Lexicon phrassó: to fence in, to stop Original Word: φράσσωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: phrassó Phonetic Spelling: (fras'-so) Short Definition: I stop, close up Definition: I stop, close up, obstruct. HELPS word-Studies 5420 phrássō – properly, fence in, enclose; (figuratively) to stop, blocking something off so it can not spread ("get out-of-hand"). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom a root phrag- Definitionto fence in, to stop NASB Translationclosed (1), shut (1), stopped (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 5420: φράσσωφράσσω: 1 aorist ἔφραξα; passive, 2 aorist subjunctive 3 person singular φραγῇ; 2 future 3 person singular φραγήσεται ( 2 Corinthians 11:10 Rbez elz G L T Tr WH); ((allied with Latin farcio, German Berg, English borough; cf. Vanicek, p. 614); from Homer down); to fence in, block up, stop up, close up ( τά ὦτα τοῦ μή ἀκοῦσαι, Proverbs 21:13; τήν ὁδόν ἐν σκόλοψιν, Hosea 2:6; πηγήν, Proverbs 25:26; στόματα λεόντων, Hebrews 11:33): ἡ καύχησις αὕτη οὐ φραγήσεται, this glorying shall not be stopped, i. e. no one shall get from my conduct an argument to prove that it is empty, 2 Corinthians 11:10 (on the reading of Rec.st ( σφραγίσεται) see σφραγίζω, at the beginning); tropically, to put to silence ( A. V. stop): τό στόμα, Romans 3:19.
Strong's stop. Apparently a strengthening form of the base of phren; to fence or inclose, i.e. (specially), to block up (figuratively, to silence) -- stop. see GREEK phren |
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