G216: ἄλαλος (álalos)

Quick Definition

ἄλαλος, ον Adj unable to speak

Strong's Definition

from 1 (as a negative particle) and 2980; mute

KJV Usage: dumb

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἄλαλος (G0216)

adjc. | -ον | ἀ- + λαλέω

33.106 · Communication · Speak, Talk

dumb, mute, unable to speak, incapable of talking pertaining to not being able to speak or talk

MRK 7:37 · MRK 9:17 · MRK 9:25

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἄ-λαλος, -ov, (λάλος talking, talkative), [fr. Aeschyl. on], speechless, dumb, wanting the faculty of speech: Mk. vii. 37; πνεῦμα, Mk. ix. 17, 25, because the defects of demoniacs were thought to proceed from the nature and peculiarities of the demons by which they were possessed. (Sept. Ps. xxxvii. (xxxvili.) 14; xxx. (xxxi.) 19; ἀλάλου καὶ κακοῦ πνεύματος πλήρης, Plut. de orac. def. 51 p. 438 b.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἄλαλος alalos 3x

unable to speak or artilculate, Mk. 7:37; 9:17, 25*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἄ-λαλος, -ον

(< λάλος, talkative), [in LXX: Ps 31:18 (אָלַם ni.) Ps 38:13 (אִלֵּם)*;]

dumb, speechless: Mk 7:37 9:17, 25.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἄλαλος (alalos) — mute. ἄλᾰλος, ον, speechless, dumb, probably in [NT+4th c.BC+]; κείμεσθα ἄ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]