charagma (image/mark)

Meaning

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

How it's translated

mark 6
a mark 2
a graven thing 1

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

Where it's used most

Revelation 8
Acts 1

2 books in all.

Explore in Scripture

Revelation 13:16And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
Revelation 13:17And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Revelation 14:9And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
Revelation 14:11And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
Revelation 15:2And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
Revelation 16:2And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.

All 9 verses, by book

Acts 1: 17:29
Revelation 8: 13:16 13:17 14:9 14:11 15:2 16:2 19:20 20:4

Greek dictionary

χάραγμα charagma · image/mark

χάραγμα, -τος, τό (χαράσσω, to engrave), (a) a stamp, impress, mark: Rev.13:16-17 14:9, 11 16:2 19:20 20:4 (see Deiss., BS, 240 ff.); (b) a thing graven: Act.17:29.† (AS)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

M'ARK, noun

[Latin mercor, the primary sense of which is to go, to pass; Gr. to pass; Eng. fair, and fare.]

A visible line made by drawing one substance on another; as a mark made by chalk or charcoal, or a pen.
A line, groove or depression made by stamping or cutting; an incision; a channel or impression; as the mark of a chisel, of a stamp, of a rod or whip; the mark of the finger or foot.
Any note or sign of distinction.“The Lord set a mark upon Cain” Genesis 4:15
Any visible effect of force or agency.

All definitions and other forms of “mark”

Any apparent or intelligible effect; proof, evidence.
Notice taken.
Any thing to which a missile weapon may be directed.
Any object used as a guide, or to which the mind may be directed.
Any thing visible by which knowledge of something may be obtained; indication; as the marks of age in a horse.
A character made by a person who cannot write his name, and intended as a substitute for it.
A weight of certain commodities, but particularly of gold and silver, used in several states of Europe; in Great Britain, a money of account, equal to thirteen shillings and four pence.
A license of reprisals. [See Marque.]

M'ARK, verb transitive

To draw or make a visible line or character with any substance; as, to mark with chalk or with compasses.
To stamp; to impress; to make a visible impression, figure or indenture; as, to mark a sheep with a brand.
To make an incision; to lop off a part; to make any sign of distinction; as, to mark sheep or cattle by cuts in their ears.
To form a name or the initials of a name for distinction; as, to mark cloth; to mark a handkerchief.
To notice; to take particular observation of.“Mark them who cause divisions and offenses” Romans 16:17“Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace” Psalms 37:37
To heed; to regard.

M'ARK, verb intransitive

To note; to observe critically; to take particular notice; to remark.

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