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An agreed signal

σύσσημονStrong’s G4953

sussēmon

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Sussēmon is the Greek word usually translated “sign”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely.”
Mark 14:44 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • a sign 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Mark 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    σύσσημον sussēmon · an agreed signal

    σύσ-σημον (T, συν-), -ου, τό (σῆμα), [in LXX: Jdg.20:38, 40 (מַשְׂאֵת), Isa.5:26 49:22 62:10 (נֵס) * ;] a fixed sign or signal: Mrk.14:44. (Strab., Plut., al.; condemned by Atticists, see Rutherford, NPhr., 492 f.) † (AS)

    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.