SEAL
commonly a ring engraved with some device (Gen. 38:18, Gen. 38: 25). Jezebel "wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal" (1-Kings 21:8). Seals are frequently mentioned in Jewish history (Deut. 32:34; Neh. 9:38;10:1; Esther 3:12; 8:6; Isa. 8:16; Jer. 22:24;32:44, 32: etc.). Sealing a document was equivalent to the signature of the owner of the seal. "The use of a signet-ring by th......