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
AND when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
¶ And when hee had opened the seuenth seale, there was silence in heauen about the space of halfe an houre.
And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
And it was commaunded them that they should not hurt the grasse of the earth, neither any greene thing, neither any tree: but only those men which haue not the seale of God in their foreheads.
And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
And when the seuen thunders had vttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heauen, saying vnto mee, Seale vp those things which the seuen thunders vttered, and write them not.
And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
And cast him into the bottomlesse pit, and shut him vp, and set a seale vpon him, that he should deceiue the nations no more, till the thousand yeeres should bee fulfilled: and after that hee must be loosed a little season.
And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
And hee saith vnto mee, Seale not the sayings of the prophesie of this booke: for the time is at hand.
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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.
