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The term "stamped" in the context of the Bible often refers to the act of pressing down or imprinting something with force. This action can be both literal and metaphorical, appearing in various passages to convey different meanings, from physical destruction to the imprinting of divine authority.

Old Testament Usage

In the Old Testament, "stamped" is frequently used to describe acts of destruction or judgment. For example, in 2 Kings 23:15, we read about King Josiah's reforms: "He also broke down the altar at Bethel, the high place made by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to dust, and burned the Asherah pole as well." Here, the act of stamping is part of a broader effort to eradicate idolatry from the land, symbolizing the complete obliteration of false worship.

Similarly, in Daniel 7:7, the term is used in a prophetic vision: "After this, as I watched in the night visions, I saw a fourth beast—terrifying and dreadful and exceedingly strong. It had large iron teeth; it devoured and crushed, and it trampled underfoot whatever was left." The stamping here represents the overwhelming power and destructive force of a kingdom that opposes God's people.

New Testament Usage

In the New Testament, the concept of stamping is less frequent but can be seen in metaphorical contexts. For instance, in Romans 16:20, Paul writes, "The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you." The imagery of crushing or stamping underfoot signifies the ultimate victory of Christ over evil, a promise of hope and assurance for believers.

Symbolic and Theological Implications

The act of stamping in the Bible often carries symbolic weight, representing divine judgment, authority, and victory. It underscores the power of God to destroy evil and establish His righteousness. In prophetic literature, stamping is a vivid image of the finality and totality of God's judgment against sin and rebellion.

In a broader theological sense, stamping can also be seen as the imprint of God's authority and ownership over His creation. Just as a seal or stamp marks something as belonging to someone, God's actions in history and prophecy mark His sovereign rule over the world.

Cultural and Historical Context

In ancient Near Eastern cultures, stamping or trampling was a common metaphor for conquest and domination. Kings and rulers would often depict themselves as trampling their enemies underfoot in victory. This cultural backdrop enriches the biblical imagery, as it would have been a familiar concept to the original audience, emphasizing the might and supremacy of God over all earthly powers.

Conclusion

The concept of "stamped" in the Bible serves as a powerful reminder of God's authority and the ultimate triumph of His will. Whether through acts of judgment or promises of victory, the imagery of stamping underscores the certainty of God's plans and the assurance of His promises to His people.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(imp. & p. p.) of Stamp.

Greek

5481. charakter -- a tool for engraving
... From the same as charax; a graver (the tool or the person), ie (by implication)
engraving (("character"), the figure stamped, ie An exact copy or (figuratively ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5481.htm - 7k

Strong's Hebrew

1917. haddam -- a member, limb
... piece. (Aramaic) from a root corresponding to that of hadom; something stamped to
pieces, ie A bit -- piece. see HEBREW hadom. 1916, 1917. haddam. 1918 . ...
/hebrew/1917.htm - 6k

7554. raqa -- to beat, stamp, beat out, spread out
... root Definition to beat, stamp, beat out, spread out NASB Word Usage beaten (1),
hammered (2), plates (1), spread (3), spreading (1), stamp (1), stamped (2). ...
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7192. qesitah -- (unit of value), perhaps piece
... From an unused root (probably meaning to weigh out); an ingot (as definitely estimated
and stamped for a coin) -- piece of money (silver). 7191, 7192. ...
/hebrew/7192.htm - 6k

1869. darak -- to tread, march
... 1), archers* (1), bend (6), bends his bend (1), bent (6), come (1), guide (1), lead
(1), leads (2), led (2), march (1), set foot (2), shot (1), stamped firm (1 ...
/hebrew/1869.htm - 6k

Library

Blessed be that First Day of Thine, Lord, Wherewith this Day of ...
... Hymn III. Blessed be that first day of thine, Lord, wherewith this day of
Thy Feast is stamped! Blessed be that first day of thine ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn iii blessed be that.htm

After the Scripture.
... When God had created man, the lack was supplied: for that image was man,
upon whose being the Lord God had stamped His own image. ...
/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/viii after the scripture.htm

Sixth Tractate. Perception and Memory.
... on this hypothesis, define the external size of the object or perceive that it has
any " the magnitude of the sky, for instance, whose stamped imprint would ...
/.../plotinus/the six enneads/sixth tractate perception and memory.htm

Psalm IV.
... what good things are to be sought; answering their question, who say, "Who showeth
us good things?" "The light of Thy countenance," saith he, "is stamped on us ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm iv.htm

The Temples and the Gods of Chaldaea
... exclusive use of brick as a building material"Their city walls: the temples and
local gods; reconstruction of their history by means of the stamped bricks of ...
/.../chapter iithe temples and the.htm

The Tribute Money
... When He asked them for a smaller coin, they produced a Roman penny stamped with
the effigy of Caesar. Thus they confessed the use of the Roman currency. ...
/.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 12 13-17 the tribute money.htm

Whose Image and Superscription?
... Does not the parallelism require that we should suppose that the destiny of things
to be devoted to God is stamped upon them, whatever they are, at least as ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture e/whose image and superscription.htm

Seal and Earnest
... the spirit of sonship which meets His taking us as sons, the faith which clasps
the promise, the reception which welcomes bestowment, must be stamped upon the ...
/.../maclaren/romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/seal and earnest.htm

A Threefold Disease and a Twofold Cure.
... Our destination for God is as plainly stamped on heart, mind, will, practical powers,
as is the destination of such a creature deducible from its skeleton. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/a threefold disease and a.htm

Death is the Fate of all Such.
... For as there are two kinds of coins, the one of God, the other of the world, and
each of these has its special character stamped upon it, [so is it also here ...
/.../the epistle of ignatius to the magnesians/chapter v death is the fate.htm

Thesaurus

Stamped (27 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Stamp. Multi-Version Concordance
Stamped (27 Occurrences). Acts 4:25 and didst say through ...
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Stamp (25 Occurrences)
... 2. (vi) To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped
his foot with rage. ... 13. (n.) that which is marked; a thing stamped. 14. ...
/s/stamp.htm - 16k

Powder (14 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 9:21 I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burnt it with
fire, and stamped it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust ...
/p/powder.htm - 12k

Stamping (11 Occurrences)
... writing whatever seems good to you, in the king's name, and stamping it with the
king's ring: for a writing signed in the king's name and stamped with the ...
/s/stamping.htm - 10k

Grove (23 Occurrences)
... 23:6 And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem,
unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small ...
/g/grove.htm - 16k

Underfoot (14 Occurrences)
... behold, a fourth animal, awesome and powerful, and strong exceedingly; and it had
great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue ...
/u/underfoot.htm - 11k

Dreadful (23 Occurrences)
... and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it
had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue ...
/d/dreadful.htm - 13k

Dirty (9 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 34:18 Does it seem a small thing to you to have taken your food on good
grass-land while the rest of your grass-land is stamped down under your feet? ...
/d/dirty.htm - 9k

Michtam (12 Occurrences)
... a composition so precious as to be worthy to be engraven on a durable tablet for
preservation; or, as others render, "a psalm precious as stamped gold," from ...
/m/michtam.htm - 11k

Cross (157 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) A piece of money stamped with the figure of a cross, also, that side of
such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general. ...
/c/cross.htm - 50k

Resources

What is a michtam in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

What did Jesus mean when He said, “Render to Caesar what is Caesar's”? | GotQuestions.org

Summary of the Book of Psalms - Bible Survey | GotQuestions.org

Stamped: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Stamped (27 Occurrences)

Acts 4:25
and didst say through the Holy Spirit by the lips of our forefather David Thy servant, "'Why have the nations stamped and raged, and the peoples formed futile plans?
(WEY)

Revelation 13:16
And he causes all, small and great, rich and poor, free men and slaves, to have stamped upon them a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads,
(WEY)

Deuteronomy 9:21
I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust: and I cast its dust into the brook that descended out of the mountain.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS)

Judges 5:22
Then the horse hoofs stamped because of the prancings, the prancings of their strong ones.
(WEB)

2 Samuel 22:43
Then they were crushed as small as the dust of the earth, stamped down under my feet like the waste of the streets.
(BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV)

1 Kings 21:8
So she sent a letter in Ahab's name, stamped with his stamp, to the responsible men and the chiefs who were in authority with Naboth.
(BBE)

2 Kings 23:6
And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.
(KJV JPS DBY WBS)

2 Kings 23:15
Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.
(KJV JPS DBY WBS)

2 Chronicles 15:16
And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Esther 3:12
Then on the thirteenth day of the first month, the king's scribes were sent for, and they put in writing Haman's orders to all the king's captains and the rulers of every division of his kingdom and the chiefs of every people: for every division of the kingdom in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in the language which was theirs; it was signed in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with the king's ring.
(BBE)

Esther 8:8
So now send a letter about the Jews, writing whatever seems good to you, in the king's name, and stamping it with the king's ring: for a writing signed in the king's name and stamped with the king's ring may not be changed.
(BBE)

Esther 8:10
The letters were sent in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with his ring, and they were taken by men on horseback, going on the quick-running horses used for the king's business, the offspring of his best horses:
(BBE)

Isaiah 9:5
For all the armor of the armed man in the tumult, and the garments rolled in blood, shall be for burning, for fuel of fire.
(See JPS)

Isaiah 41:25
I have sent for one from the north, and from the dawn he has come; in my name he will get rulers together and go against them; they will be like dust, even as the wet earth is stamped on by the feet of the potter.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 32:11
So I took the paper witnessing the business, one copy rolled up and stamped, and one copy open:
(BBE)

Jeremiah 32:14
This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Take these papers, the witness of this business, the one which is rolled up and stamped, and the one which is open; and put them in a vessel of earth so that they may be kept for a long time.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 51:33
For these are the words of the Lord of armies, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a grain-floor when it is stamped down; before long, the time of her grain-cutting will come.
(BBE NAS)

Ezekiel 25:6
For thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because you have clapped your hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced with all the despite of your soul against the land of Israel;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 26:11
Your streets will be stamped down by the feet of his horses: he will put your people to the sword, and will send down the pillars of your strength to the earth.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 34:18
Does it seem a small thing to you to have taken your food on good grass-land while the rest of your grass-land is stamped down under your feet? and that after drinking from clear waters you make the rest of the waters dirty with your feet?
(BBE)

Ezekiel 34:19
And as for my sheep, their food is the grass which has been stamped on by your feet, and their drink the water which has been made dirty by your feet.
(BBE)

Daniel 6:17
Then they got a stone and put it over the mouth of the hole, and it was stamped with the king's stamp and with the stamp of the lords, so that the decision about Daniel might not be changed.
(BBE)

Daniel 7:7
After this I saw in the night visions, and, behold, a fourth animal, awesome and powerful, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet: and it was diverse from all the animals that were before it; and it had ten horns.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Daniel 7:19
Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth animal, which was diverse from all of them, exceedingly terrible, whose teeth were of iron, and its nails of brass; which devoured, broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Daniel 8:7
And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.
(KJV WBS)

Daniel 8:10
And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
(KJV WBS)

Daniel 9:24
Seventy weeks have been fixed for your people and your holy town, to let wrongdoing be complete and sin come to its full limit, and for the clearing away of evil-doing and the coming in of eternal righteousness: so that the vision and the word of the prophet may be stamped as true, and to put the holy oil on a most holy place.
(BBE)

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