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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 7 times in 6 verses in 'Mat' in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:32 - As they were going away, behold, a demon-oppressed man who was mute was brought to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:33 - And when the demon had been cast out, the mute man spoke. And the crowds marveled, saying, “Never was anything like this seen in Israel.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:5 - the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers[fn] are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:22 - Then a demon-oppressed man who was blind and mute was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the man spoke and saw.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:30 - And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:31 - so that the crowd wondered, when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.
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