To muzzle
חָסַםStrong’s H2629chasam (cha-sam)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chasam is the Hebrew word usually translated “muzzle” and “block way of”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.”
Meaning
- (Qal) to stop up, muzzle
How it's translated
- you will muzzle 1
- and block way of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 1
- Ezekiel 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Hebrew dictionary
חָסַם chasam · to muzzle
(Qal) to stop up, muzzle
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “muzzle” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MUZ'ZLE, noun
- The mouth of a thing; the extreme or end for entrance or discharge; applied chiefly to the end of a tube, as the open end of a common fusee or pistol, or of a bellows.
- A fastening for the mouth which hinders from biting.
All definitions and other forms of “muzzle”
MUZ'ZLE, verb transitive
To bind the mouth; to fasten the mouth to prevent biting or eating.
- “Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn” Deuteronomy 25:4
- To fondle with the mouth close. [Low.]
- To restrain from hurt.
MUZ'ZLE, verb intransitive
To bring the mouth near.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.