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אוֹת
ʼôwth · Hebrew · Strong's H226 · 79 occurrences
The KJV renders 13 different Hebrew and Greek words as “mark”
What it means
a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.
probably from H225 (אוּת) (in the sense of appearing);
How the KJV renders it
mark, miracle, ensign, token
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“mark”
“token”
also renders sēmeîon (G4592), sýssēmon (G4953)
“ensign”
also renders nêç (H5251)
Answers that weigh this word
- Is the seventh-day Sabbath binding on Gentiles?
- Is the Christian Sabbath Saturday or Sunday?
- Was the Sabbath given before Sinai?
- Is the Sabbath command moral law or ceremonial law?
- Does Hebrews 4 teach a remaining Sabbath rest?
Where it appears
79 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Samuel 2:34 · HTd/Ncbsa
This will be the sign to you that will come on your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they will both die.
1 Samuel 10:7 · HTd/Ncbpa
Let it be, when these signs have come to you, that you do what is appropriate for the occasion; for God is with you.
1 Samuel 10:9 · HTd/Ncbpa
It was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart; and all those signs happened that day.
1 Samuel 14:10 · HTd/Ncbsa
But if they say this, ‘Come up to us!’ then we will go up, for Yahweh has delivered them into our hand. This shall be the sign to us.”
2 Kings 19:29 · HTd/Ncbsa
“This will be the sign to you: This year, you will eat that which grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs from that; and in the third year sow and reap, and plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
2 Kings 20:8 · HNcbsa
Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What will be the sign that Yahweh will heal me, and that I will go up to Yahweh’s house the third day?”
2 Kings 20:9 HTd/NcbsaDeuteronomy 4:34 HR/NcbpaDeuteronomy 6:8 HR/NcbsaDeuteronomy 6:22 HNcbpaDeuteronomy 7:19 HC/Td/NcbpaDeuteronomy 11:3 HNcbpc/Sp3msDeuteronomy 11:18 HR/NcbsaDeuteronomy 13:1 HNcbsaDeuteronomy 13:2 HTd/NcbsaDeuteronomy 26:8 HC/R/NcbpaDeuteronomy 28:46 HR/NcbsaDeuteronomy 29:3 HTd/NcbpaDeuteronomy 34:11 HTd/NcbpaExodus 3:12 HTd/NcbsaExodus 4:8 HTd/NcbsaExodus 4:9 HTd/NcbpaExodus 4:17 HTd/NcbpaExodus 4:28 HTd/NcbpaExodus 4:30 HTd/NcbpaExodus 7:3 HNcbpc/Sp1csExodus 8:23 HTd/NcbsaExodus 10:1 HNcbpc/Sp1csExodus 10:2 HNcbpc/Sp1csExodus 12:13 HR/NcbsaExodus 13:9 HR/NcbsaExodus 13:16 HR/NcbsaExodus 31:13 HNcbsaExodus 31:17 HNcbsaEzekiel 4:3 HNcbsaEzekiel 14:8 HR/NcbsaEzekiel 20:12 HR/NcbsaEzekiel 20:20 HR/NcbsaGenesis 1:14 HR/NcbpaGenesis 4:15 HNcbsaGenesis 9:12 HNcbscGenesis 9:13 HR/NcbscGenesis 9:17 HNcbscGenesis 17:11 HR/NcbscIsaiah 7:11 HNcbsaIsaiah 7:14 HNcbsaIsaiah 8:18 HR/NcbpaIsaiah 19:20 HR/NcbsaIsaiah 20:3 HNcbsaIsaiah 37:30 HTd/NcbsaIsaiah 38:7 HTd/NcbsaIsaiah 38:22 HNcbsaIsaiah 44:25 HNcbpcIsaiah 55:13 HR/NcbscIsaiah 66:19 HNcbsaJudges 6:17 HNcbsaJeremiah 10:2 HC/R/NcbpcJeremiah 32:20 HNcbpaJeremiah 32:21 HR/NcbpaJeremiah 44:29 HTd/Ncbsa
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