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stands forsaken somewhere along the fence Hs 9, 26, 4. Vagabonds and beggars frequent the hedges and fences around houses Lk 14:23 .

2. fig ., of the law, that separates Jews and Gentiles, and arouses enmity betw. them to; mesovtoicon tou` fragmou` Eph 2:14 ( s. mesovtoicon and PFeine, Eph 2:14-16: StKr 72, 1899, 540-74). M-M. *

fravzw

fravzw 1 aor. e[frasa, imper. fravson ( Hom. +; inscr. , pap. , LXX ; Jos. , Vi. 331, C. Ap. 2, 211; Sib. Or. 14, 301) in our lit. only in the sense explain, interpret someth. mysterious ( X. , Oec. 16, 8; Cebes 33, 1; Herm. Wr. 380, 2 Sc. qeovn ; Job 6:24 fravsatev moi ) a parable Mt 13:36 t.r .; 15:15 . M-M. *

fravssw

fravssw 1 aor. e[fraxa. Pass .: 2 aor. ejfravghn ; 2 fut. fraghvsomai ( Hom. +; inscr. , pap. , LXX ; Jos. , Bell. 3, 384).

1. shut, close, stop a. lit. (Herodian 8, 1, 6; Lucian , Nigr. 19 ta; w\ta khrw`/ fr.) stovmata leovntwn mouths of lions , so that they can do no harm ( cf. Da 6:17 ff ; vs. 23 Theod. ejnevfraxen ta; stovmata tw`n leovntwn ) Hb 11:33 .
b. fig ., close or stop the mouth, so that the man must remain silent ( Galen , Script. Min. I p. 73, 17 Marquardt; Sib. Or. 8, 420 stovma e[fraxan ; 1 Macc 9:55 ajpefravgh to; stovma aujtou` ) Ro 3:19 . This mng. may be the correct one for hJ kauvchsi" au{th ouj fraghvsetai this boasting will not be silenced 2 Cor 11:10 . But fravssw also means

2. stop, block, bar ( Thu. 4, 13, 4 fravxai tou;" e[splou" ; Dio Chrys. 19[36], 2 pass. ); in that case 2 Cor 11:10 means this boasting will not ( let itself ) be stopped. M-M .*

frevar

frevar, ato", tov ( Hom. Hymns , Hdt. +; inscr. , pap. , LXX , Philo ) a well purposely dug ( Appian , Bell. Civ. 4, 107 §448; Arrian , Anab. 6, 18, 1; 6, 20, 4; Jos. , Ant. 4, 283 oiJ frevar ojruvxante" ; Philo , Somn. 1, 8 [after Gen 26:32 ].—Contrast: phghv frevar Paus. 1, 14; Philo , Poster. Cai. 153) Lk 14:5 ; J 4:11 (Gen 21:19 frevar u{dato" zw`nto" ; 26:19 ), 12 ( Hom. Hymns , Demeter 98 f the motif of the divine wanderer who sits down near the city frevati, o{qen uJdreuvonto poli`tai ).—Also pit, shaft ( Hero Alex. I p. 32, 12; 15), leading down into the depths of hell ( a[busso" 2.—Ps 54:24 frevar diafqora`" ) Rv 9:1 , 2 a, b, c. M-M. B. 44.*

frenapatavw

frenapatavw (in Christian usage; Hesychius ; but cf. frenapavth" ) deceive eJautovn oneself Gal 6:3 . M-M. *

frenapavth"

frenapavth", ou, oJ (Herodian Gr. II 848, 27; PGrenf. I 1, 10 [II BC ]= Coll. p. 178 l. 18; cf. UvWilamowitz, NGG 1896, 209 ff ; PLond. 1677, 22 [VI AD ]) deceiver, misleader ( w. mataiolovgo" ) Tit 1:10 . M-M. *

frhvn

frhvn, frenov", hJ pl. aiJ frevne" ( Hom. +; inscr. , pap. , LXX , Philo ) in our lit. only in one place and only in the pl. as thinking, understanding ( Hom. +; Plut. , Mor. 116 B frevna" e[cein ; Herm. Wr. 13, 4; 5; Pr 7:7 ; 9:4 al .) 1 Cor 14:20 a, b.—GBertram, TW IX, 216-31: frhvn and related words. M-M. B. 1198.*

frivkh

frivkh, h", hJ ( Soph. , Hdt. +; Dit., Syll. 3 1239, 19; Am 1:11 ) a shudder caused by fear ( Eur. et al .; Plut. ,


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