κωφός, -7, -dv, (κόπτω to beat, pound), blunted, dull; prop. βέλος, Hom. Il. 11, 390; hence a. blunted (or lamed) in tongue; dumb: Mt. ix. 32 sq.; xii. 22; xv. 30sq.; Lk. i. 22; xi. 14, (Hat. et sqq.; Sept. for obs Hab. ii. 18). b. blunted, dull,in hearing; deaf: Mt. xi. 5; Mk. vii. 32, 37; ix. 25; Lk. vii. 22, (Hom. h. Mere. 92; Aeschyl., Xen., Plat., sqq.; Sept. for wn, Ex. iv. 11; Is. xliii. 8; Ps. xxxvii. (xxxviii.) 14, etc.).* A

κωφός kōphos 14x

pr. blunt, dull, as a weapon; dull of hearing, deaf, Mt. 11:5; Mk. 7:32, 37; 9:25; Lk. 7:22; dumb, mute, Mt. 9:32, 33; 12:22; 15:30, 31; Lk. 1:22; meton. making dumb, causing dumbness, Lk. 11:14*

κωφός, -ή, -όν

(< κόπτω), [in LXX chiefly (Ex 4:11, al.) for אִלֵּם; for חֵרֵשׁ, Hb 2:18;]

blunt, dull. Metaph., of the senses, esp. of speech, dumb: Mt 9:32, 33 12:22 15:30, 31, Lk 1:22 11:14;

of hearing, deaf: Mt 11:5, Mk 7:32, 37 9:25, Lk 7:22.†

κωφός procession of the images of the gods in Egypt, as in P Tor I. 1vil. 21 (B.C, 116) προάγοντας τῆς κωμασίας, BGU I. 1495 (li/iii A.D.) ταῖς κωμασίαις τῶν θεῶν, P Par 69i%- 4 (a.p. 232) (= Chrest. 1. 41) παρέτυχεν κωμασίᾳ ἐξ ἔθους ἀγομέ]νῃ Ἴσιδος θεᾶς μεγίστης, and OGZS 194” (B.C. 42) μετήλλαξε διηνεκῶς πο]ηθῆναι τὰς τῶν κυρίων θεῶν κωμασίας. further Sturzius Déa/. Mac. p. 103 ff., and the classic passage in Clem. Al. Strom. V. vii. p. 354 f. (ed. Stahlin). For κωμαστής cf. P Oxy X. 1265" (A.D. 336) κωμαστοῦ θίων προτομῶν καὶ νίκης αὐτῶν προαγούσης, ““celebrant of the divine images and their advancing victory ”’ (Edd.), with the accompanying note, and for κωμάζω see Deissmann BS p. 237. See Kos. For the history of Cos and of its inscriptions it is sufficient to refer to the important monograph by W. R. Paton and Εν L. Hicks The Inscriptions of Cos, Oxford, 1891. On the acc. Κῶ in Ac 211 see Moulton G». ii. § 53 C (c).

κωφός (kōphos) — deaf/mute. κωφ-ός, ή, όν, blunt, dull, obtuse, opposed to ὀξύς, κ. βέλος [Refs 8th c.BC+]

II. metaphorically,

II.1. of sound, mute, noiseless, κύματι κωφῷ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κωφὴν γὰρ δὴ γαῖαν ἀεικίζει is maltreating dumb, senseless earth, [Refs]; τὰ μὲν ἄλλα ἔσκε κωφά the other parts sounded dull, opposed to to the ringing of the hollow parts when struck, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: neuter plural as adverb, κωφὰ δὲ πόντος κεῖτο [Refs 5th c.AD+]; ὁ κ. λιμήν, probably the bay of Munychia, as opposed to to the noisy Piraeus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κωφότερος ὁ ψόφος ἔσται, i.e. muffled, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τῶν μεταλλικῶν κωφότατος [ὁ σίδηρος] rings least, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

II.2. after [Refs 8th c.BC+], of men or animals, dumb, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; καὶ κωφοῦ συνίημι καὶ οὐ φωνεῦντος ἀκούω Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ.. παρὰ κωφὸν ὁ τυφλὸς ἔοικε λαλῆσαι, i.e. is not so dumb but that he will answer the blind fool who assails him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. χάρις a mute gift (i.e. an epitaph), [Refs]; so κωφοῖς δάκρυσι [Refs]; κ. τάφοι probably in [Refs]; κ. προσωπεῖον mute figure on the stage, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; κ. καὶ ἄλογος, of a house, with no echoes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II.2. b deaf, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅσοι γίνονται κ. ἐκ γενετῆς, πάντες καὶ ἐνεοὶ γίνονται [Refs 4th c.BC+] (hence of a deaf and dumb person, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. Ἑλλάδος φωνᾶς deaf of one's Greek ear, i.e. ignorant of Greek, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. c metaphorically, νοῦς ὁρῇ καὶ νοῦς ἀκούει· τἆλλα κωφὰ καὶ τυφλά [Refs 5th c.BC+]: neuter plural as adverb, κωφὰ χλιαίνεσθαι feebly, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

II.3. ὄμμα κ. vacant, lack-lustre eye, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.4. of the senses in general, dull, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.5. of the mind, dull, obtuse, ἐγὼ ὁ πάντα κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.5. b of things, senseless, unmeaning, obscure, κ. καὶ παλαί᾽ ἔπη [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but κ. εὐπραγίαι is probably falsa lectio for{κοῦφαι}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] adverb -φῶς obscurely, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: comparative -ότερον, ἐνοχλεῖν less acutely, [Refs 1st c.BC+]