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cha.tam H2856

חָתַם (cha.tam) means “to seal” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

חָתַם Hebrew · H2856 26 tagged occurrences in 24 verses

Pronunciation guide: khaw-tham' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H2856

חָתַם · cha.tam · to seal

1) to seal, seal up, affix a seal 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to seal, affix one's seal 1a2) to seal up, fasten up by sealing 1b) (Niphal) to seal 1c) (Piel) to lock up 1d) (Hiphil) to be stopped Aramaic equivalent: cha.tam (חֲתַם "to seal" H2857)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; to close up; especially to seal

KJV glosses: make an end, mark, seal (up), stop.

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How translators render H2856

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
and sealed 4
sealed 3
and seal 2
and seal it 1
and sealed it 1
and terrifies them 1
blocks it 1
both the sealed copy 1
he seals up 1
is sealed 1
sealed up 1
sealing it with the names of 1
the sealed 1
these were the ones who sealed the document 1
they shut themselves in 1
to put an end 1
to seal up 1
were the seal 1
with his seal 1
would be sealed 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
and sealed 6
and seal 3
seal 2
sealed 2
sealed up 2
and sealeth 1
and to make an end 1
and to seal up 1
be stopped 1
both which is sealed 1
he sealeth up 1
not and sealeth up 1
now those that sealed 1
that is sealed 1
that which was sealed 1
they had marked 1
thou sealest up 1

Verses containing H2856

Page 1 of 1. 24 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Leviticus 15:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This uncleanness is from his discharge, whether his body allows the discharge to flow or blocks it. So his discharge will bring about uncleanness.

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  2. Deuteronomy 32:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Have I not stored up these things, sealed up within My vaults?

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  3. 1 Kings 21:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.

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  4. Nehemiah 9:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.”

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    Source alternate reference: 10.1

  5. Nehemiah 10:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now these were the ones who sealed the document: Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, and also Zedekiah,

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    Source alternate reference: 10.2

  6. Esther 3:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.

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  7. Esther 8:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Now you may write in the king’s name as you please regarding the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring. For a decree that is written in the name of the king and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.”

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  8. Esther 8:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes and sealed it with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers riding on swift horses bred from the royal mares.

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  9. Job 9:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.

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  10. Job 14:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.

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  11. Job 24:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.

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  12. Job 33:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings

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  13. Job 37:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He seals up the hand of every man, so that all men may know His work.

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  14. Song of Solomon 4:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.

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  15. Isaiah 8:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.

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  16. Isaiah 29:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”

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  17. Jeremiah 32:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.

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  18. Jeremiah 32:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I took the deed of purchase—the sealed copy with its terms and conditions, as well as the open copy—

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  19. Jeremiah 32:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Take these deeds—both the sealed copy and the open copy of the deed of purchase—and put them in a clay jar to preserve them for a long time.

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  20. Jeremiah 32:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Fields will be purchased with silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed, and witnessed in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah—the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev—because I will restore them from captivity, declares the LORD.”

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  21. Ezekiel 28:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

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  22. Daniel 9:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.

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  23. Daniel 12:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”

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  24. Daniel 12:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.

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