Quick Definition
χάραγμα, ατος, τό n.n. sculpture, a stamp, sign
Strong's Definition
from the same as 5482; a scratch or etching, i.e. stamp (as a badge of servitude), or scupltured figure (statue)
KJV Usage: graven, mark
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -τος | χαρακτήρ · χάραξ · χάρτης
33.482 · Communication · Non-Verbal Communication
mark, brand a meaningful mark, whether engraved, imprinted, or branded A strictly literal translation of ‘the mark of the beast’ might imply ‘a picture of the beast’ or ‘a mark made by the beast.’ A more satisfactory indication of the relationship between ‘mark’ and ‘beast’ would be ‘a mark showing one’s relationship to the beast’ or ‘a mark of loyalty to the beast’ or ‘a mark of the party of the beast.’
REV 13:16 · REV 13:17 · REV 14:9 · REV 14:11 · REV 16:2 · REV 19:20 · REV 20:4
6.96 · Artifacts · Images and Idols
likeness, image (see {D:58.35}) an object (not necessarily three-dimensional) which has been formed to resemble a person, god, animal, etc. In certain contexts the referents of εἰκών[a], τύπος[b], and χάραγμα[b] may have special religious significance in that they may refer to idols, but the focal component for the translator is that of a likeness or resemblance. In contexts such as MAT 22:20 an equivalent translation may be simply ‘a picture,’ but in ROM 1:23 and ACT 7:43 one may use the same expression as is employed to render εἴδωλον[a] ‘idol’ (6.97).
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χάραγμα, -ros, τό, (χαράσσω to engrave) ; a.a stamp, an imprinted mark: of the mark stamped on the forehead or the right hand as the badge of the followers of Antichrist, Rev. xiii. 16 sq.; xiv. 9,11; xv. 2 Rec.; xvi. 2; xix. 20; xx. 4, (πυρός, the mark branded upon horses, Anacr. 26 [55], 2). b. thing carved, sculpture, graven work: of idolatrous images, Acts xvii. 29. (In various other senses in Grk. writ. fr. Soph. down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χάραγμα charagma 8x
an imprinted mark, Rev. 13:16, 17; 14:9, 11; 16:2; 19:20; 20:4; sculpture, Acts 17:29*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* χάραγμα, -τος, τό
(< χαράσσω, to engrave),
a stamp, impress, mark: Re 13:16, 17 14:9, 11 16:2 19:20 20:4 (v. Deiss., BS, 240 ff.);
a thing graven: Ac 17:29.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
χάραγμα in the sense of the impress made by a stamp occurs seplies in Rev, fer with special reference to ‘‘the mark of the beast” (1317, 16%, 1039). The exact meaning of the figure has been much discussed. Deissmann (AS, p. 240 ff.) suggests that an explanation may be found in the fact that, according to papyrus texts, it was customary to affix to bills of sale or official documents of the 18¢ and 2nd centuries of the Empire a seal giving the year and name of the reigning Emperor, and possibly his effigy. Thus on the back of CPR I. 11 (A.D, 108), an agreement regarding a house, there can still be deciphered a red seal with the inscr. (ἔτους) B Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Népova Τραιανοῦ. But no evidence has been produced of a similar seal being attached to persons, and Swete (Comm. ad Rev 315) is content to find an explanation of the mysterious ‘“‘ mark” in the general symbolism of the book. ‘‘ As the servants of God receive on their foreheads (vii. 3) the impress of the Divine Seal, so the servants of the Beast are marked with the ‘stamp’ of the Beast.” Xdpaypa is also used in connexion with the attestation of the copy of a document or writing, e.g. Preisigke 52751" (A.D. 11) ἀντίγραφον ἀπ᾽ ἀντιγράφου xapdypatos καὶ ὑπαγραφῆς Ἑλληνικοῖς γράμμασι, and similarly 5231}} (A.D. 11) and 52475 (A.D. 47). Other exx. of the word are BGU IV. 10885 (A.D. 142) a female camel χαλ[ζαγ]μέί(νην) ᾿Αραβικοῖς χαράγμαστιν, similarly P Grenf II. s50(a)* (A.p. 142), and the closing words of a letter P Lond V. 16588 (iv/A.p.) (= Ghedini, p- 151) διὰ χαραγμάτων εὔχομαι, which Ghedini understands as= ‘‘I pray for your health in this letter.’’ In P Oxy I. 1445 (A.D. 580) χρυσοῦ ἐν ὀβρύζῳ χαράγματι the reference is to gold in pure coin or stamped money. For the subst. xapaypés, cf. P Ryl II. 160(a)*° (A.D. 1437) ἀντίγρ(αφον) xJapaypod: for χάραξις, cf. 7. 1647® (A.D. 171) καθ]αρὸν ἀπὸ [ἀλίφατος kal ἐπιγ]ραφῆς καὶ χαράξ[εως - and for the verb χαράσσω, cf. 26. 160% (A.D. 28-9) τ]ῷ πρὸς τὸ γρ[αφε]ΐῳ χαράξαντι ἀποδοῦναι, ‘to pay the clerk of the record-office when he has endorsed the deed” (Edd.), (cf. 3 Macc 253). We may add two interesting exx. of the compd. verb ἐγχαράσσω. The first is P Lond 854" (i/ii A.D.) (= III. p. 206, Selections p. 70), where in making the Nile tour a traveller announces that he had engraved the names of his friends on the temples—tav φίλων [é]p[@v τ]ὰ ὀνόματα ἐνεχάραξα τοῖς ἱ[εἸροῖς. And the second is P Oxy XIV. 1680! (iii/iv a.p.), where a son anxious for his father’s safety owing to the general insecurity writes—of[pa ἠ]θέλησα ἐνχαράξαι σοι, “1 wanted to stamp a mark on ” you.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
χάραγμα (charagma) — image/mark. χάραγ-μα [χᾰ], ατος, τό, (χαράσσω) any mark engraved, imprinted, or branded, χ. ἐχίδνης the serpent's mark, i. e. its bite, sting, [NT+5th c.BC+]; χ. χειρός, i.e. writing, [Refs 6th c.AD+]; χαράγματα παμβασιλῆος, of an imperial missive, Epic. in [Refs]: absolutely, inscription, [Refs 4th c.AD+]; stamped document, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; brand on a camel, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; χ. τέχνης carved work, [NT]; τὸ χ. τοῦ νομίσματος the impress on the coin, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; hence,
2. stamped money, coin, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
3. metaphorically, mark, stamp, character, τὸ τῆς μονάδος σημαντικὸν χ. [Refs]
4. endorsement, [Refs]