Muzzle <1,,5392, phimoo>
"to close the mouth with a muzzle" (phimos), is used (a) of "muzzling" the ox when it treads out the corn, 1Co 9:9, AV, "muzzle the mouth of," RV, "muzzle," and 1Ti 5:18, with the lesson that those upon whom spiritual labor is bestowed should not refrain from ministering to the material needs of those who labor on their behalf; (b) metaphorically, of putting to silence, or subduing to stillness, Mat 22:12, Mat 22:34, Mar 1:25, Mar 4:39, Luk 4:35, 1Pe 2:15. See PEACE (hold), SILENCE.
