- Transliteration: Sphragis

- Phonetic: sfrag-ece'

- Definition:

1. a seal

a. the seal placed upon books

b. a signet ring

c. the inscription or impression made by a seal

1. of the name of God and Christ stamped upon their foreheads

d. that by which anything is confirmed, proved, authenticated, as by a seal (a token or proof)

- Origin: probably strengthened from G5420" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5420

- TDNT entry: 22:39,1

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: Probably strengthened from G5420" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5420; a signet (as fencing in or protecting from misappropriation); by implication the stamp impressed (as a mark of privacy or genuineness) literally or figuratively: - seal.