Dictionary entry

φράσσω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

φράσσω

[in LXX: Jb 38:8 (סָכַךְ hi.), Ho 2:6(8) (שׂוּךְ), Pr 21:13 (אָטַם), etc.;]

to fence in, stop, close: στόματα λεόντων, He 11:33; στόμα, metaph., Ro 3:19; pass., καύχησις, II Co 11:10.†