To sign
רְשַׁםStrong’s H7560resham (re-sham)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Resham is the Aramaic word usually translated “it was inscribed”, “so you may sign” and “signed”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.”
Meaning
- To inscribe, sign(P'al) to inscribe, sign · (P'al)
How it's translated
- it was inscribed 2
- so you may sign 1
- he signed 1
- it was signed 1
- did you sign 1
- you signed 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 7
1 book in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 5:25In contextAnd this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
- Daniel 6:8In contextNow, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
- Daniel 6:9In contextWherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
- Daniel 6:10In contextNow when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
- Daniel 6:12In contextThen they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
- Daniel 6:13In contextThen answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.
Aramaic dictionary
רְשַׁם resham · to sign
1) to inscribe, sign 1a) (P'al) to inscribe, sign 1b) (P'al) 1b1) to be inscribed, be written 1b2) to be signed
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
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.]
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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”
- 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.
- 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
- Visible mark or representation; as an outward sign of and inward and spiritual grace.
- A mark of distinction.
- Typical representation.
- In astronomy, the twelfth part of the ecliptic.
- 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.
- The subscription of one's name; signature; as a sign manual.
- Among physicians, an appearance or symptom in the human body, which indicate its condition as to health or disease.
- In music, any character, as a flat, sharp, dot, etc.
SIGN, verb transitive
sine.
- To mark with characters or one's name.
- To signify; to represent typically. [Not in use.]
- 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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.