Strong's Greek · G4591

G4591 sēmaínō

σημαίνω

say-mah'-ee-no

to signify

Looking for Hebrew H4591 mâʻaṭ? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G4591. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

sēmaínō appears 6 times in Scripture, in John, Acts and Revelation. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

to indicate

In the King James Version

signify

Derivation

from σῆμα (a mark; of uncertain derivation);

Appears 6 times in Scripture

Acts 11:28

“One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)”

John 21:19

“Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. And after He had said this, He told him, “Follow Me.””

John 12:33

“He said this to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.”

John 18:32

“This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.”

Acts 25:27

“For it seems unreasonable to me to send on a prisoner without specifying the charges against him.””

Revelation 1:1

“This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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