Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to close up; especially to seal
KJV Usage: make an end, mark, seal (up), stop
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
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)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · חֹותָם · חֹתֶמֶת
Attach | verb qal, verb pe'al, verb nif
to seal = to put a seal on a written document; ► in order to confirm that the document is authentic and to keep unauthorized readers from having access to it; ≈ associated with both authenticity and secrecy
1KI 21:8 · NEH 10:1 · NEH 10:2 · EST 3:12 · EST 8:8 · EST 8:8 · EST 8:10 · ISA 8:16 · ISA 29:11 · ISA 29:11 · JER 32:10 · JER 32:11 · JER 32:14 · JER 32:44 · DAN 6:18 · DAN 12:4 · DAN 12:9
Close | verb qal, verb hif
to seal, to block, to close off literally: to put a seal on an object; hence: = causative action by which an opening or entrance is closed so that nothing can enter or leave, ◄ as if kept from being opened with a seal
Hide | verb pi
to hide oneself literally: to put a seal on oneself; hence: = action by which humans cause themselves not to be seen by others, ◄ as if made inaccessible by a seal
Unable | verb qal
to seal, to keep from functioning literally: put a seal on an object; hence: = causative action by which deities keep an object from performing an activity, ◄ as a scroll that cannot be opened because of a seal
Know | verb qal | ≈ כמס
to seal off, to store in memory literally: to put a seal on an event; hence: = action by which deities hide an event in their memory in order to process it later
Know | verb qal
model, example literally: to put a seal (of authenticity) on something; hence: = causative action by which something is confirmed as an authentic example of a particular characteristic or quality, ◄ as if authenticated with a seal
True | verb qal
to seal, to ratify literally: to put a seal on an event; hence: = causative action by which a deity affirms or proves that an event is true and authentic, ◄ as if authenticating it with a seal
Innocent | verb qal | ≈ טפל
Collocation: חתם פֶּשַׁע בִּצְרֹור
to seal (someone's) sins in a bag > to forgive (someone's sins) literally: to seal up (someone's) sins in a bag; hence: = causative action by which a deity forgives a wrongful act, ◄ as if by putting it in a sealed bag and so removing it from reality
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1 JOB 33:16 MT HOTTP-C NJPS | RSV NIV NJB NRSV REB GNT CEV חתת "to terrify" 2 DAN 9:24 MT-K ולחתם | MT-Q וּלְהָתֵם = תמם
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חָתַם vb. seal, affix seal, seal up Qal seal, affix one’s seal, in attestation
seal up, fasten up by sealing
Niph. (it was) written and sealed
Pi. lit. by day they seal up for themselves, i.e acc. to most, they shut themselves up
Hiph. or hath his flesh (genital organ) shewn stoppage by reason of his flux.
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