King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2974
Transliteration: kōphos
Phonetic Spelling: (ko-fos')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: blunt, dull
Meaning: blunt, dull
κωφός, κωφη, κωφόν (κόπτω to beat, pound), blunted, dull; properly, βέλος, Homer, Iliad 11, 390; hence a. blunted (or lamed) in tongue; dumb: Matthew 9:32; Matthew 12:22; Matthew 15:30; Luke 1:22; Luke 11:14 (Herodotus and following; the Sept. for אִלֵּם Habakkuk 2:18).
Word Summary
kōphos: blunt, dull
Original Word: κωφόςTransliteration: kōphos
Phonetic Spelling: (ko-fos')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: blunt, dull
Meaning: blunt, dull
Strong's Concordance
deaf, dumb, speechless. From kopto; blunted, i.e. (figuratively) of hearing (deaf) or speech (dumb) -- deaf, dumb, speechless.
see GREEK kopto
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2974: κωφόςκωφός, κωφη, κωφόν (κόπτω to beat, pound), blunted, dull; properly, βέλος, Homer, Iliad 11, 390; hence a. blunted (or lamed) in tongue; dumb: Matthew 9:32; Matthew 12:22; Matthew 15:30; Luke 1:22; Luke 11:14 (Herodotus and following; the Sept. for אִלֵּם Habakkuk 2:18).
b. blunted, dull, in hearing; deaf: Matthew 11:5; Mark 7:32, 37; Mark 9:25; Luke 7:22 (Homer h. Merc. 92; Aeschylus, Xenophon, Plato, and following; the Sept. for חֵרֵשׁ, Exodus 4:11; Isaiah 43:8; Psalm 37:14