Words the Bible translates as shut up
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- atsarעָצַרto hold back: to restrain, stop, or shut something in so it cannot move, flow, or get out
- kleiōκλείωto shut, close: to move a door, gate, or other barrier into its closed position so that nothing can pass through
- ḥatamחָתַםto seal: to press a seal onto something in order to authorize it, secure it shut, or close it off
- kalaכָּלָאto hold back: to shut in, restrain, or withhold, keeping a person, thing, or force from moving, acting, or being handed over freely
- satamסָתַםto close something off so that nothing can get through it, and so make it inaccessible: from stopping up a well to sealing a message shut
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