Lexical Summary chotham: a seal, signet ring Original Word: חוֹתָםTransliteration: chotham Phonetic Spelling: (kho-thawm') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: a seal, signet ring Meaning: a seal, signet ring Strong's Concordance seal, signet Or chotham {kho-thawm'}; from chatham; a signature-ring -- seal, signet. see HEBREW chatham Brown-Driver-Briggs H2368. chotham I. חוֺתָם חֹתָם, noun masculineJob 41:7 seal, signet-ring (Aramaic ; Ethiopic — see LagBN 116) — absolute חֹתָם Exodus 28:11 2t.; חוֺתָם Jeremiah 22:24 8t.; suffix חֹתָֽמְךָ Genesis 38:18, חֹתָמוֺ 1 Kings 21:8; — on supposed construct חוֺתַם see foregoing; — seal, signet-ring, hung by a cord (מָּתִיל) about the neck Genesis 38:18 (J; = חֹתֶמֶת 38:25), or (later ?) worn on (finger of) right hand Jeremiah 22:24, (BenzArchäol. 106); the two customs apparently combined Song of Solomon 8:6 (עַלזְֿרוֺעֶךָ עַללִֿבֶֹּךָ,); used to attest a royal missive 1 Kings 21:8 (instrumental of verb חתם); a precious article Haggai 2:23 (simile of Zerubbabel); ח ׳מִּתּוּחֵי engravings of a seal, as model for cutting names and inscription on precious stones and gold plate Exodus 28:11, 21, 26; 39:6, 14, 30 (all P; see Benz258ff.); ח ׳חֹמֶר Job 38:14 = clay of (under) a signet; ׳ח צָ֑ר 41:7 a close signet, i.e. one that is closely pressed down, simile of closely joined (סָגוּר) scales of crocodile. |
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