Quick Definition
ἐπιστομίζω v. I muzzle, silence
Strong's Definition
from 1909 and 4750; to put something over the mouth, i.e. (figuratively) to silence
KJV Usage: stop mouths
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | στομόω (stop the mouth) · στόμα
33.124 · Communication · Keep Silent
to silence, to keep someone from speaking to cause someone to stop talking
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπι-στομίζω ; (στόμα) ; prop. to bridle or stop up the mouth; metaph. to stop the mouth, reduce to silence: Tit. i. 11. (Plato, Gorg. p. 482e.; Dem. 85, 4; often in Plut. and Leian.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπιστομίζω epistomizō 1x
to apply a curb or muzzle; met. to put to silence, Tit. 1:11*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἐπι-στομίζω
(< στόμα),
to bridle; metaph., to stop the mouth, to silence: Tit 1:11.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπιστομίζω. To the exx. of this rare verb (Tit 111), we may add Philostr. Ofera ii. p. 122° (ed. Kayser) ἐπεστόμιζεν αὐτόν, and 74. p. 37074. Cf. also the use of ἐνστομίζω in the magical papyrus P Par 5747274.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐπιστομίζω (epistomizō) — to silence. ἐπιστομ-ίζω, Attic dialect future -ῐῶ[Refs 4th c.BC+]: (στόμα):—bridle, curb, ἵππον conjecture in [Refs 1st c.AD+]; [δελφῖνας] [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: metaphorically, curb, bridle, τοὺς ἐχθρούς [NT+5th c.BC+]; silence a speaker, [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, ἐπεστομίσθη [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. of flute-players, ἐ. ἑαυτὸν φορβειᾷ καὶ αὐλοῖς put on the mouthpiece and flutes, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; but ὁ αὐλὸς ἐ. [Refs]: hence, gag, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III. throw on his face, τινά [Refs]