Biblical Greek

greek #880 - ἄφωνος, ον aphónos (without voice)

Original Word:	ἄφωνος, ον
Transliteration:	aphónos
Definition:	without voice, speechless
Part of Speech:	Adjective
Phonetic Spelling:	(af'-o-nos)
	............................................................................................................................

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

speechless, mute, silent

From a (as a negative particle) and phone; voiceless, i.e. Mute (by nature or choice); figuratively, unmeaning -- dumb, without signification.

see GREEK a

see GREEK phone

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Strong's 880: ἄφωνος

ἄφωνος, ἁφῶν (φωνή), voiceless, dumb; without the faculty of speech; used of idols, 1 Corinthians 12:2 (cf. Psalm 115:5 (); Habakkuk 2:18); of beasts, 2 Peter 2:16. 1 Corinthians 14:10τοσαῦταγένηφωνῶνκαίοὐδέναὐτῶν (L T Tr WH omit αὐτῶν) ἄφωνον, i. e. there is no language destitute of the power of language (R. V. text no kind (of voice) is without signification) (cf. the phrases βίοςἀβίωτος a life unworthy of the name of life, χάριςἄχαρις). used of one that is patiently silent or dumb: ἀμνός, Acts 8:32 from Isaiah 53:7. (In Greek writings from (Theog.), Pindar, Aeschylus down.)

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Greek: 880. ἄφωνος (aphónos) — 4 Occurrences

Acts 8:32 - Adj-NMS
GRK:κείραντος αὐτὸν ἄφωνος οὕτως οὐκ
NAS: ITS SHEARER IS SILENT, SO
KJV: like a lamb dumb before his
INT: shears him [is] mute thus not

1 Corinthians 12:2 - Adj-ANP
GRK:εἴδωλα τὰ ἄφωνα ὡς ἂν
NAS: [you were] led astray to the mute idols,
KJV: unto these dumb idols,
INT: idols mute as anyhow

1 Corinthians 14:10 - Adj-NNS
GRK:καὶ οὐδὲν ἄφωνον
NAS: and no [kind] is without meaning.
KJV: none of them [is] without signification.
INT: and none without meaning

2 Peter 2:16 - Adj-NNS
GRK:παρανομίας ὑποζύγιον ἄφωνον ἐν ἀνθρώπου
NAS: transgression, [for] a mute donkey,
KJV: iniquity: the dumb ass
INT: wickedness [the] beast of burden mute in a man's

« Previous