Quick Definition
σημειόομαι v. I note
Strong's Definition
to distinguish, i.e. mark (for avoidance)
Derivation: from G4592 (σημεῖον);
KJV Usage: note
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | σημαίνω
29.3 · (σημειόομαι) · Memory and Recall · Storing of Information
to take note of, to pay special attention to to pay special attention to something for the sake of a future recall and response
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σημειόω, -@: (σημεῖον), to mark, note, distinguish by marking; Mid. pres. impv. 2 pers. plur. σημειοῦσθε; to mark or note for one’s self [W. § 38, 2b.; B. 8 185, 4]: τινά, 2 Th. iii. 14 [οἵ B. 92 (80); W.119(113)]. (Theophr., Polyb., Philo, Dion. Hal., al.; [Ps. iv. 7 Sept.].)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σημειόω sēmeioō 1x
mid., to mark, inscribe marks upon; mid. to mark for one’s self, note, 2 Thess. 3:14*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
σημειόω, -ῶ
(< σημεῖον), [in LXX: Ps 4:6 (נשׂא)* ;]
to mark, note. Mid., to note for oneself: II Th 3:14 (freq. in π.; v. ICC, M, Th., in l.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σημειόω in mid. = “' mark for oneself,” sometimes with the idea of disapprobation attached as in its only NT occurrence 2 Thess 311: cf. Polyb. v. 78. 2 σημειωσάμενοι τὸ γεγονός with reference to a sinister omen, and see Lightfoot /Vo/es, p. 133- The ordinary meaning is seen in such passages as Aristeas 148 παραδέδωκεν ὁ νομοθέτης σημειοῦσθαι τοῖς συνετοῖς εἶναι δικαίους, and OG/S 629168 (A.D. 137) ὃ κράτιστος ἐσημ(ε)ιώσατο ἐν τῇ πρὸς Βάρβαρον ἐπιστολῇ. The verb is regularly used for the signature to a receipt or formal notice in the papyri and the ostraca of the Imperial period (cf. Wilcken Os/r. i. p. 82 ff-): P Oxy I. 39! (A.D. 52) ἀντίγραφον ἀπολύσεως. . . Φαρμοῦθ(ι) KO, σεσημ(ειωμένης), ‘ copy of a release signed on Pharmouthi 29,” zd. 11. 237% 29 (A.D. 186) where the prefect gives legal validity to the ὑπομνηματισμός by the words ἀνέγνων " σεσημί(είωμαι), 16. 1. 65° (an order for arrest—ili/iv A.D.) ὅρα μὴ κατάσχητε Tov ὑπηρέτηζν». σεσηίμείωμαι), “ see that you do not detain the officer. Signed,” and P Iand 37> (v/vi A.D.) στιχῖ μοι [ταύτην τὴν ἀποχὴν [σεσ]ημ(είωμαι) ὡς πρόκ(ειται). The name is added in P Oxy XIV. 175017 (A.D. 306) ᾿Α{π)φοῦς ceonp(etwpar). For the compd. συσσημειόω, not in LSS, cf. P Tebt 11. 383° (A.D. 46) Κρονίων συνσεσημίωμαι--ἀἢ authenticating signature. It may be added that onpelwoat is used by the grammarians = ‘‘nota bene.” For the subst. σημείωσις cf. P Oxy IT. 2693-29 (A.D. 57) σημεζιδώσεω(ς) ἀντίγραφον, 72. IX. 1220% (iii/A.D.) διὰ σημει[ώ]σεως, ‘‘in some notes.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σημειόω (sēmeioō) — to note. σημει-όω (Doric dialect σᾱμ- [Refs 1st c.BC+], mark (by milestones), [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; seal, ἐπιστολὰς -ωμένας σφραγῖδι [Refs 1st c.BC+]:—passive, to be marked or stamped, [Refs]
2. give a signal, impersonal in passive, ὅταν σημειωθῇ Aen. Tact.22.23 (codex M).
II. middle, mark for oneself, note down, ὅτι.. [Refs 4th c.BC+] (signed) Δυμᾶς, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; take notice of, pay honour to.. , ὅπως ὁ δῆμος φαίνηται τοὺς καλοὺς κἀγαθοὺς τῶν ἀνδρῶν σημειούμενος [Refs]
II.2. interpret anything as a sign or portent, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; infer as from a sign, ὁ ἐκ τῆς ἐναργείας -ούμενος περὶ τῶν ἀδήλων [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—in Medicine texts, diagnose, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; later, examine, σημειωσόμεθα κοπαρίῳ [Refs 7th c.AD+]
II.3. in Grammars, of marginal marks, σημείωσαι,= nota bene, Hdn.Gr.[Refs]:—in passive, σημειοῦται δὲ ὅτι.. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὰ σεσημειωμένα noted as exceptions, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] H.: future σεσημειώσεται [Refs 2nd c.AD+]