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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #880 - ἄφωνος

Transliteration

áphōnos

Phonetics

af'-o-nos

Root Word (Etymology)

from (G1) (as a negative particle) and (G5456)

Parts of Speech

Adjective

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

voiceless, dumb
without faculty of speech
1. of idols

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 5956 ‑ עָלַם (aw‑lam');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (4)

Acts 1

1 Corinthians 2

2 Peter 1

NAS (5)

Acts 1

1 Corinthians 3

2 Peter 1

HCS (4)

Acts 1

1 Corinthians 2

2 Peter 1

BSB (4)

Acts 1

1 Corinthians 2

2 Peter 1

ESV (4)

Acts 1

1 Corinthians 2

2 Peter 1

WEB (4)

Acts 1

1 Corinthians 2

2 Peter 1

KJV (4)

dumb 3

signification 1

NAS (5)

SILENT 1

meaning 1

mute 2

without 1

HCS (4)

* 1

is silent 1

that could not speak 1

that could not talk 1

BSB (4)

[ otherwise ] without speech 1

[is] silent 1

mute 1

without meaning 1

ESV (4)

mute 1

silent 1

speechless 1

without meaning 1

WEB (4)

A mute 1

is silent 1

is without meaning 1

mute 1

RAH

A-NSM 1

ANT

A-APN 1

A-NSM 1

A-NSN 2

BEZ

A-APN 1

A-NSM 1

A-NSN 2

BGB

Adj-ANP 1

Adj-NMS 1

Adj-NNS 2

BMT

A-APN 1

A-NSM 1

A-NSN 2

BYZ

A-APN 1

A-NSM 1

A-NSN 2

ELZ

A-APN 1

A-NSM 1

A-NSN 2

NA26

A-APN 1

A-NSM 1

A-NSN 2

SBL

A-APN 1

A-NSM 1

A-NSN 2

SCV

A-APN 1

A-NSM 1

A-NSN 2

STV

A-APN 1

A-NSM 1

A-NSN 2

TIS

A-APN 1

A-NSM 1

A-NSN 2

A-APN 1

A-NSM 1

A-NSN 2

A-APN 1

A-NSM 1

A-NSN 2

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἄφων-ος, ον, (φωνή)

1. voiceless, dumb, Thgn. 669, Hdt. 1.85, D. 18.191; ῥήτωρ Antiph. 196.14; κακὸν ἄ. Com.Adesp. 8 D.; stronger than ἄναυδος (q.v.), Hp. Epid. 3.17. γ; εἴδωλα 1 Corinthians 12:2; unable to speak, of a child, Sapph. 118: c.gen., ἄ. τῆσδε τῆς ἀρᾶς unable to utter it, S. OC 865. Adv. -νως ib. 131 (lyr.): neut. pl. as Adv., ἄφωνα σημανοῦσιν.. ὡς.. A. Pers. 819.

2. with a poor voice, τραγῳδός D.T. 631.21.

3. intestate, Tab.Heracl. 1.151.

4. ἄφωνα (sc. γράμματα, στοιχεῖα) consonants, ἄ. καὶ φωνοῦντα (fort. ἄ. φωνήεντα) E. Fr. 578.2; τοῖς ἄλλοις φωνήεσί τε καὶ ἄ. Pl. Cra. 393e; τὸ σῖγμα τῶν ἀ. ἐστί Id. Tht. 203b: but esp. of mutes, τὰ ἄφθογγα καὶ ἄ. Id. Phlb. 18c, cf. Cra. 424c; opp. ἡμίφωνα, Arist. Po. 1456b28, cf. Phld. Po. 2.16, Herc. 994.28, D.H. Comp. 14, D.T. 631.20, S.E. M. 1.102.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

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 14:10 τοσαῦτα γένη φωνῶν καί οὐδέν αὐτῶν (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 βίος ἀβίωτος a life unworthy of the name of life, χάρις ἄχαρις). 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.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἀφωνος , -ον

(φωνή ),

[in LXX: Isaiah 53:7 (H5956 ni.), Wisdom of Solomon 4:19, 2 Maccabees 3:29*;]

dumb, speechless: Acts 8:32 (LXX); of idols (MM, s.v.), 1 Corinthians 12:2; of beasts, 2 Peter 2:19; τοσαῦτα γένη φωνῶν καὶ οὐδὲν ἄ .—so many kinds of voices and none voiceless, i.e. without signification, unintelligible: 1 Corinthians 14:10.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

In Syll 802.41 (iii/B.C., from the Asclepieum of Epidauros) one of the cures effected is that of a παῖς ἄφωνος . For its application to a dumb idol in 1 Corinthians 12:2, cf. Kaibel 402.1, from Sebastopolis in Galatia, where the marble pillar is made to say Γαῖά με τίκεν (l. τίκτεν ) ἄφωνο [ν ] : now through the inscription it speaks. The word is MGr.

List of Word Forms

αφωνα άφωνα ἄφωνα αφωνον άφωνον ἄφωνον αφωνος άφωνος ἄφωνος aphona aphōna áphona áphōna aphonon aphōnon áphonon áphōnon aphonos aphōnos áphonos áphōnos