Quick Definition
to shutter
Strong's Definition
to close (the lips or ears); by analology to contract (a window by bevelled jambs)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: narrow, shut, stop.
TWOT Reference: 73
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to shut, shut up, close
1a) (Qal) to shut, stop (of lips)
1b) (Hiphil) of the wicked stopping their ears (fig.)
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to shut, shut up, close
1a) (Qal) to shut, stop (of lips)
1b) (Hiphil) of the wicked stopping their ears (fig.)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אָטַם
âṭam
BDB Definition:
1) to shut, shut up, close
1a) (Qal) to shut, stop (of lips)
1b) (Hiphil) of the wicked stopping their ears (figuratively)
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 73
Total KJV Occurrences: 8