A-1 | Adjective | Strong's Number: g216 | Greek: alalos |
Dumb:
lit., "speechless" (a, negative, and laleo, "to speak"), is found in Mar 7:37; 9:17, 25. In the Sept., Psa 38:13.
A-2 | Adjective | Strong's Number: g880 | Greek: aphonos |
Dumb:
lit., "voiceless, or soundless" (a, negative, and phone, "a sound"), has reference to voice, Act 8:32; 1Cr 12:2; 2Pe 2:16, while alalos has reference to words. In 1Cr 14:10 it is used metaphorically of the significance of voices or sounds, "without signification." In the Sept. Isa 53:7.
A-3 | Adjective | Strong's Number: g2974 | Greek: kophos |
Dumb:
denotes "blunted or dulled;" see DEAF.
B-1 | Verb | Strong's Number: g4623 | Greek: siopao |
Dumb:
from siope, "silence, to be silent," is used of Zacharias' "dumbness," Luk 1:20.
See PEACE (hold one's).
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