χάραγμα
charagma
image/mark
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word χάραγμα (charagma) carries a simple yet multifaceted meaning, encompassing both "image" and "mark." As a physical action, it refers to a tangible representation or impression, often made on a surface. This term appears nine times in the Bible, indicating its significance in various contexts. In its usage, charagma often describes a visible sign or inscription, such as a seal, stamp, or engraving. It can also imply a permanent or lasting mark, like a scar or a brand. The range of usage suggests that charagma is not limited to a specific theme or concept, but rather serves as a versatile term to describe various forms of visual representation. The significance of charagma lies in its ability to convey a sense of permanence and visibility. As a mark or image, it can represent identity, ownership, or authority. In the biblical context, charagma may hold further implications, but its primary meaning remains rooted in its physical and visual aspects.
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Occurrences in Scripture
9 total occurrences across the text
Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of man.
Revelation 13:16He causes all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slave, to be given marks on their right hands, or on their foreheads;
Revelation 13:17and that no one would be able to buy or to sell, unless he has that mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name.
Revelation 14:9Another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead, or on his hand,
Revelation 14:11The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. They have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.
Revelation 15:2I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who overcame the beast, his image, and the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God.
Revelation 16:2The first went, and poured out his bowl into the earth, and it became a harmful and evil sore on the people who had the mark of the beast, and who worshiped his image.
Revelation 19:20The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who worked the signs in his sight, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
Revelation 20:4I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn’t worship the beast nor his image, and didn’t receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.