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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - ἐπιστομίζω
ἐπιστομίζω
G1993
Transliteration: epistomízō
Pronunciation: ep-ee-stom-id'-zo
Definition: stop mouths
- Original: ἐπιστομίζω - Transliteration: Epistomizo - Phonetic: ep-ee-stom-id'-zo
- Definition:
1. to bridle or stop up the mouth
2. metaph. to stop the mouth, reduce to silence
- Origin: from G1909" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1909 and G4750" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4750 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G1909" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1909 and G4750" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4750; to put something over the mouth that is (figuratively) to silence: - stop mouths.