φράσσω
phrássō · G5420 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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to cause to cease, to stop
To cause something to cease (used with special reference to speech)
Examples2 Corinthians 11:10 As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia.
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to silence, to remove any reason to speak
(An idiom, literally: to block the mouth) To cause someone not to have anything to say
ExamplesRomans 3:19 Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God;
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to stop the mouth of, to keep from harming
(An idiom, literally: to shut the mouth) To prevent harm or injury being done (in the one context in the NT, Hebrews 11:33, a reference to lions)
ExamplesHebrews 11:33 who by faith conquered kingdoms, performed acts of righteousness, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions,
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- καύχησιςboasting, pride 1
- στόμαmouth 1
- Not stated: they 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- στόμαmouth 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- εἰςto+ ἐγώI, we 1
- ἐνin+ κλίμαregion 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- οὐnot 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- λαλέωto speak 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 3 entries
- To stop the mouth of, to keep from harming20.30
- Hebrews 11:33 says that by faith the saints “shut the mouths of lions”.
- To silence, to remove any reason to speak33.125
- Romans 3:19 says the Law speaks to those under it, “so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God”.
- To cause to cease, to stop68.45
- 2 Corinthians 11:10 has Paul declare, “this boasting of mine will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia”.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 1 aorist ἔφραξα; passive, 2 aorist subjunctive 3 person singular φραγῇ; 2 future 3…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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