verb
katasfragizomō
Strong’sG2696
I seal and thus close
stem katasfragiz-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
κατα-σφραγίζω,
[in LXX: Jb 9:7 37:7 (חתם), Wi 2:5*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2696 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Ionic dialect and Epic dialect κατα-σφρηγίζω, seal up, LXX: mostly perfect participle passive κατεσφρηγισμένος sealed up, made fast, secured, Refs 5th c.BC+, etc.: imperfect passive Refs 3rd c.AD+: future -Refs (Epid., 2nd c.AD): aorist Refs 5th c.AD+ —middle, Refs 4th c.BC+aorist 1 -ίσσατο Refs 4th c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| katasfragizorēntemκατεσφραγισμένον | has happened · objectperfect middle or passive participle direct singular neuter | sealed | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | katasfragizomō | katasfragizome | katasfragizomē | katasfragizomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | katasfragizosō | katasfragizose | katasfragizosē | katasfragizoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katasfragizotō | katasfragizote | katasfragizotē | katasfragizotelē |
| we 1st person plural | katasfragizonō | katasfragizone | katasfragizonē | katasfragizonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | katasfragizovō | katasfragizove | katasfragizovē | katasfragizovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | katasfragizolō | katasfragizole | katasfragizolē | katasfragizolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | katasfragizomeiō | katasfragizomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | katasfragizoseiō | katasfragizoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katasfragizoteiō | katasfragizoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | katasfragizoneiō | katasfragizoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | katasfragizoveiō | katasfragizoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | katasfragizoleiō | katasfragizoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | katasfragizosōr | katasfragizosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katasfragizotōr | katasfragizotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | katasfragizovōr | katasfragizovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | katasfragizolōr | katasfragizolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | katasfragizomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | katasfragizosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katasfragizotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | katasfragizonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | katasfragizovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | katasfragizoloiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | katasfragizorō | katasfragizorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | katasfragizorōntos | katasfragizorēntos1× |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
katasfragiz is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
katasfragizorēntem“sealed”has happened · objectperfect middle or passive participle direct singular neuter1×
Revelation 5:1… thronou bibliem graforēntem esōthen kai opisthen, katasfragizorēntem sfragidai hepta.… writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.