Mark On The Person
Mark On The Person
(in this sense , tav, Eze 9:4; Eze 9:6; , Revelation 13 sq.), a brand or other character fixed upon the forehead (q.v.), hand, etc., usually of slaves, for the purpose of identifying them. SEE SLAVE.
In the case of Cain (Gen 4:15), a special token (, sign, as elsewhere rendered) was assigned him in assurance of safety. SEE CAIN.