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Strong's #2856 - חָתַם

Transliteration

châtham

Phonetics

khaw-tham'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

780

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to seal, seal up, affix a seal
1. (Qal)
  1. to seal, affix one´s seal
  2. to seal up, fasten up by sealing
2. (Niphal) to seal
3. (Piel) to lock up
4. (Hiphil) to be stopped

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1863 ‑ ἐπάγω (ep‑ag'‑o); 2696 ‑ κατασφραγίζω (kat‑as‑frag‑id'‑zo); 4931 ‑ συντελέω (soon‑tel‑eh'‑o); 4921 ‑ συνίστημι (soon‑is‑tah'‑o, soon‑is‑tah'‑an'‑o, soon‑is‑tah'‑ay‑mee); 4972 ‑ σφραγίζω (sfrag‑id'‑zo);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (26)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

1 Kings 1

Nehemiah 2

Esther 4

Job 5

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 1

Daniel 3

BSB (26)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

1 Kings 1

Nehemiah 2

Esther 4

Job 5

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 1

Daniel 4

CSB (24)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

1 Kings 1

Nehemiah 2

Esther 4

Job 5

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 1

Daniel 3

ESV (23)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

1 Kings 1

Nehemiah 2

Esther 4

Job 4

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 1

Daniel 4

KJV (27)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

1 Kings 1

Nehemiah 2

Esther 4

Job 5

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 1

Daniel 4

LEB (25)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

1 Kings 1

Nehemiah 2

Esther 4

Job 4

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 1

Daniel 3

LSB (35)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 2

1 Kings 1

Nehemiah 2

Esther 4

Job 9

Song of Solomon 2

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 1

Daniel 6

N95 (27)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

1 Kings 1

Nehemiah 2

Esther 4

Job 6

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 1

Daniel 3

NAS (33)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

1 Kings 1

Nehemiah 2

Esther 4

Job 6

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 1

Daniel 3

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (26)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

1 Kings 1

Nehemiah 2

Esther 4

Job 5

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 1

Daniel 3

ASV (26)

and it was sealed 1

and seal 3

and sealed 5

and sealeth 1

and to seal up 1

be stopped 1

both that which was sealed 1

for it is sealed 1

he sealeth up 1

is sealed up 1

not, and sealeth up 1

now those that sealed 1

seal 1

seal unto it 1

sealed 1

that is sealed 1

they shut 1

which is sealed 1

with me, sealed up 1

you sealest up 1

BSB (26)

and seal 2

and seal it 1

and sealed 4

and sealed it 1

and terrifies 1

blocks it 1

both the sealed copy 1

he seals up 1

is sealed 1

sealed 3

sealed up 1

sealing it with the names of 1

the sealed 1

they shut themselves in 1

those who sealed the document were 1

to seal up 1

to stop 1

were the seal 1

with his seal 1

would be sealed 1

CSB (24)

retains 1

seal 2

sealed 11

sealed up 1

seals 1

sign 1

terrifies 1

the seal 1

the sealed 1

themselves in 1

up 3

ESV (23)

blocked up 1

seal 4

sealed 12

sealed up 1

seals 1

seals up 1

signet 1

up 2

KJV (27)

( 1

marked 1

seal 5

sealed 12

sealeth 1

stopped 1

up 6

LEB (25)

⌊and he seals up 1

a sealed 1

and ⌊he frightens 1

and are sealed up 1

and he sealed the letters with the king 1

and seal 1

and seal it with the king 1

and sealed 1

and sealed it 1

and sealed with the king 1

and they will seal them 1

and to seal 1

and was sealed with the king 1

blocks 1

it is sealed 1

seal 1

sealed 2

the sealed copy containing 1

the sealed documents 2

the sealed one 1

they shut themselves in 1

were a perfect model of an example 1

would be sealed 1

LSB (35)

a 1

obstructs 1

seal 7

sealed 15

seals 2

sets 1

shut 1

up 7

N95 (27)

obstructs 1

seal 7

sealed 15

seals 2

sets 1

shut 1

NAS (33)

a 1

obstructs 1

puts 1

seal 7

sealed 15

seals 1

shut 1

up 6

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (26)

a sealed 1

and it was sealed 1

and seal 3

and sealed 5

and seals 1

and seals up 1

and to seal up 1

both that which was sealed 1

for it is sealed 1

has stopped 1

he seals up 1

is sealed up 1

now those who sealed 1

seal 1

seal it 1

that is sealed 1

they shut 1

which is sealed 1

you seal up 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2223) m t h (ההתמ HhTM) AC: Seal CO: Signet AB: ?: A document is rolled up and sealed with wet clay. The signet ring of the owner bears the image of his seal and is pressed into the clay. [from: mt- a completed document]

V) m t h (ההתמ HhTM) - Seal: To seal something closed. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (28): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Piel) seal, mark, stop - Strongs: H2856 (חָתַם), H2857 (חֲתַם)

g^m) m t f h (ההותמ HhWTM) - Signet: A ring or cylinder with the owners seal that is pressed into clay to show ownership. KJV (14): signet, seal - Strongs: H2368 (חֹתָמ)

g^f2) t m t f h (ההותמת HhWTMT) - Signet: A ring or cylinder with the owners seal that is pressed into clay to show ownership. KJV (1): signet - Strongs: H2858 (חֹתֶמֶת)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

חָתַם verb seal, affix seal, seal up (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic חֲתַם,

; Ethiopic

Arabic

(whence

) is loan-word according to Frä²⁵²) —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular יַחְתֹּם Job 9:7; Job 33:6, יַחְתּוֺם Job 37:7, וַיַּחְתֹּם Esther 8:10, etc.; Imperative חֲתֹם Daniel 12:4, חֲתוֺם Isaiah 8:16, חִתְמוּ Esther 8:8; Infinitive absolute חָתוֺם Jeremiah 32:44; construct לַחְתֹּם Daniel 9:24, + Daniel 9:24 Kt (Qr לְהָתֵם); Participle active חוֺתֵם Ezekiel 28:12; pass. חָתוּם Deuteronomy 32:24 2t., etc.; —

1 seal, affix one's seal, in attestation; seal with king's seal (בְּחֹתָמוֺ) 1 Kings 21:8, בְּטַבַּעַת המלך Esther 8:8,10; of covenant with ׳י, attested by seal (passive) Nehemiah 10:1; Nehemiah 10:2; figurative, of ׳י putting his seal upon (בְּ) discipline, i.e. ratifying it, Job 33:16; perhaps also upon hand of man (that man may know ׳י s ways) Job 37:7 see De; Di below

2 seal up hand of Prayer of Manasseh , so that he cannot work with it (in winter).

2 seal up, fasten up by sealing, a deed of sale Jeremiah 32:10,11(opposed to הַגָּלוּי that which was left open,), Jeremiah 32:14; Jeremiah 32:44, a book of prophecy Daniel 12:4 ("" סְתֹם הַדְּבָרים), compare Daniel 12:9 ("" id.), Daniel 9:24 b; so in simileof unintelligible prophecy Isaiah 29:11 (twice in verse); חֲתֹם תּוֺרָה בְּלְמֻּדָ֑י Isaiah 8:16 seal up the teaching among my disciples, i.e. keep it securely ("" צוֺר); of ׳י s remembrance of offences חָתוּםבְּאוֺצְרֹתָ֑י Deuteronomy 32:34 ("" כָּמֻס עְמָּדִי), so חָתוּם בִּצְרוֺר מִּשְׁעִי Job 14:17 ("" וַתִּטְמֹּל עַלעֲֿוֺנִי); מַעְיָן חָתוּם Song of Solomon 4:12 a fountain sealed up, metaphor of chaste woman ("" גַּן (גַּל) נָעוּל); ׳וּבְעַד כּוֺכָבִים יַח Job 9:7 and about the stars he putteth a seal ("" of forbidding sun to rise). — אַתָּה חוֺתֵם תָּכְנִית Ezekiel 28:12 is obscure: thou wast one sealing proportion, i.e. perfection, — wast complete perfection, Ges Sm.; wast a sealer of symmetry see Da; wast a seal (ring) — i.e. חוֺתַם construct — of proportion Manuscripts ᵐ5ᵑ9 Hi compare Ew; text perhaps corrupt, see suggestions in Co. — Daniel 9:24 a read Qr לְהָתֵם (see תמם). Job 33:16; Job 37:7 see below

1. Niph`al Perfect 3 masculine singular [or Participle?] נִכְתָּ֔בוְנֶחְתָּ֖ם Esther 3:12 (it was) written and sealed בְּטַבַּעַתהַמֶּלֶךְ; Infinitive absolute וְנַחְתּוֺם Esther 8:8 (continuing participle נִכְתָּ֣ב) also + ׳בְּטַבַּעַת הַמּ; both passive of

Qal 1. Pi`el Perfect 3 plural יוֺמָם חִתְּמוּלָֿמוֺ Job 24:16 literally by day they seal up for themselves, i.e. according to most, they shut themselves up, do not shew themselves ("" לֹאיָדְעוּ אוֺר); ᵐ5 C has ἡμέρας ἐσφράγισαν εἀυτοῖ ς (B and others εἁυτους), whence Siegf conjecture plausibly ׳ל׳יָמִים ח they seal up the days unto themselves, i.e. daytime is for them sealed up and unused.

Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular אוֺהֶֿחְתִּים בְּשָׁרוֺ מִזּוֺבוֺ Leviticus 15:3 or hath his flesh (genital organ) shewn stoppage by reason of his flux.

[חֲתַם] verb seal (see Biblical Hebrew); —

Pe`al Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix (of stone) חַתְמֶהּ Daniel 6:18 (ב instrumental).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חָתַם fut. יַחְתֹּם

(1) to seal, to seal up, to set a seal upon. A kindred root to other verbs of shutting, as חָטַם, אָטַם, עָצַם. Arab. ختم id. Conj. IV. to lock up. The general sense of shutting is also found in some forms of the Ethiopic root ኀተመ፡ see Ludolph, p. 282. Construed absol. Jeremiah 32:10, 44 Jeremiah 32:44 followed by בְּ of the signet ring, 1 Kings 21:8; Esther 8:8 with an accus. Isaiah 8:16, חֲתֹם תּוֹרָה “seal up the oracle” [rather, the law]; also בְּעַד Job 9:7 (compare בְּעַד No. 3), and בְּ Job 37:7, בְּיַד כָּל־אָדָם יַחְתֹּם “he seals up the hand of every man,” i.e. restrains them from labour, hinders them from using their hands. Job 33:16, בְּמֹסָרָם יַחְתֹּם properly “he seals up their instruction,” i.e. instructs them privately. (In this sense it answers to the Arab. حتم followed by ب to reveal to some one; see Schult. ad h. l.) Part. pass. חָתוּם sealed up, Song of Solomon 4:12; Job 14:17. The ancients were accustomed to put a seal on many things for which we use a lock (Lips. ad Tac. Annal. ii. 2; Salmas. Exercitatt. cap. 45), Cant. loc. cit.; compare Daniel 6:18; Matthew 27:66. From a roll or letter when completed receiving a seal, the signification arises

(2) to complete (like Arab. ختم to mark with a sign of conclusion, finis, to finish). Daniel 9:24, לַחְתֹּם חָזוֹן וְנָבִיא “until the predictions of the prophets be fulfilled,” [too loose a rendering of the Hebrew].

Niphal pass. of No. 1, to be sealed, Esther 3:12, 8:8.

Piel, to shut (see under Kal No. 1), followed by לְ as though it were, to put a barrier, to set a lock on something. Job 24:16, יוֹמָם חִתְּמוּ לָמוֹ “in the day they hide themselves,” properly “they shut up an enclosure around themselves.”

Hiphil, i.q. Piel, once occurs, Leviticus 15:3, אוֹ הֶחְתִּים בְּשָׂרוֹ מִזּוֹבוֹ “whether he stop his flesh from flowing,” i.e. the passage be so stopped that the issue cannot run freely.

Derivatives חוֹתָם, חֹתֶמֶת.

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List of Word Forms

בְּחֹתָמ֑וֹ בחתמו הֶֽחָת֔וּם הֶֽחָת֛וּם הֶֽחָתוּם֒ הֶחְתִּ֤ים הֶחָת֗וּם הַחֲתוּמִ֑ים החתום החתומים החתים וְחִתְמ֖וּ וְחָתוֹם֮ וְלַחְתֹּם֙ וְנֶחְתָּ֖ם וְנַחְתּ֛וֹם וַחֲתֹ֥ם וַחֲתֻמִ֛ים וַיַּחְתֹּ֖ם וָֽאֶחְתֹּ֔ם וּלְהָתֵ֤ם ואחתם וחתום וחתם וחתמו וחתמים ויחתם ולהתם ולחתם ונחתום ונחתם חֲת֥וֹם חִתְּמוּ־ חָת֖וּם חָתֻ֖ם חָתֻ֣ם חָתֽוּם׃ חוֹתֵ֣ם חותם חתום חתום׃ חתם חתמו־ יַחְתֹּֽם׃ יַחְתּ֑וֹם יחתום יחתם׃ bə·ḥō·ṯā·mōw bechotaMo bəḥōṯāmōw chaTom chaTum chittemu choTem ha·ḥă·ṯū·mîm ḥă·ṯō·wm ḥā·ṯum ḥā·ṯūm hachatuMim haḥăṯūmîm ḥăṯōwm ḥāṯum ḥāṯūm he·ḥā·ṯūm hechaTum hechTim heḥ·tîm heḥāṯūm heḥtîm ḥit·tə·mū- ḥittəmū- ḥō·w·ṯêm ḥōwṯêm ū·lə·hā·ṯêm ulehaTem ūləhāṯêm vachaTom vachatuMim vaechTom vaiyachTom vechatOm vechitMu velachTom venachTom venechTam wā’eḥtōm wā·’eḥ·tōm wa·ḥă·ṯōm wa·ḥă·ṯu·mîm waḥăṯōm waḥăṯumîm way·yaḥ·tōm wayyaḥtōm wə·ḥā·ṯō·wm wə·ḥiṯ·mū wə·laḥ·tōm wə·naḥ·tō·wm wə·neḥ·tām wəḥāṯōwm wəḥiṯmū wəlaḥtōm wənaḥtōwm wəneḥtām yachTom yaḥ·tō·wm yaḥ·tōm yaḥtōm yaḥtōwm