Phrasso means “stop” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H5420 — nathac (“mar”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G5420 φράσσω (phrasso) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. phrasso (fras'-so) v. 1. to fence or inclose 2. (specially) to block up It has 7 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include out, law, saith, may, and stopped. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
phrasso (fras'-so) v. 1. to fence or inclose 2. (specially) to block up 3. (figuratively) to silence [apparently a strengthening form of the base of G5424] KJV: stop Root(s): G5424
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G5420. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to stop
Usage: φράσσω [in LXX: Job.38:8 (סָכַךְ hi.), Hos.2:6(8) (שׂוּךְ), Pro.21:13 (אָטַם), etc. ;] to fence in, stop, close: στόματα λεόντων, Heb.11:33; στόμα, metaphorically, Rom.3:19; pass., καύχησις, 2Co.11:10.† (AS)
Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G5420 (φράσσω) appears 5 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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2 indexed usages in New Testament.
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions.
5 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And I shut up the sea with gates, When it rushed out, coming forth out of its mother’s womb.
He that stops his ears from hearing the poor, Himself also shall cry, and there shall be none to hear him.
First 7 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5420.
And I shut up the sea with gates, When it rushed out, coming forth out of its mother’s womb.
He that stops his ears from hearing the poor, Himself also shall cry, and there shall be none to hear him.
Thy navel is as a turned bowl, Not wanting liquor; Thy belly is as a heap of wheat Set about with lilies.
Therefore, behold, I hedge up her way with thorns, and will stop the ways, and she shall not find her path.
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5420, grouped by book.
Phrasso (Strong's G5420) is a Greek word most simply glossed "stop". phrasso (fras'-so) v. 1. to fence or inclose 2. (specially) to block up
This page currently indexes 7 linked usages for Strong's G5420 across 6 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5420 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as out, law, saith, may, stopped, and shut. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 5 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G5420, with linked reader references where each row is available.