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Lexicon :: Strong's H331 - 'āṭam

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אָטַם
Transliteration
'āṭam
Pronunciation
aw-tam'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 73

Strong’s Definitions

אָטַם ʼâṭam, aw-tam'; a primitive root; to close (the lips or ears); by analology to contract (a window by bevelled jambs):—narrow, shut, stop.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H331 in the following manner: narrow (4x), stoppeth (3x), shutteth (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H331 in the following manner: narrow (4x), stoppeth (3x), shutteth (1x).

  1. to shut, shut up, close

    1. (Qal) to shut, stop (of lips)

    2. (Hiphil) of the wicked stopping their ears (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָטַם ʼâṭam, aw-tam'; a primitive root; to close (the lips or ears); by analology to contract (a window by bevelled jambs):—narrow, shut, stop.
STRONGS H331: Abbreviations
† [אטם] verb shut, shut up (Mishna אטם, compare אוֺטֶם stoppage, Aramaic אֲטַם; Arabic أَطَمَ contract, stop, أُطُمً fortress; Assyrian aṭamu, in list of headgear, etc. = turban? DlW, No. 155) —
Qal Participle active אֹטֵם Proverbs 17:28 + 2 times; passive אֲטֻמִים 1 Kings 6:4; אֲטֻמוֺת Ezekiel 40:16 + 2 times; — shut, stop, object lips Proverbs 17:28; ears Proverbs 21:13; Isaiah 33:15; passive = closed (i.e. narrowed, narrowing, compare Syriac Version in Co) חַלּוֺנוֺת א׳ Ezekiel 40:16; Ezekiel 41:16, 26; compare חַלּוֺנֵי שְׁקֻפִים אֲטֻמִים 1 Kings 6:4.
Hiph. Imperfect id quod Qal יַאְטֵם Psalm 58:5 (jussive with sense of indicative, compare Dr§ 173 obs.) of adder, stopping ears, simile of wicked.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

6:4; 6:4

Psalms

58:5

Proverbs

17:28; 17:28; 21:13

Isaiah

33:15

Ezekiel

40:16; 40:16; 41:16; 41:26

H331

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H331 matches the Hebrew אָטַם ('āṭam),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:4 - And for the house he made windows of fixed lattice-work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:4 -
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent:
They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:28 -
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise;
When he shutteth his lips, he is esteemed as prudent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:13 -
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor,
He also shall cry, but shall not be heard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:15 - He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:16 - And there were closed windows to the lodges, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches; and windows were round about inward; and upon each post were palm-trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:16 - the thresholds, and the closed windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the threshold, ceiled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, (now the windows were covered),

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:26 - And there were closed windows and palm-trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch: thus were the side-chambers of the house, and the thresholds.
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