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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 BoxExo 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:11 - And the Lord said to Moses, Who has given a mouth to man, and who has made the very hard of hearing, and the deaf, the seeing and the blind? have not I, God?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:14 - Thou shalt not revile the deaf, neither shalt thou put a stumbling-block in the way of the blind; and thou shalt fear the Lord thy God: I am the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:13 - (LXX 37:14) But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and was as a dumb man not opening his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:4 - (LXX 57:5) Their venom is like that of a serpent; as that of a deaf asp, and that stops her ears;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:18 - And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and they that are in darkness, and they that are in mist: the eyes of the blind shall see,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:5

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:18 - Hear, ye deaf, and look up, ye blind, to see.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:19 - And who is blind, but my servants? and deaf, but they that rule over them? yea, the servants of God have been made blind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:8 - and I have brought forth the blind people; for their eyes are alike blind, and they that have ears are deaf.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:11 - and all by whom they were made are withered: yea, let all the deaf be gathered from among men, and let them stand together; and let them be ashamed and confounded together:

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:18 - What profits it the graven image, that they have graven it? one has made it a molten work, a false image; for the maker has trusted in his work, to make dumb idols.
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