σημεῖον, -ου, τό
[in LXX chiefly for אוֹת;]
a sign, mark, token;
(a) of that which distinguishes a person or thing from others: Mt 26:48, Lk 2:12, II Th 3:17 (cf. Deiss., LAE, 1532); seq. gen. epexeg., Ro 4:11; c. gen. obj., Mt 24:8, 30, II Co 12:12; c. gen. subj., Mt 16:3;
(b) a sign of warning or admonition: Mt 12:3916:4, Lk 2:3411:29, 30, I Co 14:22;
(c) a sign portending future events (Soph., Plat. al.): Mk 13:4, Lk 21:7, 11, 25, Ac 2:19, Re 12:1, 315:1;
(d) of miracles and wonders (MM, xxii), regarded as signs of a divine authority: Mt 12:38, 3916:1, 4, Mk 8:11, 12Lk 11:16, 2923:8, Jo 2:11, 18, 234:546:3010:4112:18, Ac 4:16, 22; pl., Mk 16:[17, 20], Jo 2:11, 233:26:2, 14, 267:319:1611:4712:3720:30, Ac 8:6, I Co 1:22 (Lft., Notes, 162); the same ascribed to false teachers and demons: Mt 24:24, Mk 13:22, II Th 2:9, Re 13:13, 1416:1419:20; σ. καὶ τέρατα (τ. καὶ σ.; cf. Tr., Syn., § xci), Mt 24:24, Mk 13:22, Jo 4:48, Ac 2:19, 434:305:126:87:3614:315:12, Ro 15:19, II Th 2:9; id. seq. καὶ δυνάμεις, II Co 12:12, He 2:4; σ. καὶ δυνάμεις, Ac 8:13; δ. καὶ τ. καὶ σ., Ac 2:22; σ. διδόναι, Mt 24:24, Mk 13:22.†