ΑΠΟΦΡΑΞΑΙ, αποφραξαι
APOPHRAXAI, apophraxai
Sounds Like: ah-poh-PHRAX-ai
Translations: to stop, to block, to shut up, to close, to obstruct
From the root: ΑΠΟΦΡΑΣΣΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the aorist active infinitive form of the verb ἀποφράσσω (apophrassō). It means 'to stop,' 'to block,' 'to shut up,' or 'to close.' It describes the action of completely obstructing or silencing something or someone. For example, it could be used in a sentence like 'He sought to stop their mouths' or 'They tried to block the way.'
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G623 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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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
- ἈΠΟΦΡΑΤΤΩΝ — stopping up, blocking, obstructing, a stopper, a blocker
- 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
- 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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