ἈΠΟΦΡΑΤΤΩΝ, ἀποφραττων
APOPHRATTŌN, apophrattōn
Sounds Like: ah-poh-PHRAT-tohn
Translations: stopping up, blocking, obstructing, a stopper, a blocker
From the root: ΑΠΟΦΡΑΣΣΩ
Part of Speech: Participle, Verb
Explanation: This word is a present active participle derived from the verb ἀποφράσσω (apophrassō). It means 'stopping up,' 'blocking,' or 'obstructing.' It is often used to describe the action of closing off a passage, mouth, or any opening, thereby preventing something from passing through or being heard. As a participle, it can function like an adjective, describing a noun, or like an adverb, modifying a verb, indicating an ongoing action.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
Strong’s number: G0623 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 5:15
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΠΟΦΡΑΣΣΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΠΕΦΡΑΓΗ — was stopped, was blocked, was shut, was closed
- ἈΠΕΦΡΑΓΝΥΣΑΝ — they blocked up, they stopped up, they closed up, they shut off
- ἈΠΕΦΡΑΞΑΝ — they blocked, they stopped up, they obstructed, they closed off
- ἈΠΕΦΡΑΞΕΝ — stopped up, blocked, closed, shut off
- ΑΠΕΦΡΑΓΗ — was stopped, was shut, was closed, was blocked, was obstructed
- ΑΠΟΦΡΑΓΗ — be stopped, be blocked, be shut up, be closed, be hindered, be prevented
- ΑΠΟΦΡΑΓΗΝΑΙ — to stop, to block, to obstruct, to shut up, to close up
- ΑΠΟΦΡΑΓΗΤΑΙ — be stopped, be shut up, be blocked, be closed, be hindered, be prevented
- ΑΠΟΦΡΑΞΑΙ — to stop, to block, to shut up, to close, to obstruct
- ΑΠΟΦΡΑΞΕΙΝ — to stop, to obstruct, to block up, to close, to shut off
- ΑΠΟΦΡΑΣΣΩ — to stop, to close, to shut up, to obstruct
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