Original: φιμόω

Transliteration: phimóō

Phonetic: fee-mo'-o

Short Definition: Muzzle

- Original: φιμόω

- Transliteration: Phimoo

- Phonetic: fee-mo'-o

- Definition:

1. to close the mouth with a muzzle, to muzzle

2. metaph.

a. to stop the mouth, make speechless, reduce to silence

b. to become speechless

3. to be kept in check

- Origin: from phimos (a muzzle)

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: From φιμός phimos (a muzzle); to muzzle: - muzzle.