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Lexicon :: Strong's G216 - alalos

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ἄλαλος
Transliteration
alalos (Key)
Pronunciation
al'-al-os
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἄλφα (G1) (as a negative particle) and λαλέω (G2980)
mGNT
3x in 2 unique form(s) TR
3x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
2x in 2 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἄλαλος álalos, al'-al-os; from G1 (as a negative particle) and G2980; mute:—dumb.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G216 in the following manner: dumb (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G216 in the following manner: dumb (3x).

  1. speechless, dumb, wanting the faculty of speech

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἄλαλος álalos, al'-al-os; from G1 (as a negative particle) and G2980; mute:—dumb.
STRONGS G216:
ἄλαλος, -ον, (λάλος, talking, talkative) [from Aeschylus on], speechless, dumb, lacking the faculty of speech: Mark 7:37; πνεῦμα, Mark 9:17, 25, because the defects of demoniacs were thought to proceed from the nature and peculiarities of the demons by which they were possessed.
(Sept. Psalm 37:14 (Ps. 38:14); Psalm 30:19 (Ps. 31:19); ἀλάλου καὶ κακοῦ πνεύματος πλήρης, Plutarch, de orac. def. 51, p. 438 b.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
31:19; 37:14; 38:14
Mark
7:37; 9:17; 9:25

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Strong's Number G216 matches the Greek ἄλαλος (alalos),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:37 - And they were utterly astonished, saying, “He has done all things well; He makes even the deaf to hear and the mute G216 to speak.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:17 - And one of the crowd answered Him, “Teacher, I brought You my son, possessed with a spirit which makes him mute G216;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:25 - Now when Jesus saw that a crowd was [fn]rapidly gathering, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You mute G216 and deaf spirit, [fn]I command you, come out of him and do not enter him [fn]again.”
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