אוֹתʼôwth

sign

Pronunciation: oth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H226

Meanings

1. sign, pledge, token (Genesis 4:15; Joshua 2:12; Exodus 12:13)

2. signs, omens (1 Samuel 10:7; 1 Samuel 10:9; 1 Samuel 10:1)

3. sign, symbol (Isaiah 8:18; Ezekiel 4:3)

4. signs, miracles (Exodus 4:8; Exodus 4:9; Exodus 7:3)

5. signs, memorials (Joshua 4:6; Numbers 17:3; Numbers 17:25)

6. sign, pledge (Genesis 9:12; Genesis 9:13; Genesis 9:17)

7. ensigns, standards (Numbers 2:2; Psalms 74:4)

8. signs, tokens (Genesis 1:14; Jeremiah 10:2; Psalms 65:9)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 79 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 1:14 Then God said, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and years.
  • Genesis 4:15 The Lord replied, “No, for I will give a sevenfold punishment to anyone who kills you.” Then the Lord put a mark on Cain to warn anyone who might try to kill him.
  • Genesis 9:12 Then God said, “I am giving you a sign of my covenant with you and with all living creatures, for all generations to come.
  • Genesis 9:13 I have placed my rainbow in the clouds. It is the sign of my covenant with you and with all the earth.
  • Genesis 9:17 Then God said to Noah, “Yes, this rainbow is the sign of the covenant I am confirming with all the creatures on earth.”
  • Genesis 17:11 You must cut off the flesh of your foreskin as a sign of the covenant between me and you.
See every passage

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).