Topic
Seals
35 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 38:18Torrey Called signet
And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
- Genesis 38:25Torrey Called signet
When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.
- Genesis 41:41Torrey IMPRESSIONS OF — Were given by kings as a badge of authority
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 41:42Torrey IMPRESSIONS OF — Were given by kings as a badge of authority
And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
- Exodus 28:11Torrey Precious stones set in gold used as
With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.
- Deuteronomy 32:34Torrey IMPRESSIONS OF — Set upon treasures
Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?
- 1 Kings 21:8Torrey IMPRESSIONS OF — Attached to all royal decrees
So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
- Nehemiah 9:38Torrey IMPRESSIONS OF — Attached to covenants
And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.
- Nehemiah 10:1Torrey IMPRESSIONS OF — Attached to covenants
Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,
- Esther 3:12Torrey IMPRESSIONS OF — Attached to all royal decrees
Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people…
- Esther 8:8Torrey IMPRESSIONS OF — Attached to all royal decrees
Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring: for the writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may no man reverse.
- Job 9:7Torrey Illustrative of — Restraint
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
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- Job 37:7 Torrey Illustrative of — Restraint
- Job 38:14 Torrey IMPRESSIONS OF — Frequently taken in clay
- Song of Songs 4:12 Torrey Illustrative of — Security
- Song of Songs 8:6 Torrey Illustrative of — What is dear or valued
- Jeremiah 22:24 Torrey Generally worn as rings or bracelets
- Jeremiah 32:9–12 Torrey IMPRESSIONS OF — Attached to lease and transfers of property
- Jeremiah 32:44 Torrey IMPRESSIONS OF — Attached to lease and transfers of property
- Daniel 6:17 Torrey IMPRESSIONS OF — Used for security
- Daniel 12:4 Torrey Illustrative of — Secrecy
- Haggai 2:23 Torrey Illustrative of — What is dear or valued
- Matthew 27:66 Torrey IMPRESSIONS OF — Used for security
- John 3:33 Torrey Illustrative of — Full approval
- John 6:27 Torrey IMPRESSIONS OF — Attached to the victims approved for sacrifice, alluded to
- Romans 4:11 Torrey Illustrative of — Circumcision
- 1 Corinthians 9:2 Torrey Illustrative of — Converts
- 2 Corinthians 1:22 Torrey Illustrative of — Appropriation of saints to God by the Spirit
- Ephesians 1:13 Torrey Illustrative of — Appropriation of saints to God by the Spirit
- Ephesians 4:30 Torrey Illustrative of — Appropriation of saints to God by the Spirit
- 2 Timothy 2:19 Torrey Inscriptions upon, alluded to
- Revelation 5:1 Torrey Illustrative of — Secrecy
- Revelation 7:2–8 Torrey Illustrative of — Security
- Revelation 10:4 Torrey Illustrative of — Secrecy
- Revelation 20:3 Torrey Illustrative of — Security
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 38 references, grouped by sub-topic
- Called signet Ge 38:18,25
- Precious stones set in gold used as Ex 28:11
- Inscriptions upon, alluded to 2Ti 2:19
- Generally worn as rings or bracelets Jer 22:24
- IMPRESSIONS OF
- Frequently taken in clay Job 38:14
- Used for security Da 6:17; Mt 27:66
- Attached to all royal decrees 1Ki 21:8; Es 3:12; 8:8
- Attached to covenants Ne 9:38; 10:1
- Attached to lease and transfers of property Jer 32:9-12,44
- Set upon treasures De 32:34
- Attached to the victims approved for sacrifice, alluded to Joh 6:27
- Were given by kings as a badge of authority Ge 41:41,42
- Illustrative of
Texts: Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.