Strong G1993ἐπιστομίζω
to silence
- Transliteration
- epistomizō
- Pronunciation
- ep-ee-stom-id'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐπι-στομίζω
(στόμα),
to bridle; metaphorically, to stop the mouth, to silence: Tit.1:11.†
(AS)
(στόμα),
to bridle; metaphorically, to stop the mouth, to silence: Tit.1:11.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1993 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- mouth1
- stop1
First verses
- Titus 1:11Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐπιστομ-ίζω,
Attic dialect future -ῐῶ[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 7.33)]: (στόμα):—bridle, curb, ἵππον conjecture in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.85)]; [δελφῖνας] [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 2.18)]: metaphorically, curb, bridle, τοὺς ἐχθρούς [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 845, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 7.33, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.110, NT.Tit.1.11; τὴν Ἰουδαίων νεωτεροποιίαν 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 17.10.1)]; silence a speaker, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 2.30, compare 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.191; οἷον ἐ. καὶ χαλινοῦντες τὸ φιλόφωνον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.967b)]:—passive, ἐπεστομίσθη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 482e.)]
II. of flute-players, ἐ. ἑαυτὸν φορβειᾷ καὶ αὐλοῖς put on the mouthpiece and flutes, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.713d)]; but ὁ αὐλὸς ἐ. [Refs ([prev. author] Alcaeus2)]: hence, gag, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.” “Cond.” 7.)]
III. throw on his face, τινά [Refs ([prev. author] “Pr.Im.” 10, “Cal.” 12.)]
Attic dialect future -ῐῶ[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 7.33)]: (στόμα):—bridle, curb, ἵππον conjecture in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.85)]; [δελφῖνας] [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 2.18)]: metaphorically, curb, bridle, τοὺς ἐχθρούς [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 845, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 7.33, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.110, NT.Tit.1.11; τὴν Ἰουδαίων νεωτεροποιίαν 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 17.10.1)]; silence a speaker, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 2.30, compare 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.191; οἷον ἐ. καὶ χαλινοῦντες τὸ φιλόφωνον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.967b)]:—passive, ἐπεστομίσθη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 482e.)]
II. of flute-players, ἐ. ἑαυτὸν φορβειᾷ καὶ αὐλοῖς put on the mouthpiece and flutes, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.713d)]; but ὁ αὐλὸς ἐ. [Refs ([prev. author] Alcaeus2)]: hence, gag, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.” “Cond.” 7.)]
III. throw on his face, τινά [Refs ([prev. author] “Pr.Im.” 10, “Cal.” 12.)]