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Lexicon :: Strong's G5420 - phrassō

Aa
φράσσω
Transliteration
phrassō (Key)
Pronunciation
fras'-so
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a strengthening form of the base of φρήν (G5424)
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Strong’s Definitions

φράσσω phrássō, fras'-so; apparently a strengthening form of the base of G5424; to fence or inclose, i.e. (specially), to block up (figuratively, to silence):—stop.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G5420 in the following manner: stop (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G5420 in the following manner: stop (3x).

  1. to fence in, block up, stop up, close up

  2. to put to silence

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
φράσσω phrássō, fras'-so; apparently a strengthening form of the base of G5424; to fence or inclose, i.e. (specially), to block up (figuratively, to silence):—stop.
STRONGS G5420:
φράσσω: 1 aorist ἔφραξα; passive, 2 aorist subjunctive 3 person singular φραγῇ; 2 future 3 person singular φραγήσεται (2 Corinthians 11:10 Rbez elz G L T Tr WH); ((allied with Latinfarcio, German Berg, English borough; cf. Vanicek, p. 614); from Homer down); to fence in, block up, stop up, close up (τά ὦτα τοῦ μή ἀκοῦσαι, Proverbs 21:13; τήν ὁδόν ἐν σκόλοψιν, Hosea 2:6; πηγήν, Proverbs 25:26; στόματα λεόντων, Hebrews 11:33): ἡ καύχησις αὕτη οὐ φραγήσεται, this glorying shall not be stopped, i. e. no one shall get from my conduct an argument to prove that it is empty, 2 Corinthians 11:10 (on the reading of Rec.st (σφραγίσεται) see σφραγίζω, at the beginning); tropically, to put to silence (A. V. stop): τό στόμα, Romans 3:19.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Proverbs
21:13; 25:26
Hosea
2:6
Romans
3:19
2 Corinthians
11:10; 11:10
Hebrews
11:33

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5420 matches the Greek φράσσω (phrassō),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Therefore, this is what I will do:

I will block her[fn] way with thorns;

I will enclose her with a wall,

so that she cannot find her paths.

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