Strong’s definition
a signet (as fencing in or protecting from misappropriation); by implication, the stamp impressed (as a mark of privacy, or genuineness), literally or figuratively
KJV gloss list in the source
seal
Derivation recorded by Strong
probably strengthened from G5420 (φράσσω);
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