Strong's Definition
feminine active participle of 2856; a seal
KJV Usage: signet
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חֹתֶ֫מֶת (cho.te.met) — ring. signet ring, signet seal
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · חתם
Jewellery
seal, signet = engraved object; ◄ made out of metal; ► used to make a mark denoting ownership, approval, or closure of something (normally done by pressing into clay or heated wax and usually attached to a document or letter); sometimes worn on a chain around the neck, or in the form of a ring on one's hand; ≈ regarded as valuable and associated with exclusivity
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חֹתֶ֫מֶת n.f. signet-ring—only Gn 38:25 ref
