HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4269
מַחְסוֹם
mach.som — muzzle
muzzle
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Muzzle
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G5392
φιμόω
phimoō — to muzzle
φιμόω, -ῶ (φιμός, a muzzle), [in LXX: Deu.25:4 (חָסַם), Dan LXX Su 1:61, 4Ma.1:35 א R * ;] to muzzle: 1Co.9:9, 1Ti.5:18" (LXX) ; metaphorically, to put to silence: with accusative of person(s), Mat.22:34, 1Pe.2:15; pass., to be silenced, silent: Mat.22:12, Mrk.1:25 4:39, Luk.4:35.† (AS)
8 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2629
חָסַם
cha.sam — to muzzle
(Qal) to stop up, muzzle
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8007
κημός
kēmos — a muzzle
1. a muzzle , put on a led horse, (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9643
φιμός
phimos — a rein
1. a muzzle , Lat. capistrum, (Lucian) 2. the nose-band of a horse's bridle, fitted with pipes through which the horses' breath made a whistling sound, (Aeschulus Tragicus) 3. a kind of cup , used as a dice-box , Lat. fritillus, (Aeschines Orator) (ML)
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Grain in the East is usually thrashed by the sheaves being spread out on a floor, over which oxen and cattle are driven to and fro, till the grain is trodden out. Moses ordained that the ox was not to be muzzled while thrashing. It was to be allowed to eat both the grain and the straw (Deut. 25:4). (See AGRICULTURE.)
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.