Quick Definition
σύσσημον, ου, τό n.n. a signal agreed upon
Strong's Definition
neuter of a compound of 4862 and the base of 4591; a sign in common, i.e. preconcerted signal
KJV Usage: token
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ου | σημαίνω
33.476 · Communication · Non-Verbal Communication
signal, sign a sign which has been previously agreed upon as having a particular meaning or significance If a language has no specific term for ‘signal’ or ‘sign,’ one may indicate the implications of σύσσημον by translating the first part of MRK 14:44 as follows: ‘the one who betrayed him told them how he would indicate who Jesus was; he said, The one whom I kiss is the man.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σύσ-σημον [Tdf. συν- (cf. σύν, II. fin.) ], του, τό, (σύν and σῆμα), a common sign or concerted signal, a sign given acc. to agreement: Mk. xiv.44. (Diod., Strab., Plut., al.; for Ὁ), a standard, Is. v. 26; xlix. 22; Ixii. 10.) The word is condemned by Phrynichus, ed. Lob. p. 418, who remarks that: Menander was the first to use it; cf. Sturz, De dial. Maced. et Alex. p. 190.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σύσσημον syssēmon 1x
a signal, Mk. 14:44*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† σύσ-σημον (T, συν-), -ου, τό
(< σῆμα), [in LXX: Jg 20:38, 40 (מַשְׂאֵת), Is 5:26 49:22 62:10 (נֵס) * ;]
a fixed sign or signal: Mk 14:44. (Strab., Plut., al.; condemned by Atticists, v. Rutherford, NPhr., 492 f.) †
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σύσσημον. This late Greek word = ‘‘sign,” ‘‘signal,’? which is classed by Phrynichus (cf. Rutherford VP p. 492 f.) among κίβδηλα ἀμαθῆ, is apparently first found in Menander Tleptketp. 362, and is fully illustrated by Durham AZenander Ρ. 95. For its use in Mk 1444, its only occurrence in the NT, see Swete ad Δ, who cites Wiinsche Mene Beztrdge p- 339 for a kiss as the customary method of saluting a Rabbi. A plur. συσσήματα is found in Byz. Greek: see Psaltes Gy. p. 176.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σύσσημον (sussēmon) — an agreed signal. σύσσημ-ον, τό, ={σύμβολον}, signal, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; δεδώκει σ. [LXX+NT]; αἴρειν τὸ σ. [Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἦρε τὸ συγκείμενον πρὸς μάχην σ. [Refs]
2. stamp on weights and measures, ἀπὸ συσσήμου πωλεῖν [Refs 1st c.BC+]
3. badge, ensign, τὰ τῆς ἀρχῆς σ. insignia, regalia, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; token, means of recognition, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
4. pledge, pawn, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]