φράσσω (frάssō) — to cause to cease / to stop / to silence

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: φράσσω; aor.pass.subj.; φραγῶ; φράσσω; fut.pass.; φραγήσομαι

Related lemmas: φραγμός

Sense 1: to cause to cease, to stop

Semantic entry: 68.45

Semantic domains: Aspect

Subdomains: Cease, Stop

Definition: to cause something to cease (used with special reference to speech)

Show passage in OET: CO2 11:10

OET-RV CO2 11:10

10 The messiah’s truth is in me such that my boasting in the regions of Akaia won’t be stopped.

OET-LV CO2 11:10

10 Is the_truth of_chosen _one /messiah in me, that the boasting this not will _be _being _stopped in me in the regions of_ the _Aⱪaia.

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Sense 2: to silence, to remove any reason to speak

Semantic entry: 33.125

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Keep Silent

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to block the mouth) to cause someone not to have anything to say

Collocations: στόμα φράσσω

Show passage in OET: ROM 3:19

OET-RV ROM 3:19

19 We know that whatever the law says, it’s for everyone that the law applies to, so that no one can speak against it, and the whole world will be bound by God’s judgement.

OET-LV ROM 3:19

19 And we _have _known that as _much _as the law is _saying, to _the ones in the law it _is _speaking, in _order _that every mouth may _be _shut, and under _judgement may _become all the world to_ the _god.

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Sense 3: to stop the mouth of, to keep from harming

Semantic entry: 20.30

Semantic domains: Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill

Subdomains: Harm, Wound

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to shut the mouth) to prevent harm or injury being done (in the one context in the NT, OET HEB 11:33, a reference to lions)

Notes: The particular historical reference of this phrase in OET HEB 11:33 is not clear. In the account in OET DAN 6:21 it is the angel of God which shut the mouths of the lions.

Collocations: φράσσω στόμα

Show passage in OET: HEB 11:33

OET-RV HEB 11:33

33 who by faith conquered kingdoms, acted righteously, obtained promises, shut lion’s mouths,

OET-LV HEB 11:33

33 who by faith conquered kingdoms, did righteousness, obtained by _promises, shut the_mouths of _lions,

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

φράσσω

Form 1

Sense 1: to cause to cease, to stop

Sense 2: to silence, to remove any reason to speak

Sense 3: to stop the mouth of, to keep from harming