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Lexicon :: Strong's G2974 - kōphos

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κωφός
Transliteration
kōphos (Key)
Pronunciation
ko-fos'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

κωφός kōphós, ko-fos'; from G2875; blunted, i.e. (figuratively) of hearing (deaf) or speech (dumb):—deaf, dumb, speechless.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's G2974 in the following manner: dumb (8x), deaf (5x), speechless (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's G2974 in the following manner: dumb (8x), deaf (5x), speechless (1x).

  1. blunted, dull

    1. blunted (or lamed) in tongue, dumb

    2. blunted, dull in hearing

    3. deaf

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κωφός kōphós, ko-fos'; from G2875; blunted, i.e. (figuratively) of hearing (deaf) or speech (dumb):—deaf, dumb, speechless.
STRONGS G2974:
κωφός, κωφη, κωφόν (κόπτω to beat, pound), blunted, dull; properly, βέλος, Homer, Iliad 11, 390; hence
a. blunted (or lamed) in tongue; dumb: Matthew 9:32; Matthew 12:22; Matthew 15:30; Luke 1:22; Luke 11:14 (Herodotus and following; the Sept. for אִלֵּם Habakkuk 2:18).
b. blunted, dull, in hearing; deaf: Matthew 11:5; Mark 7:32, 37; Mark 9:25; Luke 7:22 (Homer h. Merc. 92; Aeschylus, Xenophon, Plato, and following; the Sept. for חֵרֵשׁ, Exodus 4:11; Isaiah 43:8; Psalm 37:14 (Ps. 38:14), etc.).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
4:11
Psalms
37:14; 38:14
Isaiah
43:8
Habakkuk
2:18
Matthew
9:32; 11:5; 12:22; 15:30
Mark
7:32; 7:37; 9:25
Luke
1:22; 7:22; 11:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2974 matches the Greek κωφός (kōphos),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:11 - Then the LORD said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:14 - You shall not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God: I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:13 - But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear,
like a mute man who does not open his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:4 - They have venom like the venom of a serpent,
like the deaf adder that stops its ear,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:18 - In that day the deaf shall hear
the words of a book,
and out of their gloom and darkness
the eyes of the blind shall see.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:5 - Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
and the ears of the deaf unstopped;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:18 - Hear, you deaf,
and look, you blind, that you may see!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:19 - Who is blind but my servant,
or deaf as my messenger whom I send?
Who is blind as my dedicated one,[fn]
or blind as the servant of the LORD?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:8 - Bring out the people who are blind, yet have eyes,
who are deaf, yet have ears!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:11 - Behold, all his companions shall be put to shame, and the craftsmen are only human. Let them all assemble, let them stand forth. They shall be terrified; they shall be put to shame together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:18 - “What profit is an idol
when its maker has shaped it,
a metal image, a teacher of lies?
For its maker trusts in his own creation
when he makes speechless idols!
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