Know the Word.

Hebrew word

ʼâṭam

aw-tam'

אָטַם

What it means

to close

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

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

  • narrow4
  • stoppeth3
  • shutteth1

Every place it appears 8

1 Kings6:4
Psalms58:4
Proverbs17:2821:13
Isaiah33:15