Definition

to stamp (with a signet or private mark) for security or preservation (literally or figuratively); by implication, to keep secret, to attest

Etymology

from G4973 (σφραγίς);

Word family

• σφραγίς sphragís

How the KJV renders it

• (set a
• set to) seal up
• stop

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.