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Deaf

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: κωφός

(Strong's #2974 — Adjective — kophos — ko-fos' )

akin to kopto, "to beat," and kopiao, "to be tired" (from a root kop---, "to cut"), signifies "blunted, dull," as of a weapon; hence, "blunted in tongue, dumb," Matthew 9:32 etc.; "in hearing, deaf," Matthew 11:5; Mark 7:32,37; 9:25; Luke 7:22 . See DUMB.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Deaf'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​d/deaf.html. 1940.