Signify - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Signify

[ 1,,G4591, semaino ]
to give a sign, indicate" (sema, "a sign:" cp. SIGN, No. 1), "to signify," is so translated in John 12:33; John 18:32; John 21:19; Acts 11:28; Acts 25:27; Revelation 1:1, where perhaps the suggestion is that of expressing by signs.

[ 2,,G1213, deloo ]
"to make plain" (delos, "evident"), is translated "to signify" in 1 Corinthians 1:11, RV, "it hath been signified" (AV, "declared"); Hebrews 9:8; Hebrews 12:27; 1 Peter 1:11, AV (RV, "Point unto"); 2 Peter 1:14, RV, "sifnified" (AV, "hath showed"). See POINT (unto).

[ 3,,G1718, emphanizo ]
"to manifest, make known," is translated "signify" in Acts 23:15; Acts 23:22, RV (AV, "hath showed"). See APPEAR, No. 5.

Note: In Acts 21:26, AV, diangello, "to announce," is rendered "to signify" (RV, "declaring").

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