KJV dictionary & concordance
A device or impression that closes, secures, authenticates, confirms, marks ownership, or preserves from alteration; to apply such a mark, shut up, certify, ratify, complete, or mark as belonging to an authority.
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First occurrence: 1 Kings 21:8
Complete exact-word concordance
So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
So shee wrote letters in Ahabs name, and sealed them with his seale, and sent the letters vnto the Elders, and to the Nobles that were in his citie dwelling with Naboth.
And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.
And because of all this, wee make a sure couenant, and write it, and our Princes, Leuites, and Priestes, seale vnto it.
1611 marginal noteHeb. are at the sealing, or sealed.
Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring: for the writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may no man reverse.
Write ye also for the Iewes, as it liketh you, in the Kings name, and seale it with the Kings ring: for the writing which is written in the Kings name, and sealed with the Kings ring, may no man reuerse.
1611 marginal noteSee Chap. 1.19.
It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
It is turned as clay to the seale, and they stand as a garment.
His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
His scales are his pride, shut vp together as with a close seale.
1611 marginal noteHeb. strong pieces of shields.
¶ Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
¶ Set mee as a seale vpon thine heart, as a seale vpon thine arme: for loue is strong as death, iealousie is cruel as the graue: the coales thereof are coales of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
1611 marginal noteHeb. hard.
Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
Binde vp the Testimonie, seale the Law among my disciples.
Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the Lord.
Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe euidences, and seale them, and take witnesses in the land of Beniamin, and in the places about Ierusalem, and in the cities of Iudah, and in the cities of the mountaines, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the South: for I will cause their captiuitie to returne, saith the LORD.
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Seuentie weekes are determined vpon thy people, and vpon thy holy citie, to finish the transgression, and to make an ende of sinnes, and to make reconciliation for iniquitie, and to bring in euerlasting righteousnes, and to seale vp the vision and prophecie, and to anoynt the most Holy.
1611 marginal noteOr, to restraine.
1611 marginal noteOr, to seale vp.
1611 marginal noteHeb. prophet.
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
But thou, O Daniel, shut vp the wordes, and seale the booke euen to the time of the ende: many shall runne to and fro, and knowledge shall bee increased.
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Historical English dictionary sources
A piece of metal or other hard substance, usually round or oval, on which is ingraved some image or device […] for making impressions on wax upon instuments of writing, as an evidence of their authenticity. […] Any act of confirmation. […] That which confirms, ratifies or makes stable; assurance. […] That which effectually shuts, confines or secures; that which makes fast. […] To set or affix a seal as a mark of authenticity […] To confirm; to ratify; to establish. […] To shut or keep close […] To mark as ones property, and secure from danger. […] To close; to fulfill; to complete; with up.
