חָתַם
châtham · khaw-tham'
to close up; especially to seal
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to close up; especially to seal
- to close up
- especially to seal
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: make an end, mark, seal (up), stop.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the mark, the covenant sign › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To separate and protect of the mark, the covenant sign of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָתַם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
26 occurrences · 26 OT · 0 NT · 25 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and sealed6 · 22%
- and seal3 · 11%
- seal2 · 7%
- be stopped1 · 4%
- with me, and sealed up1 · 4%
- now those that sealed1 · 4%
- not; and sealeth up1 · 4%
- is sealed up1 · 4%
- which they had marked1 · 4%
- and sealeth1 · 4%
- he sealeth up1 · 4%
- sealed1 · 4%
- that is sealed1 · 4%
- for it is sealed1 · 4%
- both that which was sealed1 · 4%
- both which is sealed1 · 4%
- thou sealest up1 · 4%
- and to make an end1 · 4%
- and to seal up1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.