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Seal

1. A stamp used for signifying documents

• • Given as a pledge
  —Ge 38:18
• Engraved
• —Ex 28:11,21,36; 39:6,14,30; 2Ti 2:19
• Decrees signified by
• —1Ki 21:8; Es 8:8
• Documents sealed with
• • Ahab's letter
  —1Ki 21:8
  • Covenants
  —Ne 9:38; 10:1; Isa 8:16
  • Decrees
  —Es 8:8; Da 6:9
  • Deeds
  —Jer 32:10
• Treasures secured by
• —De 32:34
• Lion's den secured by
• —Da 6:17
• The gravesite of Jesus
• —Mt 27:66
• Circumcision was regarded as a seal of righteousness
• —Ro 4:11

FIGURATIVE

• Of secrecy
• —Da 12:9; Re 5:1
• Of certainty of divine approval
• —Joh 6:27; Ro 15:28; 2Co 1:22; Eph 1:13; 4:30; Re 7:3,4

2. An amphibious animal

• Skins of, according to the Revised Version, were used as a
• covering of the tabernacle—Ex 25:5; 26:14; 35:7,23; 36:19; 39:34; Nu 4:25