φράσσω: 1 aor. ἔφραξα; Pass., 2 aor. subj. 3 pers. sing. φραγῇ; 2 fut. 3 pers. sing. φραγήσεται (2 Co. xi. 10 Rezelz GLT Tr WH); [(allied w. Lat. farcio, Germ. Berg, Eng. borough; cf. Vaniéek p. 614); fr. Hom. down]; to fence in, block up, stop up, close up, (τὰ ὦτα τοῦ μὴ ἀκοῦσαι, Prov. xxi. 13; τὴν ὁδὸν ἐν σκόλοψιν, Hos. ii. 6; πηγήν, Prov. xxv. 26; στόματα λεόντων, Heb. xi. 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 Co. xi. 10 [on the reading of Rec." (σφραγίσεται) see σφραγίζω, init. ]; trop. to put to silence, [A. V. stop]: τὸ στόμα, Ro. iii. 19.

φράσσω phrassō 3x

to fence in; by impl. to obstruct, stop, close up, Heb. 11:33; met. to silence, put to silence, Rom. 3:19; 2 Cor. 11:10*

φράσσω

[in LXX: Jb 38:8 (סָכַךְ hi.), Ho 2:6(8) (שׂוּךְ), Pr 21:13 (אָטַם), etc. ;]

to fence in, stop, close: στόματα λεόντων, He 11:33; στόμα, metaph., Ro 3:19; pass., καύχησις, II Co 11:10.†

φράσσω, “* fence in” is used metaph. in Rom 315, 2 Cor 1119, For the lit. sense οἷ. P Oxy I. 69! (A.D. 190) a complaint of a robbery—6vupl(Sa συμ]πεφρεγμένην πλίνθοις φέρουσαν εἰς δημοσίαν ῥύμην ἀνατρέψαντας, “Ὑ {πεν broke down a door that led into the public street and had been blocked up with bricks” (Edd.), and from the inscrr. Sy// 531 (=* 963)" (iv/B.C.) φράξει τὰ ἐφ᾽ ὁδοῦ τειχία ἅπαντα kal πεφρ[α]γμίέν]α [κα]ταλείψει ἀπιών : cf. Heb τι,

φράσσω (phrassō) — to stop. φράσσω, Attic dialect φράττω [Refs 5th c.BC+]future φράξω [Refs]aorist ἔφραξα, Epic dialect φράξα [Refs 8th c.BC+], Attic dialect infinitive φάρξαι [Refs]participle δια-φάρξας[Refs]: perfect πέφρᾰκα [Refs 8th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐμ-πεφράκεσαν [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—middle, see at {φράγνυμι}; future φράξομαι (ἐμ-) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]aorist ἐφραξάμην, Epic dialect φρ- [Refs 8th c.BC+] —passive, future φραχθήσομαι [NT+2nd c.AD+]: aorist 1 ἐφράχθην [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist 2 ἐφράγην [ᾰ], subjunctive φρᾰγῇ [NT], participle φρᾰγείς [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: perfect πέφραγμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐπεφράγμην [Refs 2nd c.AD+], 3rd.pers. singular ἐπέφρακτο [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist active, passive, and middle The Attic dialect spellings πεφαργμένος and ἐφάρξαντο[Refs] by nature, for it does not become η in Ionic dialect]:— fence in, hedge round, hence with collateral notion of defence, secure, fortify, ῥινοῖσι βοῶν φράξαντες ἐπάλξεις having fenced the battlements with shields, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; φράξε δέ μιν [τὴν σχεδίην] ῥίπεσσι he fenced it with mats, to keep out the water, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔρνεσι φ. χεῖρα fill them full with wreaths of victory, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, φράξαντο δὲ νῆας ἕρκεϊ χαλκείῳ they fencedin their ships, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but ἐφράξαντο τὸ τεῖχος they strengthened it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, strengthen one's fortifications, [Refs 5th c.BC+]in battle-array, [Refs] —passive, φραχθέντες σάκεσιν fenced with shields, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the Nile, to be embanked, [Refs]fortified, prepared for defence, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a person, armed, ἀσπιδίτης καὶ πεφρ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] having the defence of hope, conjecture in [Refs]

II. put up as a fence, φράξαντες δόρυ δουρί, σάκος σάκεϊ joining spear close to spear, shield to shield, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; φράξαντες τὰ γέρρα having put up the shields as a close, thick fence, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle πάγας ὑπερκότους ἐφραξάμεσθα conjecture in [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.2. σχάσασαι τὴν οὐρὰν καὶ φ., of dogs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. stop up, block, τὴν ὁδόν [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, ὑπὸ ῥευμάτων φραχθείς [ὁ πλεύμων] [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.2. metaphorically, bar, stop, τὸ ἡγεμονικόν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, ἵνα πᾶν στόμα φραγῇ [NT]