Strong's Greek · G1993
G1993 epistomízō
ἐπιστομίζω
ep-ee-stom-id'-zo
to silence
Looking for Hebrew H1993 hâmâh? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G1993. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
epistomízō appears once in Scripture, in Titus 1:11. In the Doxa app, open that verse, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to put something over the mouth, i.e. (figuratively) to silence
In the King James Version
stop mouths
Derivation
Appears 1 time in Scripture
“who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
