signet ring
Noun
Meaning
a ring bearing a signet
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A signet ring featuring a family crest of the Zechariah Seal variety.
Alexander saw Darius’s dead body in the wagon, and took the signet ring off the dead king’s finger.
And they sought after pure olive oil to light the lamps therewith, but could not find any, except one bowl that was sealed with the signet ring of the High Priest from the days of Samuel the prophet and they knew that it was pure.
Eder (2005), 25. Eck (2003), 56. Augustus prepared to hand down his signet ring to his favored general Agrippa.
In the Book of Haggai, God refers to Zerubbabel as "my servant" as King David was, and says he will make him as a "signet ring," as King Jehoiachin was (Haggai 2:23; cf. Jer 22:24).
The signet ring symbolized a ring worn on the hand of Yahweh, showing that a king held divine favour.