2001 Translation

EMPHRAXEI, emphraxei

Sounds Like: em-FRAX-ee

Translations: will stop, will close, will block, will shut, will silence

From the root: ΕΜΦΡΑϹϹΩ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This word means to stop, close, or block something, often implying a forceful or complete cessation. It can be used to describe physically blocking an opening or metaphorically silencing someone or something, as in stopping a mouth or an argument. It is the future active indicative form of the verb.

Inflection: Third Person Singular, Future, Active, Indicative

Strong’s number: G1727 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Psalms — 106:42

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΜΦΡΑϹϹΩ.

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.

• ΕΜΦΡΑΞ — will stop, will close, will shut, will block, will silence
• ΕΝΕΦΡΑΓΗ — was stopped, was closed, was shut, was blocked, was muzzled
• ΕΝΕΦΡΑΞΕΝ — he stopped, he closed, he blocked, he shut, he restrained

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