Quick Definition
dumb, deaf
Strong's Definition
blunted, i.e. (figuratively) of hearing (deaf) or speech (dumb)
Derivation: from G2875 (κόπτω);
KJV Usage: deaf, dumb, speechless
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κωφός, κωφη, κωφόν (κόπτω to beat, pound), blunted, dull; properly, βέλος, Homer, Iliad 11, 390; hence a. blunted (or lamed) in tongue; dumb: Mat_9:32; Mat_12:22; Mat_15:30; Luk_1:22; Luk_11:14 (Herodotus and following; the Sept. for ΰΔμΕΜν Hab_2:18).
b. blunted, dull, in hearing; deaf: Mat_11:5; Mar_7:32; Mar_7:37; Mar_9:25; Luk_7:22 (Homer h. Merc. 92; Aeschylus, Xenophon, Plato, and following; the Sept. for ηΕψΕωΡ, Exo_4:11; Isa_43:8; Psa_37:14 (), etc.).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κωφός kōphos 14x
pr. blunt, dull, as a weapon;
dull of hearing, deaf, Mat_11:5 ; Mar_7:32 ; Mar_7:37 ; Mar_9:25 ; Luk_7:22 ;
dumb, mute, Mat_9:32-33 ; Mat_12:22 ; Mat_15:30-31 ; Luk_1:22 ;
meton. making dumb, causing dumbness, Luk_11:14 * deaf; mute.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κωφός , -ή , -όν
( < κόπτω ),
[in LXX chiefly ( Exo_4:11 , al. ) for H483 ; for H2796 , Hab_2:18 ;]
blunt, dull. Metaph ., of the senses, esp .
(a) of speech, dumb: Mat_9:32-33 ; Mat_12:22 ; Mat_15:30-31 , Luk_1:22 ; Luk_11:14 ;
(b) of hearing, deaf: Mat_11:5 , Mar_7:32 ; Mar_7:37 ; Mar_9:25 , Luk_7:22 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κωφός [page 367]
κωφός is used as a descriptive name in P Tebt II. 283 .6 (B.C. 93 or 60) Πατῦνιν ( l. ις ) ὁ ἐπικαλούμενον ( l. ος ) κωφόν ( l. ός ) : cf. BGU IV. 1196 .49, .63 ( c. B.C. 10). The adj. occurs in several sepulchral epitaphs attached to τάφοι , δάκρυα , and χάρις ( Kaibel 208 .26 (ii/A.D.), 252 .6 (i/A.D.), 298 .2 ). For the adv. κωφῶς = Lat. obscure , see Vett. Val. pp. 251 .25 , 301 .28 .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
κωφός κωφός, ή, όν [Etym: κόπτω] radical sense, "blunt, dull, obtuse", κωφὸν βέλος "the blunt, dull" shaft, opp. to ὀξύ, Il. metaph.: "dumb, mute", κύματι κωφῷ with "dumb" wave, before it breaks, id=Il. ; κωφὴν γαῖαν ἀεικίζει dishonours "the dumb, senseless" earth, id=Il. ; τὰ μὲν ἄλλα ἔσκε κωφά the other parts of the ground sounded "dull", opp. to the "ringing" of the hollow parts, Hdt. ; ὁ κ. λιμήν, prob. the bay of Munychia, as opp. to the "noisy" Peiraeus, Xen. after Hom. , of men, "dumb", Orac. ap. Hdt. : "deaf and dumb", id=Hdt. "deaf", Lat. surdus, Hhymn. , Aesch. , etc. of the mind, "dull, stupid", Lat. fatuus, Soph. ; also "senseless, unmeaning", κ. καὶ παλαί᾽ ἔπη id=Soph.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
κωφός, -ή, -όν
(κόπτω), [in LXX chiefly (Exo.4:11, al.) for אִלֵּם; for חָרָשׁ, Hab.2:18 ;]
blunt, dull. Metaphorical, of the senses, esp.
__(a) of speech, dumb: Mat.9:32-33 12:22 15:30-31, Luk.1:22 11:14;
__(b) of hearing, deaf: Mat.11:5, Mrk.7:32, 37 9:25, Luk.7:22.†
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