UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Notes: Properly speaking, στίγμα[a] (8.55: στίγμα) and τύπος[a] (8.56: τύπος) are not body parts, but may refer to features of the body which may result from some external force or object and could accordingly be classified in Domain 19 Physical Impact. They are, however, included at this point because they may refer to types of scars, which become a permanent feature of the body.; στίγμα[b] differs from στίγμα[a] (8.55: στίγμα) in that the significance of the scar is not the physical object as such but the meaning which the scar carries.

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, n.

Inflections: στίγμα; -τος

Related lemmas: στιγμή

Sense 1: scar, brand

Semantic entry: 8.55

Semantic domains: Body, Body Parts, and Body Products

Subdomains: Parts of the Body

Definition: a permanent mark or scar on the body, especially the type of brand used to mark ownership of slaves{N:001}

Notes: In RV GAL 6:17 · LV GAL 6:17 · Read together GAL 6:17 Paul is most likely alluding to scars resulting from wounds received in the service of Jesus, but στίγμα may also imply ownership and hence suggest that such scars served as brands (see 8.56: τύπος). For other interpretations of στίγμα in RV GAL 6:17 · LV GAL 6:17 · Read together GAL 6:17, see 33.481: στίγμα and 90.84: βαστάζω.

GAL 6:17: RV GAL 6:17 · LV GAL 6:17 · Read together GAL 6:17

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OET-RV GAL 6:17

17 As for the other troubles, don’t bother me with them, because I carry the marks on my body of someone who follows Yeshua.

OET-LV GAL 6:17

17 Of _the rest, let_ no _one _be _bringing _about troubles to _me, because/for I am _bearing the marks the of_Yaʸsous on the body of _me.

Sense 2: mark, scar

Semantic entry: 33.481

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Non-Verbal Communication

Definition: something on the surface of an object, for example, line, spot, or scar, without special design but carrying significance{N:002}

Notes: A strictly literal translation of RV GAL 6:17 · LV GAL 6:17 · Read together GAL 6:17 might suggest that Paul had the same marks on his hands, feet, and side as Jesus had, but this is evidently not the meaning of the state ment in RV GAL 6:17 · LV GAL 6:17 · Read together GAL 6:17. It is possible, of course, that since Paul was whipped much the same way that Jesus was whipped, he (Paul) would bear such scars on his back, but a more satisfactory rendering of RV GAL 6:17 · LV GAL 6:17 · Read together GAL 6:17 would probably be ‘for I have on my body scars indicating that I belong to Jesus.’ For other interpretations of στίγμα in RV GAL 6:17 · LV GAL 6:17 · Read together GAL 6:17, see 8.55: στίγμα and 90.84: βαστάζω.