Definition

to fence or inclose, i.e. (specially), to block up (figuratively, to silence)

Etymology

apparently a strengthening form of the base of G5424 (φρήν);

Word family

• φρήν phrḗn

How the KJV renders it

• stop

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.