Epistomizo denotes stopping the speech of people whose teaching is upsetting whole households.

The attested use concerns bringing an end to the speech of people whose improper teaching is upsetting whole households.

1. Stopping disruptive teachers from speaking · dominant

   In Titus 1:11, the present active infinitive occurs in the statement that such people need this action because they are upsetting whole households by teaching what they ought not to teach. The APB renders the clause "whom it is necessary to silence."

   Titus 1:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Titus 1:11, the APB presents the action as "to silence" those whose teaching upsets whole households.