Word study · Greek
sēmeion
sign
Say it: say-MAY-on (approximate)
σημεῖον
What it means
A sign, a miracle that points beyond itself. John calls Jesus' miracles "signs" (2:11, 4:54, 6:14, 12:18) and says they were written down "that you may believe" (20:30-31).
Range of meaning
- Mark or tokenSomething that identifies, like a signal.
- Miraculous signA wonder that points to God's work.
- OmenA sign of what is coming.
In John
- Chapter 2
"This beginning of his signs" (2:11, 2:18, 2:23).
- Chapter 4
"The second sign that Jesus did" (4:48, 4:54).
- Chapter 6
"The sign he had done" and "What sign do you do?" (6:2, 6:14, 6:26, 6:30).
- Chapter 20
"Many other signs" (20:30).
Every verse (17)
- John 2:11
- John 2:18
- John 2:23
- John 3:2
- John 4:48
- John 4:54
- John 6:2
- John 6:14
- John 6:26
- John 6:30
- John 7:31
- John 9:16
- John 10:41
- John 11:47
- John 12:18
- John 12:37
- John 20:30
Verses where G4592 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources