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Thursday, April 18th, 2024
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Dumb
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lit., "speechless" (a, negative, and laleo, "to speak"), is found in Mark 7:37; 9:17,25 . In the Sept., Psalm 38:13 .
lit., "voiceless, or soundless" (a, negative, and phone, "a sound"), has reference to voice, Acts 8:32; 1 Corinthians 12:2; 2 Peter 2:16 , while alalos has reference to words. In 1 Corinthians 14:10 it is used metaphorically of the significance of voices or sounds, "without signification." In the Sept. Isaiah 53:7 .
denotes "blunted or dulled;" see DEAF.
from siope, "silence, to be silent," is used of Zacharias' "dumbness," Luke 1:20 . See PEACE (hold one's).
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Dumb'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/d/dumb.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Dumb'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/d/dumb.html. 1940.
