4591. sémainó
Strong's Lexicon
sémainó: To signify, to indicate, to make known

Original Word: σημαίνω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: sémainó
Pronunciation: say-MY-no
Phonetic Spelling: (say-mah'-ee-no)
Definition: To signify, to indicate, to make known
Meaning: I signify, indicate, give a sign, make known.

Word Origin: From the Greek word σῆμα (sēma), meaning "a sign" or "a mark."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The concept of indicating or signifying in Hebrew can be related to words like אוֹת (oth, Strong's H226), which means "sign" or "token."

Usage: The Greek verb "sémainó" is used to convey the act of indicating or making something known, often through signs or symbols. In the New Testament, it is frequently used in contexts where a deeper or hidden meaning is revealed, often through divine or prophetic communication. It implies a form of communication that goes beyond mere words, often involving symbolic or metaphorical language.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, signs and symbols were a common means of communication, especially in religious and philosophical contexts. Prophets, oracles, and seers often used symbolic language to convey messages from the divine. In the Jewish tradition, signs were also significant, as seen in the Old Testament where God used signs to communicate with His people. The use of "sémainó" in the New Testament reflects this cultural understanding of signs as a means of divine revelation.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from séma (a sign, mark)
Definition
to give a sign
NASB Translation
communicated (1), indicate (3), signifying (2).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4591: σημαίνω

σημαίνω; imperfect ἐσήμαινον (Acts 11:28 L WH text); 1 aorist ἐσημανα, for ἐσήμηνα which is the more common form in the earlier and more elegant Greek writings (see Matthiae, § 185; Kühner, § 343, under the word; (Veitch, under the word); Lob. ad Phryn., p. 24f; Winers Grammar, § 15, under the word; Buttmann, 41 (35)); (from σῆμα a sign); from (Homer), Aeschylus, Herodotus down; to give a sign, to signify, indicate: τί, Acts 25:27; followed by indirect discourse, John 12:33; John 18:32; John 21:19; equivalent to to make known: absolutely Revelation 1:1; followed by the accusative with an infinitive Acts 11:28.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
signify.

From sema (a mark; of uncertain derivation); to indicate -- signify.

Forms and Transliterations
εσημαινεν ἐσήμαινεν εσήμαναν εσήμανε εσήμανεν ἐσήμανεν σημαίνει σημαίνειν σημαινέτωσαν σημαινούσης σημαινων σημαίνων σημαναι σημάναι σημᾶναι σημάνατε σημανείς σημανείτε σημανή σημάνη σημανώ σημάνωσιν σημασία σημασίαν σημασίας σημασιών esemanen esēmanen esḗmanen semainon semaínon sēmainōn sēmaínōn semanai semânai sēmanai sēmânai
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Englishman's Concordance
John 12:33 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: δὲ ἔλεγεν σημαίνων ποίῳ θανάτῳ
NAS: this to indicate the kind
KJV: This he said, signifying what death
INT: moreover he said signifying by what [kind of] death

John 18:32 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: ὃν εἶπεν σημαίνων ποίῳ θανάτῳ
NAS: He spoke, signifying by what kind
KJV: which he spake, signifying what death
INT: which he spoke signifying by what death

John 21:19 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: δὲ εἶπεν σημαίνων ποίῳ θανάτῳ
NAS: He said, signifying by what kind
KJV: spake he, signifying by what
INT: moreover he said signifying by what death

Acts 11:28 V-IIA-3S
GRK: ὀνόματι Ἄγαβος ἐσήμανεν διὰ τοῦ
NAS: stood up and [began] to indicate by the Spirit
KJV: Agabus, and signified by
INT: by name Agabus he signified by the

Acts 25:27 V-ANA
GRK: αὐτοῦ αἰτίας σημᾶναι
NAS: a prisoner, not to indicate also
KJV: not withal to signify the crimes
INT: him charges to signify

Revelation 1:1 V-AIA-3S
GRK: τάχει καὶ ἐσήμανεν ἀποστείλας διὰ
NAS: and He sent and communicated [it] by His angel
KJV: and he sent and signified [it] by his
INT: quickness and he signified [it] having sent by

Strong's Greek 4591
6 Occurrences


ἐσήμανεν — 2 Occ.
σημαίνων — 3 Occ.
σημᾶναι — 1 Occ.

















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