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tō´k'n (×ות, 'oÌ„th, usually rendered “sign†(on ff see the comms.)): “Sign†and “token†are virtually synonymous words and in the King James Version are used with little or no distinction (in Ex 13, compare and ). If there is any difference, “token†is perhaps more concrete and palpable than “sign,†but this difference cannot be stressed. The modern use of “token,†however, as a “memorial of something past†found in ; . the Revised Version (British and American) has substituted sign in ; ; , and the American Standard Revised Version has “evidence†in (a needlessly prosaic change). The four New Testament examples, ; ; ; (each for a different Greek word) are self-explanatory. See SIGN.