Strong's Number H331

אָטַם

'atam · aw-tam'

Transliteration:

'atam{aw-tam'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to close (the lips or ears); by analology to contract (a window by bevelled jambs)

Usage in the KJV:

narrow 4, stoppeth 3, shutteth 1

Total: 8
Occurs 8 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

to shut, shut up, close
1. (Qal) to shut, stop (of lips)
2. (Hiphil) of the wicked stopping their ears (fig.)