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Lexicon :: Strong's H331 - 'āṭam

Aa
אָטַם
Transliteration
'āṭam
Pronunciation
aw-tam'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 73

Strong’s Definitions

אָטַם ʼâṭam, aw-tam'; a primitive root; to close (the lips or ears); by analology to contract (a window by bevelled jambs):—narrow, shut, stop.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H331 in the following manner: narrow (4x), stoppeth (3x), shutteth (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H331 in the following manner: narrow (4x), stoppeth (3x), shutteth (1x).

  1. to shut, shut up, close

    1. (Qal) to shut, stop (of lips)

    2. (Hiphil) of the wicked stopping their ears (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָטַם ʼâṭam, aw-tam'; a primitive root; to close (the lips or ears); by analology to contract (a window by bevelled jambs):—narrow, shut, stop.
STRONGS H331: Abbreviations
† [אטם] verb shut, shut up (Mishna אטם, compare אוֺטֶם stoppage, Aramaic אֲטַם; Arabic أَطَمَ contract, stop, أُطُمً fortress; Assyrian aṭamu, in list of headgear, etc. = turban? DlW, No. 155) —
Qal Participle active אֹטֵם Proverbs 17:28 + 2 times; passive אֲטֻמִים 1 Kings 6:4; אֲטֻמוֺת Ezekiel 40:16 + 2 times; — shut, stop, object lips Proverbs 17:28; ears Proverbs 21:13; Isaiah 33:15; passive = closed (i.e. narrowed, narrowing, compare Syriac Version in Co) חַלּוֺנוֺת א׳ Ezekiel 40:16; Ezekiel 41:16, 26; compare חַלּוֺנֵי שְׁקֻפִים אֲטֻמִים 1 Kings 6:4.
Hiph. Imperfect id quod Qal יַאְטֵם Psalm 58:5 (jussive with sense of indicative, compare Dr§ 173 obs.) of adder, stopping ears, simile of wicked.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

6:4; 6:4

Psalms

58:5

Proverbs

17:28; 17:28; 21:13

Isaiah

33:15

Ezekiel

40:16; 40:16; 41:16; 41:26

H331

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H331 matches the Hebrew אָטַם ('āṭam),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:4 - And for the house he made windows, with network across.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:4 - Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:28 - Even the foolish man, when he keeps quiet, is taken to be wise: when his lips are shut he is credited with good sense.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:13 - He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:15 - He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:16 - And the rooms and their uprights had sloping windows inside the doorway all round, and in the same way the covered way had windows all round on the inside: and on every upright there were palm-trees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:16 - And the sloping windows and the covered ways round all three of them were of shakiph-wood all round from the level of the earth up to the windows;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:26 - And there were sloping windows and palm-trees on one side and on the other, on the sides of the covered way: and the side-rooms of the house and the ...
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