Quick Definition
to muzzle
Strong's Definition
to muzzle; by analogy, to stop the nose
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: muzzle, stop.
TWOT Reference: 702
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) (Qal) to stop up, muzzle
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חָסַם (cha.sam) — to muzzle. (Qal) to stop up, muzzle
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מַחְסֹום
Unable | verb qal
to muzzle = causative action by which humans place a guard, made of rope or leather strips formed into a loose mesh, over or around the mouth of an animal to prevent it from biting or eating
Unable | verb qal
to block the way = causative action by which an obstacle prevents people from passing
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[חָסַם] vb. stop up, muzzle base