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The corpus record

χάραγ-μα

charagma · τό

any mark engraved, imprinted

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Where it lives

  • Revelation 7 · 7.08/10k
  • Philoctetes 1 · 1.14/10k
  • Acts 1 · 0.56/10k

What it meant — LSJ

any mark engraved, imprinted, branded, mark, bite, sting, missive, inscription, stamped document, brand, carved work, impress

any mark engraved, imprinted, or branded, χ. ἐχίδνης the serpentʼs mark, i. e. its bite, sting, S. Ph. 267; ἐν ἰσχίοις μὲν ἵπποι πυρὸς χάραγμʼ ἔχουσιν Anacreont. 26 B 2; ἔχειν τὸ χ. τοῦ θηρίου Apoc. 16.2, cf. 13.16; χ. χειρός, i.e. writing, AP 9.401 (Pall.); χαράγματα παμβασιλῆος, of an imperial missive, Epic. in BKT 5(1).115: abs., inscription, AP 7.220 (Agath.), cf. PLond. 5.1688.8 (iv A. D.); stamped document, Sammelb. 5275.11 (i A. D.); brand on a camel, PGrenf. 2.50 (a). 5 (ii A. D.); χ. τέ

2 stamped money, coin

stamped money, coin, AP 5.29 (Antip.Thess.), POxy. 144.6 (vi A. D.).

3 mark, stamp, character

metaph., mark, stamp, character, τὸ τῆς μονάδος σημαντικὸν χ. Theol.Ar. 6.

4 endorsement

endorsement, Arch.Pap. 1.85.

In the wild

6 of 9 attestations shown. Ask for more.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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