to muzzle
Definition:
φιμόω, -ῶ (< φιμός, a muzzle), [in LXX: Deu.25:4 (חָסַם), Dan LXX Su 1:61, 4Ma.1:35 א R *;] to muzzle: 1Co.9:9, 1Ti.5:18 " (LXX); metaph, to put to silence: with accusative of person(s), Mat.22:34, 1Pe.2:15; pass, to be silenced, silent: Mat.22:12, Mrk.1:25 4:39, Luk.4:35. (AS)
Definition:
φῑμ-όω,
muzzle, οὐ φιμώσεις βοῦν ἀλοῶντα [
LXX];
shut up as with a muzzle, φ. τῷ ξύλῳ τὸν αὐχένα
to make fast his neck in the pillory, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
close, seal up, στόμα [ἄγγους] [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]:
metaphorically,
muzzle, put to silence, τινα [
NT]:—
passive,
to be put to silence, be silent, φιμώθητι, πεφίμωσο, [
NT+2nd c.AD+]; τινι
by or
because of a thing, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; φιμοῦσθαι πρός τι
to be mute in a matter,[
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
Definition:
to muzzle; muzzle; from (a muzzle);