Hebrew word · Strong's H226

אוֹת

ʼôwth · oth · noun · “sign, miracle”

In a sentence

Oth means sign — a marker God gives to teach, to remember, to warn. The rainbow, circumcision, the bronze serpent, and Jesus’ miracles are signs of God’s purposes.

Oth is a sign or token — something visible that points to something more. The Bible is full of them: the rainbow (covenant), circumcision (Abrahamic family), the Passover blood (deliverance), the bronze serpent (foreshadowing Christ).

A sign is meant to lead the eye beyond itself to God’s saving work. John’s Gospel uses the same idea for Jesus’ miracles — sēmeia (signs) pointing past the wonder to the Son.

Strong's reference

Definition: a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.

KJV usage: mark, miracle, (en-) sign, token.

Reference gloss from Strong's Concordance (1890, public domain).

Key verses BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

Genesis 9:13 “I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.” Numbers 21:9 “So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. If anyone who was bitten looked at the bronze snake, he would live.” John 20:30 “Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book.”

Original BibleDawn word study. Original-language data and the public-domain Strong's (1890) gloss are referenced; see sources.