Reference: Sign
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A token, pledge, or proof, Ge 9:12-13; 17:11; Ex 3:12; Isa 8:18. Also a supernatural portent, Lu 21:11; and a miracle, regarded as a token of the divine agency, Ex 4:7-9; Mr 8:11. The "signs of heaven" were the movements and aspects of the heavenly bodies, from which heathen astrologers pretended to obtain revelations, Isa 44:25; Jer 10:2. See SHIP.
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And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.
He said, "But I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain."
Then God said, "Put your hand back inside your cloak." So he put his hand back inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, it was restored like the rest of his flesh. "If they will not believe you," God said, "or listen to the first sign, they may believe the latter sign. read more. If they will not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, you shall take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground, and the water that you shall take from the Nile will become blood on the dry ground."
Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are signs and portents in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
who frustrates the signs of liars and makes fools of diviners, who turns wise men back and makes their knowledge foolish,
Thus says the LORD: "Learn not the way of the nations, nor be dismayed at the signs of the heavens because the nations are dismayed at them,
The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him.
There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.
Hastings
Any outward fact which serves as a pledge of a Divine word or a proof of a Divine deed is a sign, whether it be natural or supernatural in its character. The rainbow served as the sign of the Noahic, as the rite of circumcision of the Abrahamic, covenant (Ge 9:12; 17:11 'token,' Ro 4:11). That God was with, and worked for, the Israelites was shown in the plagues of Egypt (Ex 10:2). Gideon asks for and receives a sign that it is Jehovah who speaks with him (Jg 6:17), and Saul also receives signs to confirm the words of Samuel (1Sa 10:7). The prophetic word is thus proved from God (Isa 7:14; 38:7; Jer 44:29; Eze 14:8). The sign need not be supernatural (1Sa 2:34; Isa 8:18; 20:3); but the Jews in the time of Christ desired miracles as proofs of Divine power (Mt 12:38; 16:1; Joh 4:48; 1Co 1:22), a request which Jesus refused and condemned. The message of the Baptist, though not confirmed by any sign, was seen to be true (Joh 10:41). It is Jonah's preaching that is probably referred to when Jesus speaks of him as a sign to his generation (Mt 12:39). The 'babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger,' is the simple and humble sign to the shepherds of the birth of a Saviour, Christ the Lord (Lu 2:12); and He is welcomed by Simeon as 'a sign which is spoken against' (Lu 2:34). The Fourth Gospel frequently describes the miracles of Jesus as signs (Lu 3:2; 4:44), and attributes to them an evidential value which is not prominent in Jesus' own intention. This confirmation of the gospel was found in the Apostolic Church (Mr 16:20; Ac 4:16; 6:3; 8:6,13; 15:12; 2Co 12:12). The last things will be ushered in by extraordinary signs (Mt 24:30; Lu 21:25; 2Th 2:9
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And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:
You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.
and that you may tell in the hearing of your son and of your grandson how I have dealt harshly with the Egyptians and what signs I have done among them, that you may know that I am the LORD."
And he said to him, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, then show me a sign that it is you who speak with me.
And this that shall come upon your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, shall be the sign to you: both of them shall die on the same day.
Now when these signs meet you, do what your hand finds to do, for God is with you.
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are signs and portents in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
Then the LORD said, "As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and a portent against Egypt and Cush,
"This shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he has promised:
This shall be the sign to you, declares the LORD, that I will punish you in this place, in order that you may know that my words will surely stand against you for harm:
And I will set my face against that man; I will make him a sign and a byword and cut him off from the midst of my people, and you shall know that I am the LORD.
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, "Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you." But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by accompanying signs.]]
And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger."
And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, "Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed
during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
"And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves,
So Jesus said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe."
So Jesus said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe."
Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.
And many came to him. And they said, "John did no sign, but everything that John said about this man was true."
saying, "What shall we do with these men? For that a notable sign has been performed through them is evident to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.
Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty.
And the crowds with one accord paid attention to what was being said by Philip when they heard him and saw the signs that he did.
Even Simon himself believed, and after being baptized he continued with Philip. And seeing signs and great miracles performed, he was amazed.
And all the assembly fell silent, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul as they related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.
He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well,
For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom,
he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him,
And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
It performs great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people,
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SIGN. This word is used in the sense of token and pledge; as, when the Lord gave to Noah the rainbow, as a sign of his covenant, Ge 9:12-13; and when he appointed to Abraham the use of circumcision, as the seal of the covenant he had made with him and his posterity, Ge 17:11. Sign is also put for a miracle: "Thou shalt do these signs and wonders in the midst of Egypt," Ex 4:7-9, &c. A sign or token is often put for the proof or evidence of a thing: For example, "This shall be a token or sign unto thee, that I have sent thee," Ex 3:12.
Shew me a sign, that thou talkest with me, Jg 6:17, that is a proof. "What shall be the sign," or evidence, "that the Lord will heal me?" 2Ki 20:8. This acceptation agrees with the first above mentioned; as also what is said in Ge 4:15, "And the Lord set a mark or sign upon Cain;" he gave him a pledge that his life should not be taken away. The signs of heaven, and the signs of the magicians, are the phenomena of the heavens, and the impostures of magicians, which they made use of for the purposes of deception: "The Lord frustrateth the tokens or signs of the liars, and maketh diviners mad," Isa 44:25. "Be not dismayed at the signs of heaven, for the Heathen are dismayed at them," Jer 10:2. To be a sign was farther to be a type, or prediction, of what should happen. Thus the Prophet Isa 8:18, "Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me, are for signs and for wonders in Israel." See also Eze 4:3.
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Then the LORD said to him, "Not so! If anyone kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold." And the LORDput a mark on Cain, lest any who found him should attack him.
And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.
He said, "But I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain."
Then God said, "Put your hand back inside your cloak." So he put his hand back inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, it was restored like the rest of his flesh. "If they will not believe you," God said, "or listen to the first sign, they may believe the latter sign. read more. If they will not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, you shall take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground, and the water that you shall take from the Nile will become blood on the dry ground."
And he said to him, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, then show me a sign that it is you who speak with me.
And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?"
Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are signs and portents in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
who frustrates the signs of liars and makes fools of diviners, who turns wise men back and makes their knowledge foolish,
Thus says the LORD: "Learn not the way of the nations, nor be dismayed at the signs of the heavens because the nations are dismayed at them,
And you, take an iron griddle, and place it as an iron wall between you and the city; and set your face toward it, and let it be in a state of siege, and press the siege against it. This is a sign for the house of Israel.