Token:
to'-k'-n ('oth, usually rendered "sign" (on De 22:14 ff see the comms.)): "Sign" and "token" are virtually synonymous words and in the King James Version are used with little or no distinction (in Ex 13, compare 13:9 and 16). If there is any difference, "token" is perhaps more concrete and palpable than "sign," but this difference cannot be stressed. The modern use of "token," however, as a "memorial of something past" found in Nu 17:10; Jos 2:12. the Revised Version (British and American) has substituted sign in Ex 13:16; Ps 135:9; Isa 44:25, and the American Standard Revised Version has "evidence" in Job 21:29 (a needlessly prosaic change). The four New Testament examples, Mr 14:44; Php 1:28; 2Th 1:5; 3:17 (each for a different Greek word) are self-explanatory.
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Token: A Sign
Exd 3:12
Token: Sun and Moon for Time and Seasons
Gen 1:14
Token: The Mark of Cain
Gen 4:15
Token: Rainbow
That the earth would never be destroyed by a flood,
Gen 9:12-17.
Token: Circumcision
Of the covenant of Abraham,
Gen 17:11.
Token: Presents
Gen 21:27, 30
Token: Miracles of Moses
Of the divine authority of his missions,
Exd 4:1-9.
Token: Blood of the Paschal Lamb
Exd 12:13
Token: The Passover
Exd 13:9
Token: Consecration of the Firstborn
Exd 13:14-16
Token: The Sabbath Day
Exd 31:13, 17
Token: A Fringe
Num 15:38-40
Token: Scarlet Thread
Jos 2:18, 21
Token: Cover of the Altar
Num 16:38-40
Token: Aaron's Rod
Num 17:10
Token: Memorial Stones
Jos 4:2-9
Token: Dew on Gideon's Fleece
Jdg 6:36-40
Token: Prayer for Tokens of Mercy
Psa 86:17
Token: Reference Concerning
See MIRACLES
Token:
"a sign, token or indication," is translated "token" in 2Th 3:17, of writing of the closing salutations, the Apostle using the pen himself instead of his amanuensis, his autograph attesting the authenticity of his Epistles.
See MIRACLE, SIGN.
Token:
"a fixed sign or signal, agreed upon with others" (sun, "with"), is used in Mar 14:44, "a token." In the Sept., Jdg 20:38, 40; Isa 5:26; 49:22; 62:10.
3Strong's Number: g1730Greek: endeigmaToken:
"a plain token, a proof" (akin to endeiknumi, "to point out, prove") is used in 2Th 1:5 "a manifest token," said of the patient endurance and faith of the persecuted saints at Thessalonica, affording proof to themselves of their new life, and a guarantee of the vindication by God of both Himself and them (see No. 4, Note).
4Strong's Number: g1732Greek: endeixisToken:
"a pointing out, showing forth," is rendered "evident token" in Phl 1:28.
See DECLARE, B, PROOF. Cp. apodeixis, 1Cr 2:4.
Note: No. 4 refers to the act or process of proving, No. 3 to the thing proved. While the two passages, Phl 1:28 and 2Th 1:5, contain similar ideas, endeigma indicates the "token" as acknowledged by those referred to; endeixis points more especially to the inherent veracity of the "token."
Sign:
sin ('oth "a sign" "mark" mopheth, "wonder"‘ semeion, "a sign," "signal," "mark"): A mark by which persons or things are distinguished and made known. In Scripture used generally of an address to the senses to attest the existence of supersensible and therefore divine power. Thus the plagues of Egypt were "signs" of divine displeasure against the Egyptians (Ex 4:8 ff; Jos 24:17, and often); and the miracles of Jesus were "signs" to attest His unique relationship with God (Mt 12:38; Joh 2:18; Ac 2:22). Naturally, therefore, both in the Old Testament and the New Testament, "signs" are assimilated to the miraculous, and prevailingly associated with immediate divine interference. The popular belief in this manner of communication between the visible and the invisible worlds has always been, and is now, widespread. So-called "natural" explanations, however ingenious or cogent, fail with the great majority of people to explain anything. Wesley and Spurgeon were as firm believers in the validity of such methods of intercourse between man and God as were Moses and Gideon, Peter and John.
The faith that walks by signs is not by any means to be lightly esteemed. It has been allied with the highest nobility of character and with the most signal achievement. Moses accepted the leadership of his people in response to a succession of signs: e.g. the burning bush, the rod which became a serpent, the leprous hand, etc. (Ex 3$; 4$); so, too, did Gideon, who was not above making proof of God in the sign of the fleece of wool (Jud 6:36-40). In the training of the Twelve, Jesus did not disdain the use of signs (Lu 5:1-11, and often); and the visions by which Peter and Paul were led to the evangelization of the Gentiles were interpreted by them as signs of the divine purpose (Ac 10$; 16$).
The sacramental use of the sign dates from the earliest period, and the character of the sign is as diverse as the occasion. The rainbow furnishes radiant suggestion of God's overarching love and assurance that the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy the earth (Ge 9:13; compare Ge 4:15); the Feast of Unleavened Bread is a reminder of God's care in bringing His people out of bondage (Ex 13:3); the Sabbath is an oft-recurring proclamation of God's gracious thought for the well-being of man (Ex 31:13; Eze 20:12); the brazen serpent, an early foreshadowing of the cross, perpetuates the imperishable promise of forgiveness and redemption (Nu 21:9); circumcision is made the seal of the special covenant under which Israel became a people set apart (Ge 17:11); baptism, the Christian equivalent of circumcision, becomes the sign and seal of the dedicated life and the mark of those avowedly seeking to share in the blessedness of the Kingdom of God (Lu 3:12-14; Ac 2:41, and often); bread and wine, a symbol of the spiritual manna by which soul and body are preserved unto everlasting life, is the hallowed memorial of the Lord's death until His coming again (Lu 22:14-20; 1Co 11:23-28). Most common of all were the local altars and mounds consecrated in simple and sincere fashion to a belief in God's ruling and overruling providence (Jos 4:1-10).
Signs were offered in proof of the divine commission of prophet (Isa 20:3) and apostle (2Co 12:12), and of the Messiah Himself (Joh 20:30; Ac 2:22); and they were submitted in demonstration of the divine character of their message (2Ki 20:9; Isa 38:1; Ac 3:1-16). By anticipation the child to be born of a young woman (Isa 7:10-16; compare Lu 2:12) is to certify the prophet's pledge of a deliverer for a captive people.
See IMMANUEL.
With increase of faith the necessity for signs will gradually decrease. Jesus hints at this (Joh 4:48), as does also Paul (1Co 1:22). Nevertheless "signs," in the sense of displays of miraculous powers, are to accompany the faith of believers (Mr 16:17 f), usher in and forthwith characterize the dispensation of the Holy Spirit, and mark the consummation of the ages (Re 15:1).
See also MIRACLE.
For "sign" of a ship (parasemos, "ensign," Ac 28:11).
See DIOSCURI; SHIPS AND BOATS, III, 2.
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