derived by syncope (i.e., shortening and assimilation of t to m) from katamuo, i.e., kata, “down,” and muo, from a root mu—, pronounced by closing the lips, denotes “to close down;” hence, “to shut the eyes,” Mat 13:15<\/span>; Act 28:27<\/span>, in each place of the obstinacy of Jews in their opposition to the Gospel. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “to fold, double up,” is used of a scroll of parchment, Luk 4:20<\/span>. Cp. anaptusso, “to open up,” Luk 4:17<\/span>. <\/p>\n Notes: (1) For “close-sealed,” Rev 5:1<\/span>, see SEAL. <\/p>\n (2) In Luk 9:36<\/span>, sigao, “to be silent,” is translated “they kept it close,” AV (RV, “they held their peace”). <\/p>\n Close (Verb) derived by syncope (i.e., shortening and assimilation of t to m) from katamuo, i.e., kata, “down,” and muo, from a root mu—, pronounced by closing the lips, denotes “to close down;” hence, “to shut the eyes,” Mat 13:15; Act 28:27, in each place of the obstinacy of Jews in their opposition to the … Continue reading “Close (Verb)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36536\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"