Syssemon means “token” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4953 — mashroqi (“flute”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4953 σύσσημον (sussemon) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. sussemon (soos'-say-mon) n. 1. a sign in common, i.e. preconcerted signal [neuter of a compound of G4862 and the base of G4591] It has 6 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include token. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
sussemon (soos'-say-mon) n. 1. a sign in common, i.e. preconcerted signal [neuter of a compound of G4862 and the base of G4591] KJV: token Root(s): G4862, G4591
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4953. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
an agreed signal
Usage: σύσ-σημον (T, συν-), -ου, τό (σῆμα), [in LXX: Jdg.20:38, 40 (מַשְׂאֵת), Isa.5:26 49:22 62:10 (נֵס) * ;] a fixed sign or signal: Mrk.14:44. (Strab., Plut., al.; condemned by Atticists, see Rutherford, NPhr., 492 f.) † (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render sussemon, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G4953 (σύσσημον) appears 5 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
1 indexed usage in New Testament.
And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely.
5 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And the children of Israel had a signal of battle with the liers in wait, that they should send up a signal of smoke from the city.
And the signal went up increasingly over the city as a pillar of smoke; and Benjamin looked behind him, and behold the destruction of the city went up to heaven.
Therefore shall he lift up a signal to the nations that are afar, and shall hiss for them from the end of the earth; and, behold, they are coming very quickly.
First 6 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4953.
And the children of Israel had a signal of battle with the liers in wait, that they should send up a signal of smoke from the city.
And the signal went up increasingly over the city as a pillar of smoke; and Benjamin looked behind him, and behold the destruction of the city went up to heaven.
Therefore shall he lift up a signal to the nations that are afar, and shall hiss for them from the end of the earth; and, behold, they are coming very quickly.
Thus saith the Lord, even the Lord, Behold, I lift up my hand to the nations, and I will lift up my signal to the islands: and they shall bring thy sons in their bosom, and shall bear thy daughters on their shoulders.
Go through my gates, and make a way for my people; and cast the stones out of the way; lift up a standard for the Gentiles.
And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4953, grouped by book.
Syssemon (Strong's G4953) is a Greek word most simply glossed "token". sussemon (soos'-say-mon) n. 1. a sign in common, i.e. preconcerted signal [neuter of a compound of G4862 and the base of G4591]
This page currently indexes 6 linked usages for Strong's G4953 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4953 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as token. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 5 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G4953, with linked reader references where each row is available.