רְשַׁם
resham · inscribe, sign
Aramaic word · Strong’s number H7560 · appears 7 times in the Bible
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resham (רְשַׁם) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “inscribe, sign”.
To write down, to sign a document (Aramaic).
How to say it
re·sham
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
- To write down; seal a decree.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- signed ×3
- sign ×2
- was inscribed ×2
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Daniel 5:24
Then from before him the palm of the hand was sent, and this writing was inscribed.
- Daniel 5:25
And this is the writing that was inscribed: Mene, Mene, Tekel, Uparsin.
- Daniel 6:8
Now, O king, establish the prohibition and sign the writing, so that it may not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be revoked.”
- Daniel 6:9
Therefore King Darius signed the writing and the prohibition.
- Daniel 6:10
And Daniel, when he knew that the writing had been signed, went into his house; and he had windows open in his upper room toward Jerusalem; and three times a day he was kneeling on his knees and praying and giving thanks before his Elah, just as he had been doing before this.
- Daniel 6:12
Then they came near and said before the king concerning the prohibition of the king, “Did you not sign a prohibition, that any man who makes a request of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, shall be thrown into the den of the lions?” The king answered and said, “The matter is certain, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be revoked.”
- Daniel 6:13
Then they answered and said before the king, “Daniel, who is of the sons of the exile of Judah, has paid no attention to you, O king, or to the prohibition that you signed; but three times a day he makes his request.”