Skip to content
The Historic Faith
Strong's Concordance
Hebrew Word Study

Strong's H2856 חָתַם (chatham)

Chatham means “close up” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2856 — koloboo (“shorten”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2856
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 24
Books 11

Strong's H2856 Quick Answer

Strong's H2856 חָתַם (chatham) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. chatham (khaw-tham') v. 1. to close up 2. especially to seal It has 24 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include sealed, seal, sealeth, marked, and sealest. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
chatham (khaw-tham') v. 1. to close up 2. especially to seal
Usage
24 linked usages
Books
11 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
sealed, seal, sealeth, marked, and sealest

Meaning and Definition

chatham (khaw-tham') v. 1. to close up 2. especially to seal [a primitive root] KJV: make an end, mark, seal (up), stop.

Original Word
חָתַם
Transliteration
chatham
Derivation
Root: חתם
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2856. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to seal

Usage: 1) to seal, seal up, affix a seal 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to seal, affix one's seal 1a2) to seal up, fasten up by sealing 1b) (Niphal) to seal 1c) (Piel) to lock up 1d) (Hiphil) to be stopped Aramaic equivalent: cha.tam (חֲתַם "to seal" H2857)

STEPBible · Tyndale House, Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

How Strong's H2856 Is Translated

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

sealed Deuteronomy 32:34 11× seal 1 Kings 21:8 sealeth Job 9:7 marked Job 24:16 sealest Ezekiel 28:12

How Strong's H2856 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old 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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 24 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H2856 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 H2856 in the Old Testament

24 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Leviticus 15:3 KJV

And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness.

Deuteronomy 32:34 KJV

Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?

1 Kings 21:8 KJV

So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.

Usage Excerpts

First 24 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2856.

Leviticus 15:3 Old Testament, KJV
And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness.
Deuteronomy 32:34 Old Testament, KJV
Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?
1 Kings 21:8 Old Testament, KJV
So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
Nehemiah 9:38 Old Testament, KJV
And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.
Nehemiah 10:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,
Esther 3:12 Old Testament, KJV
Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.
Esther 8:8 Old Testament, KJV
Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.
Esther 8:10 Old Testament, KJV
And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:
Job 9:7 Old Testament, KJV
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
Job 14:17 Old Testament, KJV
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
Job 24:16 Old Testament, KJV
In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
Job 33:16 Old Testament, KJV
Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
Job 37:7 Old Testament, KJV
He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
Song of Solomon 4:12 Old Testament, KJV
A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
Isaiah 8:16 Old Testament, KJV
Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
Isaiah 29:11 Old Testament, KJV
And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
Jeremiah 32:10 Old Testament, KJV
And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.
Jeremiah 32:11 Old Testament, KJV
So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open:
Jeremiah 32:14 Old Testament, KJV
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days.
Jeremiah 32:44 Old Testament, KJV
Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD.
Ezekiel 28:12 Old Testament, KJV
Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
Daniel 9:24 Old Testament, KJV
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Daniel 12:4 Old Testament, KJV
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
Daniel 12:9 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2856, grouped by book.

Leviticus 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Esther 3 usages, Old Testament
Job 5 usages, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Old Testament
Daniel 3 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H2856 FAQ

What does chatham (חָתַם) mean?

Chatham (Strong's H2856) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "close up". chatham (khaw-tham') v. 1. to close up 2. especially to seal

How many times is chatham (חָתַם) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 24 linked usages for Strong's H2856 across 11 books.

Where can I study chatham (חָתַם) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2856 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate chatham (חָתַם)?

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