Lexicon charagma: a stamp, impress Original Word: χάραγμα, ατος, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: charagma Phonetic Spelling: (khar'-ag-mah) Short Definition: sculpture, a stamp, sign Definition: sculpture; engraving, a stamp, sign. HELPS word-Studies 5480 xáragma – properly, an engraving (etching); (figuratively) a mark providing undeniable identification, like a symbol giving irrefutable connection between parties. 5480 /xáragma ("brand-mark") was originally any impress on a coin or a seal, used by an engraver on a die (stamp, branding iron). 5480 (xáragma) later became "the identification-marker" (like with an owner's unique "brand-mark"). [Ancient documents were validated by such stamps or seals (see Plutarch, Agesilaus, 15:6; De Lysandro 16:2, ala DNTT, 2, 574).] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom charassó (to sharpen, to engrave) Definitiona stamp, impress NASB Translationimage formed (1), mark (7).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 5480: χάραγμαχάραγμα, χαράγματος, τό ( χαράσσω to engrave); a. a stamp, an imprinted mark: of the mark stamped on the forehead or the right hand as the badge of the followers of Antichrist, Revelation 13:16; Revelation 14:9, 11; Revelation 15:2 Rec.; (πυρός, the mark branded upon horses, Anacreon () 26 (55), 2). b. thing carved, sculpture, graven work: of idolatrous images, Acts 17:29. (In various other senses in Greek writings from Sophocles down.)
Strong's stamp, mark. From the same as charax; a scratch or etching, i.e. Stamp (as a badge of servitude), or scupltured figure (statue) -- graven, mark. see GREEK charax |
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