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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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φιμόω

Strong’s: G5392

Associated OET lemmas: φιμόω

UBS dictionary entries sharing a lemma or Strong’s identifier: κημόω (G5392a)

Other spellings: φιμοῦμαι

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Sense 1: to muzzle, to keep from eating

Semantic entry: 44.6

Semantic domains: Animal Husbandry, Fishing

Definition: to put something over or around the mouths of animals so as to prevent them from eating

Notes: In some languages it may be necessary to employ some type of descriptive equivalent of ‘to muzzle,’ for example, ‘do not tie the mouth of the ox so that it cannot eat’ or ‘do not cover the mouth of the ox so that it cannot eat.’

Sense 2: to silence

Semantic entry: 33.123

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Keep Silent

Definition: to cause someone to have nothing to say

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: OET MAT 22:34

LUK: OET LUK 4:35

PE1: OET PE1 2:15

Sense 3: to stop making a sound, to become quiet

Semantic entry: 14.86

Semantic domains: Physical Events and States

Subdomains: Sound

Definition: to cause to cease to make a sound

Sense 4: to have nothing to say, to say nothing

Semantic entry: 33.122

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Keep Silent

Definition: to have nothing to say, with the implication of being prevented from speaking (compare φιμός ‘muzzle,’ not occurring in the NT)

Forms: φιμοῦμαι

Show passage in OET: MAT 22:12

OET-RV MAT 22:12

12 and demanded, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without the right clothes?’ But the man had nothing to say.

OET-LV MAT 22:12

12 and he_is_saying to_him:
Friend, how you_came_in here not having clothing of_wedding?
And he was_silenced.

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