Definition
a primitive root; to close up; especially to seal
Traditional renderings: make an end, mark, seal (up), stop.
Traditional renderings: make an end, mark, seal (up), stop.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חָתַם:
- πολύςpolus“much”50%
- συνίστημι, συνιστάωsunistēmi“to commend”50%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
27 total
- Leviticus 15:3הֶחְתִּ֤ים · blocks itThis uncleanness is from his discharge, whether his body allows the discharge to flow or blocks it. So his discharge will bring about uncleanness.
- Deuteronomy 32:34חָתֻ֖ם · sealed up“Have I not stored up these things, sealed up within My vaults?
- 1 Kings 21:8וַתַּחְתֹּ֖ם · with his sealThen Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.
- Nehemiah 9:38הֶֽחָת֔וּם · sealing it with [the names of]In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.”
- Nehemiah 10:1הַחֲתוּמִ֑ים · these [were the ones] who sealed [the document]Now these were the ones who sealed the document: Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, and also Zedekiah,
- Esther 3:12וְנֶחְתָּ֖ם · and sealedOn the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.
- Esther 8:8וְחִתְמ֖וּ · and seal it; וְנַחְתּ֛וֹם · and sealedNow you may write in the king’s name as you please regarding the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring. For a decree that is written in the name of the king and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.”
- Esther 8:10וַיַּחְתֹּ֖ם · and sealed itMordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes and sealed it with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers riding on swift horses bred from the royal mares.
- Job 9:7יַחְתֹּֽם׃He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.
- Job 14:17חָתֻ֣ם · would be sealedMy transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.
- Job 24:16חִתְּמוּ־ · they shut themselves inIn the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
- Job 33:16יַחְתֹּֽם׃ · and terrifies themHe opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings
- Job 37:7יַחְתּ֑וֹם · He seals upHe seals up the hand of every man, so that all men may know His work.
- Song of Solomon 4:12חָתֽוּם׃ · sealedMy sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.
- Isaiah 8:16חֲת֥וֹם · [and] sealBind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.
- Isaiah 29:11הֶֽחָתוּם֒ · sealed; חָת֖וּם · is sealedAnd the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”
- Jeremiah 32:10וָֽאֶחְתֹּ֔ם · and sealedI signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.
- Jeremiah 32:11הֶֽחָת֛וּם · the sealedThen I took the deed of purchase—the sealed copy with its terms and conditions, as well as the open copy—
- Jeremiah 32:14הֶחָת֗וּם · both the sealed copy“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Take these deeds—both the sealed copy and the open copy of the deed of purchase—and put them in a clay jar to preserve them for a long time.
- Jeremiah 32:44וְחָתוֹם֮ · sealedFields will be purchased with silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed, and witnessed in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah—the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev—because I will restore them from captivity, declares the LORD.”
- Ezekiel 28:12חוֹתֵ֣ם · were the seal“Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
- Daniel 9:24וּלַחְתֹּם · to put an end; וְלַחְתֹּם֙ · to seal upSeventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
- Daniel 12:4וַחֲתֹ֥ם · and sealBut you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”
- Daniel 12:9וַחֲתֻמִ֛ים · and sealed“Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.