Strong's Concordance
Original word: בָּלַם
Transliteration: balam
Definition (short): check
Definition (full): to curb, hold in
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: a prim. root
Definition: to curb, hold in
NASB Translation: hold them in check (1).
NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries.
Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation.
All rights reserved Lockman.org
Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation.
All rights reserved Lockman.org
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
A primitive root; to muzzle -- be held in.
References
KJV:
Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
NASB:
Do not be as the horse or as the mule which have no understanding, Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check, Otherwise they will not come near to you.