charagma · image, mark

What it means

charagma (χάραγμα) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “image, mark”.

An engraved image, a carved figure; also a mark or stamp.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A sign stamped on the hand or forehead.
2. A figure of metal or stone carved by a craftsman.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• mark ×7
• sculpture ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Acts×1
• Revelation×7

• Acts 17:29

  Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine is like gold or silver or stone, a sculpture of human art and imagination.

• Revelation 13:16

  And it causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead,

• Revelation 13:17

  and that no one may be able to buy or to sell except the one who has the mark, the name of the beast or the number of its name.

• Revelation 14:9

  And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand,

• Revelation 14:11

  And the smoke of their torment goes up to the ages of the ages, and they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.”

• Revelation 16:2

  And the first went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and a harmful and painful sore came on the people who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped its image.

• Revelation 19:20

  And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who performed the signs in its presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. The two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

• Revelation 20:4

  And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them; and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand. And they came to life and reigned with the Messiah for a thousand years.