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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 2576. καμμύω (kammuó) -- To close, shut</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/2576.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/luke/22-44.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/2576.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 2576</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/2575.htm" title="2575">◄</a> 2576. kammuó <a href="../greek/2577.htm" title="2577">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">kammuó: To close, shut</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">καμμύω</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>kammuó<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>kam-MOO-oh<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(kam-moo'-o)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To close, shut<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>I close, shut the eyes.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From a primary word (kammao) meaning to close<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The concept of closing or shutting, particularly in a metaphorical sense, can be related to Hebrew words like עָצַם (atsam, Strong's H6105), which means to shut or close, often used in the context of eyes.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Greek verb "kammuó" means to close or shut, often used in the context of closing the eyes. It implies a deliberate action of shutting out light or vision, which can be metaphorical for ignoring or being unaware of something.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Greek culture, the act of closing one's eyes could symbolize a range of actions from sleep to intentional ignorance. In the biblical context, it often carries a metaphorical meaning, suggesting a willful blindness or refusal to perceive spiritual truths. This concept is consistent with the broader biblical theme of spiritual awareness versus spiritual blindness.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>contr. of the comp. of <a href="/greek/2596.htm">kata</a> and muó (to shut the eyes)<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to shut the eyes<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>closed (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 2576: καμμύω</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">καμμύω</span></span>, a form which passed over from the epic (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> batrach. 191) and common language (<span class="abbreviation">Apoll. Dysc.</span> synt. 323, 22; 326, 9) into the Alexandrian and decaying Greek; condemned by Phryn. (as below); derived by syncope and assimilation from <span class="greek2">καταμύω</span> (which the earlier and more elegant Greeks use) (cf. <span class="greek2">καμμέν</span>, <span class="greek2">καμμονη</span>, <span class="greek2">κάμμορος</span>, from <span class="greek2">κατά</span> <span class="greek2">μέν</span>, <span class="greek2">καταμονη</span>, <span class="greek2">καταμορος</span>, cf. Alexander <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span> (1873) Gram. § 117, 2 Anm. 2; Ausf. Gram. ii., p. 373; Fischer, De vitiis lexamples N. T., p. 678f; Sturz, De dial. Maced. etc., p. 173f; <span class="abbreviation">Lob. ad Phryn.</span>, p. 339f; Schäfer ad Lamb. Bos, p. 368; (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 62 (55); <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 24, 46)): 1 aorist <span class="greek2">ἐκάμμυσα</span>; <span class="accented">to shut the eyes, close the eyes</span>: often with <span class="greek2">τούς</span> <span class="greek2">ὀφθαλμούς</span> added; so <a href="/interlinear/matthew/13-15.htm">Matthew 13:15</a> and <a href="/interlinear/acts/28-27.htm">Acts 28:27</a> (from the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/6-10.htm">Isaiah 6:10</a>, for <span class="hebrew">הָשַׁע </span>, i. e. to besmear), in both passages the phrase designates the inflexible pertinacity and obstinacy of the Jews in their opposition to the gospel. (<a href="/interlinear/isaiah/29-10.htm">Isaiah 29:10</a>; <a href="/interlinear/lamentations/3-43.htm">Lamentations 3:43</a>; <span class="greek2">καμμύειν</span> <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">ψυχῆς</span> <span class="greek2">ὄμμα</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Philo</span> de somn. i. § 26.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>close the eyes<p>From a compound of <a href="/greek/2596.htm">kata</a> and the base of <a href="/greek/3466.htm">musterion</a>; to shut down, i.e. Close the eyes -- close. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2596.htm">kata</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/3466.htm">musterion</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>εκαμμυσαν εκάμμυσαν ἐκάμμυσαν καμμύσαι καμμύσει καμμύων ekammusan ekammysan ekámmysan<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/13-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 13:15</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural">V-AIA-3P</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν <b>ἐκάμμυσαν</b> μή ποτε</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> HEAR, <span class="itali">AND THEY HAVE CLOSED</span> THEIR EYES,<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> eyes <span class="itali">they have closed;</span> lest at any time<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/13-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> eyes of them <span class="itali">they have closed</span> not lest<p><b><a href="/text/acts/28-27.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 28:27</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural">V-AIA-3P</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/28.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν <b>ἐκάμμυσαν</b> μή ποτε</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/28.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> HEAR, <span class="itali">AND THEY HAVE CLOSED</span> THEIR EYES;<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/28.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> eyes <span class="itali">have they closed;</span> lest<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/28-27.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> eyes of them <span class="itali">they have closed</span> lest ever<p><b><a href="/greek/2576.htm">Strong's Greek 2576</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2576.htm">2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/ekammusan_2576.htm">ἐκάμμυσαν — 2 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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