Strong's Hebrew · H226

H226 ʼôwth

אוֹת

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sign

Looking for Greek G226 alētheúō? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H226. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

ʼôwth appears 79 times in Scripture, including Genesis 1:14 and Exodus 4:8. 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

a signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.

In the King James Version

mark, miracle, (en-) sign, token.

Derivation

probably from H225 (אוּת) (in the sense of appearing);

Appears 79 times in Scripture

Exodus 4:9

“But if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. Then the water you take from the Nile will become blood on the ground.””

Exodus 4:8

“And the LORD said, “If they refuse to believe you or heed the witness of the first sign, they may believe that of the second.”

Genesis 9:17

“So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and every creature on the earth.””

Genesis 9:13

“I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.”

Genesis 4:15

““Not so!” replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.”

Genesis 9:12

“And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:”

Exodus 10:2

“and that you may tell your children and grandchildren how severely I dealt with the Egyptians when I performed miraculous signs among them, so that all of you may know that I am the LORD.””

Genesis 17:11

“You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.”

Genesis 1:14

“And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.”

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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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