Mar 1:25 | RWP | e4.org | Hold thy peace ( φιμωθητ ). First aorist passive imperative of φιμοω . "Be quiet," Moffatt translates it. But it is a more vigorous word, "Be muzzled" like an ox. So literally in , ; . It is common in Josephus, Lucian, and the LXX. See , . Gould renders it "Shut up." "Shut your mouth" would be too colloquial. Vincent suggests "gagged," but that is more the idea of επιστομαζειν in , to stop the mouth.

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Hold thy peace ( φιμωθητ ). First aorist passive imperative of φιμοω. "Be quiet," Moffatt translates it. But it is a more vigorous word, "Be muzzled" like an ox. So literally in De 25:4, 1Co 9:9; 1Ti 5:18. It is common in Josephus, Lucian, and the LXX. See Mt 22:12, 34. Gould renders it "Shut up." "Shut your mouth" would be too colloquial. Vincent suggests "gagged," but that is more the idea of επιστομαζειν in Tit 1:11, to stop the mouth.