- Original: אלם
- Transliteration: 'alam
- Phonetic: aw-lam'
- Definition:
1. to bind
a. (Niphal)
1. to be dumb
2. to be bound
b. (Piel) binding (part.)
- Origin: a primitive root
- TWOT entry: 102
- Part(s) of speech: Verb
- Strong's: A primitive root; to tie fast; hence (of the mouth) to be tongue tied: - bind be dumb put to silence.
Total KJV Occurrences: 9
• binding, 1
Genesis 37:7
• dumb, 7
Psalm 39:2; Psalm 39:9; Isaiah 53:7; Ezekiel 3:26; Ezekiel 24:27; Ezekiel 33:22; Daniel 10:15
• silence, 1
Psalm 31:18