Genesis 4:15
And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
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Revelation 20:4
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
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χάραγμα
cháragma · khar'-ag-mah
8 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
a scratch or etching, i.e. stamp (as a badge of servitude), or sculptured figure (statue)
Strong's KJV usage: :--graven, mark.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Revelation 13:16Strong's last: Revelation 20:4
Open full G5480 profile →Μάρκος
Márkos · mar'-kos
5 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
Marcus, a Christian
Strong's KJV usage: :--Marcus, Mark.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Acts 12:12Strong's last: 2 Timothy 4:11
Open full G3138 profile →שָׁמַר
shâmar · shaw-mar'
4 times translated as this KJV form467 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Strong's KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 39:1Strong's last: Psalms 130:3
Open full H8104 profile →יָדַע
yâdaʻ · yaw-dah'
3 times translated as this KJV form941 total Strong's occurrences
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, × could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-) norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, be learned, lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, × prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), × will be, wist, wit, wot.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ruth 3:4Strong's last: 1 Kings 20:22
Open full H3045 profile →מַטָּרָא
maṭṭârâʼ · mat-taw-raw'
3 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences
a jail (as a guard-house); also an aim (as being closely watched)
Strong's KJV usage: mark, prison.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 20:20Strong's last: Lamentations 3:12
Open full H4307 profile →σκοπέω
skopéō · skop-eh'-o
2 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
to take aim at (spy), i.e. (figuratively) regard
Strong's KJV usage: :--consider, take heed, look at (on), mark.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Romans 16:17Strong's last: Philippians 3:17
Open full G4648 profile →שׂוּם
sûwm · soom
2 times translated as this KJV form583 total Strong's occurrences
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Strong's KJV usage: × any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, name, × on, ordain, order, paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, stedfastly, take, × tell, tread down, (over-)turn, × wholly, work.
Strong's first: Ezekiel 44:5Strong's last: Ezekiel 44:5
Open full H7760 profile →תָּו
tâv · tawv
2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
a mark; by implication, a signature
Strong's KJV usage: desire, mark.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezekiel 9:4Strong's last: Ezekiel 9:6
Open full H8420 profile →σκοπός
skopós · skop-os'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
perhaps akin to G4626 through the idea of concealment; compare G4629); a watch (sentry or scout), i.e. (by implication) a goal
Strong's KJV usage: :--mark.
Strong's first: Philippians 3:14Strong's last: Philippians 3:14
Open full G4649 profile →אוֹת
ʼôwth · oth
1 times translated as this KJV form79 total Strong's occurrences
a signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.
Strong's KJV usage: mark, miracle, (en-) sign, token.
Strong's first: Genesis 4:15Strong's last: Genesis 4:15
Open full H226 profile →בִּין
bîyn · bene
1 times translated as this KJV form169 total Strong's occurrences
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
Strong's KJV usage: attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 18:2Strong's last: Job 18:2
Open full H995 profile →מִפְגָּע
miphgâʻ · mif-gaw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
an object of attack
Strong's KJV usage: mark.
Strong's first: Job 7:20Strong's last: Job 7:20
Open full H4645 profile →פָּנָה
pânâh · paw-naw'
1 times translated as this KJV form135 total Strong's occurrences
to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
Strong's KJV usage: appear, at (even-) tide, behold, cast out, come on, × corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-) turn (aside, away, back, face, self), × right (early).
Strong's first: Job 21:5Strong's last: Job 21:5
Open full H6437 profile →רָאָה
râʼâh · raw-aw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1,312 total Strong's occurrences
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Strong's KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, × certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, × indeed, × joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, × be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), × sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, × surely, × think, view, visions.
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 13:28Strong's last: 2 Samuel 13:28
Open full H7200 profile →שִׁית
shîyth · sheeth
1 times translated as this KJV form83 total Strong's occurrences
to place (in a very wide application)
Strong's KJV usage: apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, × look, make, mark, put (on), regard, set, shew, be stayed, × take.
Strong's first: Psalms 48:13Strong's last: Psalms 48:13
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G5480
And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
G5480
And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
G5480
And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
G5480
And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
G5480
And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
G5480
And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
G5480
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
G5480
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
English meaning and historical usage.
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mark
M'ARK, noun [Latin mercor, the primary sense of which is to go, to pass; Gr. to pass; Eng. fair, and fare.]
1. A visible line made by drawing one substance on another; as a mark made by chalk or charcoal, or a pen.
2. A line, groove or depression made by stamping or cutting; an incision; a channel or impression; as the mark of a chisel, of a stamp, of a rod or whip; the mark of the finger or foot.
3. Any note or sign of distinction.
The Lord set a mark upon Cain. Genesis 4:15.
4. Any visible effect of force or agency.
There are scarce any marks left of a subterraneous fire.
5. Any apparent or intelligible effect; proof, evidence.
The confusion of tongues was a mark of separation.
6. Notice taken.
The laws
Stand like the forfeits in a barber's shop,
As much for mock as mark
7. Any thing to which a missile weapon may be directed.
France was a fairer mark to shoot at than Ireland.
8. Any object used as a guide, or to which the mind may be directed. The dome of the State house in Boston is a good mark for seamen.
9. Any thing visible by which knowledge of something may be obtained; indication; as the marks of age in a horse. Civility is a mark of politeness or respect. Levity is a mark of weakness.
10. A character made by a person who cannot write his name, and intended as a substitute for it.
11. A weight of certain commodities, but particularly of gold and silver, used in several states of Europe; in Great Britain, a money of account, equal to thirteen shillings and four pence. In some countries, it is a coin.
12. A license of reprisals. [See Marque.]
M'ARK, verb transitive
1. To draw or make a visible line or character with any substance; as, to mark with chalk or with compasses.
2. To stamp; to impress; to make a visible impression, figure or indenture; as, to mark a sheep with a brand.
3. To make an incision; to lop off a part; to make any sign of distinction; as, to mark sheep or cattle by cuts in their ears.
4. To form a name or the initials of a name for distinction; as, to mark cloth; to mark a handkerchief.
5. To notice; to take particular observation of.
Mark them who cause divisions and offenses. Romans 16:17.
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace. Psalms 37:37.
6. To heed; to regard.
To mark out, to notify, as by a mark; to point out; to designate. The ringleaders were marked out for seizure and punishment.
M'ARK, verb intransitive To note; to observe critically; to take particular notice; to remark.
Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief. l Kings 20.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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