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Strong's G4972 σφραγίζω (sphragizo)

Sphragizo means “stop” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4972 — mattelaah (“what a weariness”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4972
Language Greek
Linked Usages 43
Books 19

Strong's G4972 Quick Answer

Strong's G4972 σφραγίζω (sphragizo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. sphragizo (sfrag-id'-zo) v. 1. to stamp (with a signet or private mark) for security or preservation 2. (by implication) to keep secret, to attest It has 43 linked Bible usages across 19 books. Visible English usage signals include set. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
sphragizo (sfrag-id'-zo) v. 1. to stamp (with a signet or private mark) for security or preservation 2. (by implication) to keep secret, to attest
Usage
43 linked usages
Books
19 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
set

Meaning and Definition

sphragizo (sfrag-id'-zo) v. 1. to stamp (with a signet or private mark) for security or preservation 2. (by implication) to keep secret, to attest {literally or figuratively} [from G4973] KJV: (set a, set to) seal up, stop Root(s): G4973

Original Word
σφραγίζω
Transliteration
sphragizo
Derivation
Root: σφραγίς R1: 4973
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4972. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to seal

Usage: σφραγίζω [in LXX chiefly for חָתַם (Deu.32:34, al.), also for סָתַם (Da TH Dan.8:26) ;] to seal, __(a) for security: Mat.27:66, Rev.20:3; τ. καρπὸν τοῦτον, figuratively (cf. Deiss., BS, 238 f.; MM, xxiv; DB, iv, 427a), Rom.15:28; __(b) for concealment, hence, metaphorically, to hide (Da TH Dan.9:24, Jhn.14:17): Rev.10:4 22:10; __(with) for distinction, Rev.7:3-8; metaphorically, Eph.4:30; mid., 2Co.1:22; __(d) for authentication (Est.8:8): Jhn.3:33 6:27 (cf. κατα-σφραγίζω).† (AS)

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How Strong's G4972 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render sphragizo, 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.

set John 3:33

How Strong's G4972 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. 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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 21 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4972 (σφραγίζω) appears 27 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4972 by Corpus

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.

Strong's G4972 in the New Testament

17 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 27:66 KJV

So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.

John 3:33 KJV

He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.

John 6:27 KJV

Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

Strong's G4972 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

21 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Deuteronomy 32:34 Septuagint / Brenton

Lo! are not these things stored up by me, And sealed among my treasures?

3 Kingdoms 20:8 Septuagint / Brenton

And she wrote a letter in the name of Ahab, and sealed it with his seal, and sent the letter to the elders, and to the freemen who dwelt with Naboth.

4 Kingdoms 22:4 Septuagint / Brenton

Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, and take account of the money that is brought into the house of the Lord, which they that keep the door have collected of the people.

Strong's G4972 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 3:8 Septuagint / Brenton

And then every one wrote his sentence, sealed it, and laid it under the pillow of King Darius;

Daniel 1:11 Septuagint / Brenton

And Daniel said to Amelsad, whom the chief of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

Daniel 1:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And he hearkened to them, and proved them ten days.

Usage Excerpts

First 43 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4972.

Deuteronomy 32:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Lo! are not these things stored up by me, And sealed among my treasures?
3 Kingdoms 20:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she wrote a letter in the name of Ahab, and sealed it with his seal, and sent the letter to the elders, and to the freemen who dwelt with Naboth.
4 Kingdoms 22:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, and take account of the money that is brought into the house of the Lord, which they that keep the door have collected of the people.
Nehemiah 10:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
Esther 3:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king took off his ring, and gave it into the hands of Haman, to seal the decrees against the Jews.
Esther 8:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Write ye also in my name, as it seems good to you, and seal it with my ring: for whatever orders are written at the command of the king, and sealed with my ring, it is not lawful to gainsay them.
Esther 8:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they were written by order of the king, and sealed with his ring, and they sent the letters by the posts:
Job 14:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou hast sealed up my transgressions in a bag, And marked if I have been guilty of any transgression unawares.
Job 24:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In darkness he digs through houses: By day they conceal themselves securely: They know not the light.
Song of Solomon 4:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My sister, my spouse is a garden enclosed; A garden enclosed, a fountain sealed.
Isaiah 8:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then shall those who seal themselves that they may not learn the law be made manifest.
Isaiah 29:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all these things shall be to you as the words of this sealed book, which if they shall give to a learned man, saying, Read this, he shall then say, I cannot read it, for it is sealed.
Jeremiah 39:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I wrote it in a book, and sealed it, and took the testimony of witnesses, and weighed the money in the balance.
Jeremiah 39:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I took the book of the purchase that was sealed;
Jeremiah 39:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou sayest to me, Buy thee the field for money; and I wrote a book, and sealed it, and took the testimony of witnesses: and the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans.
Jeremiah 39:44 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall buy fields for money, and thou shalt write a book, and seal it, and shalt take the testimony of witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and round about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountain, and in the cities of the plain, and in the cities of the south: for I will turn their captivity.
Daniel 6:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they brought a stone, and put it on the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his ring, and with the ring of his nobles; that the case might not be altered with regard to Daniel.
Daniel 8:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the vision of the evening and morning that was mentioned is true: and do thou seal the vision; for it is for many days.
Daniel 9:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Seventy weeks have been determined upon thy people, and upon the holy city, for sin to be ended, and to seal up transgressions, and to blot out the iniquities, and to make atonement for iniquities, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal the vision and the prophet, and to anoint the Most Holy.
Daniel 12:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou, Daniel, close the words, and seal the book to the time of the end; until many are taught, and knowledge is increased.
Daniel 12:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, Go, Daniel: for the words are closed and sealed up to the time of the end.
Matthew 27:66 New Testament, KJV
So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
John 3:33 New Testament, KJV
He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
John 6:27 New Testament, KJV
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
Romans 15:28 New Testament, KJV
When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.
2 Corinthians 1:22 New Testament, KJV
Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
2 Corinthians 11:10 New Testament, KJV
As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
Ephesians 1:13 New Testament, KJV
In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
Ephesians 4:30 New Testament, KJV
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
Revelation 7:3 New Testament, KJV
Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
Revelation 7:4 New Testament, KJV
And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
Revelation 7:5 New Testament, KJV
Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.
Revelation 7:6 New Testament, KJV
Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.
Revelation 7:7 New Testament, KJV
Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.
Revelation 7:8 New Testament, KJV
Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
Revelation 10:4 New Testament, KJV
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.
Revelation 20:3 New Testament, KJV
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.
Revelation 22:10 New Testament, KJV
And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
1 Esdras 3:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And then every one wrote his sentence, sealed it, and laid it under the pillow of King Darius;
Daniel 1:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And Daniel said to Amelsad, whom the chief of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
Daniel 1:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And he hearkened to them, and proved them ten days.
Book 152 1:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Book 152 1:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4972, grouped by book.

Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
John 2 usages, New Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
2 Corinthians 2 usages, New Testament
Ephesians 2 usages, New Testament
Revelation 9 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Daniel 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Book 152 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G4972 FAQ

What does sphragizo (σφραγίζω) mean?

Sphragizo (Strong's G4972) is a Greek word most simply glossed "stop". sphragizo (sfrag-id'-zo) v. 1. to stamp (with a signet or private mark) for security or preservation 2. (by implication) to keep secret, to attest

How many times is sphragizo (σφραγίζω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 43 linked usages for Strong's G4972 across 19 books.

Where can I study sphragizo (σφραγίζω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4972 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate sphragizo (σφραγίζω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as set. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G4972 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 21 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4972, with linked reader references where each row is available.