the tenant's occupation, or what is made or sold within; as a trader's sign; a tailor; s sign; the sign of the eagle.
  2. A memorial or monument; something to preserve the memory of a thing. Numbers 16:38“What time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign” Numbers 26:10
  3. Visible mark or representation; as an outward sign of and inward and spiritual grace.
  4. A mark of distinction.
  5. Typical representation.
  6. In astronomy, the twelfth part of the ecliptic.
  7. In algebra, a character indicating the relation of quantities, or an operation performed by them; as the sign + plus prefixed to a quantity, indicates that the quantity is to be added; the sign - minus, denotes that the quantity to which it is prefixed is to subtracted.
  8. The subscription of one's name; signature; as a sign manual.
  9. Among physicians, an appearance or symptom in the human body, which indicate its condition as to health or disease.
  10. In music, any character, as a flat, sharp, dot, etc.

SIGN, verb transitive

sine.

  1. To mark with characters or one's name.
  2. To signify; to represent typically. [Not in use.]
  3. To mark.

SIGN, verb intransitive

To be a sign or omen.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.