Strong G5420φράσσω
to stop
- Transliteration
- phrassō
- Pronunciation
- fras'-so
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Apparently a strengthened form of the base of G5424; to fence or inclose that is (specifically) to block up (figuratively to silence): - stop.
Detailed definition
φράσσω
[in LXX: Job.38:8 (סָכַךְ hi.), Hos.2:6(8) (שׂוּךְ), Pro.21:13 (אָטַם), etc.;]
to fence in, stop, close: στόματα λεόντων, Heb.11:33; στόμα, metaphorically, Rom.3:19; pass., καύχησις, 2Co.11:10.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Job.38:8 (סָכַךְ hi.), Hos.2:6(8) (שׂוּךְ), Pro.21:13 (אָטַם), etc.;]
to fence in, stop, close: στόματα λεόντων, Heb.11:33; στόμα, metaphorically, Rom.3:19; pass., καύχησις, 2Co.11:10.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5420 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- stop2
First verses
- Romans 3:19Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
- Hebrews 11:33Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
φράσσω,
Attic dialect φράττω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 2.9, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.17, +others:)]future φράξω [Refs ((δια-) “IG” 22.1668.63, etc.:)]aorist ἔφραξα, Epic dialect φράξα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.263, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.256, etc.)], Attic dialect infinitive φάρξαι [Refs (“IG” 12.371.20,)]participle δια-φάρξας[Refs ([prev. work] 373.251)]: perfect πέφρᾰκα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.350, later πέφρᾰγα (περι-) Scholia 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 298)]: pluperfect ἐμ-πεφράκεσαν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 12.8.5)]:—middle, see at {φράγνυμι}; future φράξομαι (ἐμ-) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 19:)]aorist ἐφραξάμην, Epic dialect φρ- [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.566:)] —passive, future φραχθήσομαι [NT+2nd c.AD+ ((ἐμ-) 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 5.616; φρᾰγήσομαι NT.2Cor.11.10)]: aorist 1 ἐφράχθην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.268, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 84d:)]aorist 2 ἐφράγην [ᾰ], subjunctive φρᾰγῇ [NT (NT.Rom.3.19)], participle φρᾰγείς [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “(Spiritalia) Pneumatica” 1.19)]: perfect πέφραγμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 733, etc.)]: pluperfect ἐπεφράγμην [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Sat.” 11)], 3rd.pers. singular ἐπέφρακτο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.142:— 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus uses no tense but)]aorist active, passive, and middle The Attic dialect spellings πεφαργμένος and ἐφάρξαντο[Refs (are given by Hdn.Gr. 2.384, compare “IG” 12.[same places], and see at {φαρκτός}, ναύφαρκτος. [ᾰ)] by nature, for it does not become η in Ionic dialect]:— fence in, hedge round, hence with collateral notion of defence, secure, fortify, ῥινοῖσι βοῶν φράξαντες ἐπάλξεις having fenced the battlements with shields, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.263)]; φράξε δέ μιν [τὴν σχεδίην] ῥίπεσσι he fenced it with mats, to keep out the water, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.256; ἀρκύστατ᾽ ἂν φράξειεν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1376; φ. δέμας ὅπλοισι [prev. author] “Pers.” 456)]; ἔρνεσι φ. χεῖρα fill them full with wreaths of victory, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 1.66:)] —middle, φράξαντο δὲ νῆας ἕρκεϊ χαλκείῳ they fencedin their ships, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.566, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 63; φραξάμενοι τὴν ἀκρόπολιν θύρῃσι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.51; πύλας.. ἐφραξάμεσθα προστάταις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 798)]; but ἐφράξαντο τὸ τεῖχος they strengthened it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.70)]: absolutely, strengthen one's fortifications, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.35; φ. πρὸς τὰς διαβάσεις 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 23; φραξάμενοι)]in battle-array, [Refs (Batrachomyomachia 166:)] —passive, φραχθέντες σάκεσιν fenced with shields, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.268, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 826, etc.; ἡ ἀκρόπολις ῥηχῷ ἐπέφρακτο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.142)]; of the Nile, to be embanked, [Refs ([prev. author] 2.99: _absolutely_, πεφραγμένοι)]fortified, prepared for defence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 5.34, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.82)]; of a person, armed, ἀσπιδίτης καὶ πεφρ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 426: _metaphorically_, ἐλπίδος πεφραγμένος)] having the defence of hope, conjecture in [Refs ([prev. author] “Ant.” 235 (codex Laur, πεπραγμένος, cett. and Scholia δεδραγμένος).)]
II put up as a fence, φράξαντες δόρυ δουρί, σάκος σάκεϊ joining spear close to spear, shield to shield, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.130)]; φράξαντες τὰ γέρρα having put up the shields as a close, thick fence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.61:)] —middle πάγας ὑπερκότους ἐφραξάμεσθα conjecture in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 823.)]
II.2 σχάσασαι τὴν οὐρὰν καὶ φ., of dogs, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 3.5.)]
III stop up, block, τὴν ὁδόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.7; τοὺς ἔσπλους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.13; τὰ παρασκήνια 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.17:)] —passive, ὑπὸ ῥευμάτων φραχθείς [ὁ πλεύμων] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus [same place]; πεφραγμένων τῶν πόρων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 935b14.)]
III.2 metaphorically, bar, stop, τὸ ἡγεμονικόν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 4.157d)]:—passive, ἵνα πᾶν στόμα φραγῇ [NT (NT.Rom.3.19; ἡ καύχησις αὕτη οὐ φραγήσεται εἰς ἐμέ NT.2Cor.11.10.)]
Attic dialect φράττω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 2.9, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.17, +others:)]future φράξω [Refs ((δια-) “IG” 22.1668.63, etc.:)]aorist ἔφραξα, Epic dialect φράξα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.263, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.256, etc.)], Attic dialect infinitive φάρξαι [Refs (“IG” 12.371.20,)]participle δια-φάρξας[Refs ([prev. work] 373.251)]: perfect πέφρᾰκα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.350, later πέφρᾰγα (περι-) Scholia 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 298)]: pluperfect ἐμ-πεφράκεσαν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 12.8.5)]:—middle, see at {φράγνυμι}; future φράξομαι (ἐμ-) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 19:)]aorist ἐφραξάμην, Epic dialect φρ- [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.566:)] —passive, future φραχθήσομαι [NT+2nd c.AD+ ((ἐμ-) 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 5.616; φρᾰγήσομαι NT.2Cor.11.10)]: aorist 1 ἐφράχθην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.268, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 84d:)]aorist 2 ἐφράγην [ᾰ], subjunctive φρᾰγῇ [NT (NT.Rom.3.19)], participle φρᾰγείς [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “(Spiritalia) Pneumatica” 1.19)]: perfect πέφραγμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 733, etc.)]: pluperfect ἐπεφράγμην [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Sat.” 11)], 3rd.pers. singular ἐπέφρακτο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.142:— 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus uses no tense but)]aorist active, passive, and middle The Attic dialect spellings πεφαργμένος and ἐφάρξαντο[Refs (are given by Hdn.Gr. 2.384, compare “IG” 12.[same places], and see at {φαρκτός}, ναύφαρκτος. [ᾰ)] by nature, for it does not become η in Ionic dialect]:— fence in, hedge round, hence with collateral notion of defence, secure, fortify, ῥινοῖσι βοῶν φράξαντες ἐπάλξεις having fenced the battlements with shields, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.263)]; φράξε δέ μιν [τὴν σχεδίην] ῥίπεσσι he fenced it with mats, to keep out the water, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.256; ἀρκύστατ᾽ ἂν φράξειεν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1376; φ. δέμας ὅπλοισι [prev. author] “Pers.” 456)]; ἔρνεσι φ. χεῖρα fill them full with wreaths of victory, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 1.66:)] —middle, φράξαντο δὲ νῆας ἕρκεϊ χαλκείῳ they fencedin their ships, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.566, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 63; φραξάμενοι τὴν ἀκρόπολιν θύρῃσι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.51; πύλας.. ἐφραξάμεσθα προστάταις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 798)]; but ἐφράξαντο τὸ τεῖχος they strengthened it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.70)]: absolutely, strengthen one's fortifications, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.35; φ. πρὸς τὰς διαβάσεις 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 23; φραξάμενοι)]in battle-array, [Refs (Batrachomyomachia 166:)] —passive, φραχθέντες σάκεσιν fenced with shields, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.268, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 826, etc.; ἡ ἀκρόπολις ῥηχῷ ἐπέφρακτο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.142)]; of the Nile, to be embanked, [Refs ([prev. author] 2.99: _absolutely_, πεφραγμένοι)]fortified, prepared for defence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 5.34, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.82)]; of a person, armed, ἀσπιδίτης καὶ πεφρ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 426: _metaphorically_, ἐλπίδος πεφραγμένος)] having the defence of hope, conjecture in [Refs ([prev. author] “Ant.” 235 (codex Laur, πεπραγμένος, cett. and Scholia δεδραγμένος).)]
II put up as a fence, φράξαντες δόρυ δουρί, σάκος σάκεϊ joining spear close to spear, shield to shield, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.130)]; φράξαντες τὰ γέρρα having put up the shields as a close, thick fence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.61:)] —middle πάγας ὑπερκότους ἐφραξάμεσθα conjecture in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 823.)]
II.2 σχάσασαι τὴν οὐρὰν καὶ φ., of dogs, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 3.5.)]
III stop up, block, τὴν ὁδόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.7; τοὺς ἔσπλους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.13; τὰ παρασκήνια 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.17:)] —passive, ὑπὸ ῥευμάτων φραχθείς [ὁ πλεύμων] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus [same place]; πεφραγμένων τῶν πόρων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 935b14.)]
III.2 metaphorically, bar, stop, τὸ ἡγεμονικόν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 4.157d)]:—passive, ἵνα πᾶν στόμα φραγῇ [NT (NT.Rom.3.19; ἡ καύχησις αὕτη οὐ φραγήσεται εἰς ἐμέ NT.2Cor.11.10.)]