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σημεῖον

MainId: 004493000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: σ

StrongCodes: G4592

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 004493001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, n.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: σημεῖον

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ου

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'σημαίνω', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 004493001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 33.477

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Communication

      LEXSubDomains: Non-Verbal Communication

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-02-09 20:07:02

         DefinitionShort: an event which is regarded as having some special meaning

         Glosses: sign

         Comments: In translating σημεῖον in {S:04002400300048}, it may be necessary in some languages to say ‘tell us what will happen that will show that you are coming’ or ‘tell us what we will see that will make us know that you are coming.’|σημεῖον as an event with special meaning was inevitably an unusual or even miraculous type of occurrence, and in a number of contexts σημεῖον may be rendered as ‘miracle.’ Certainly that is the referent of the term σημεῖον in {S:04300202300044} (πολλοὶ ἐπίστευσαν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦθεωροῦντες αὐτοῦ τὰ σημεῖα ἅ ἐποίει ‘many believed in him as they saw the signs he did’). For the Gospel of John, however, a σημεῖον is not simply a miraculous event but something which points to a reality with even greater significance. A strictly literal translation of σημεῖον as ‘sign’ might mean nothing more than a road sign or a sign on a building, and therefore in some languages σημεῖον in a context such as {S:04300202300044} may be rendered as ‘a miracle with great meaning.’

      LEXReferences: MAT 12:38, MAT 12:39, MAT 12:39, MAT 12:39, MAT 16:1, MAT 16:3, MAT 16:4, MAT 16:4, MAT 16:4, MAT 24:3, MAT 24:24, MAT 24:30, MAT 26:48, MARK 8:11, MARK 8:12, MARK 8:12, MARK 13:4, MARK 13:22, MARK 16:17, MARK 16:20, LUKE 2:12, LUKE 2:34, LUKE 11:16, LUKE 11:29, LUKE 11:29, LUKE 11:29, LUKE 11:30, LUKE 21:7, LUKE 21:11, LUKE 21:25, LUKE 23:8, YHN 2:11, YHN 2:18, YHN 2:23, YHN 3:2, YHN 4:48, YHN 4:54, YHN 6:2, YHN 6:14, YHN 6:26, YHN 6:30, YHN 7:31, YHN 9:16, YHN 10:41, YHN 11:47, YHN 12:18, YHN 12:37, YHN 20:30, ACTs 2:19, ACTs 2:22, ACTs 2:43, ACTs 4:16, ACTs 4:22, ACTs 4:30, ACTs 5:12, ACTs 6:8, ACTs 7:36, ACTs 8:6, ACTs 8:13, ACTs 14:3, ACTs 15:12, ROM 4:11, ROM 15:19, 1COR 1:22, 1COR 14:22, 2COR 12:12, 2COR 12:12, 2TH 2:9, 2TH 3:17, HEB 2:4, REV 12:1, REV 12:3, REV 13:13, REV 13:14, REV 15:1, REV 16:14, REV 19:20