Quick Definition
ἄφωνος, ον Adj soundless, voiceless, speechless, dumb
Strong's Definition
from 1 (as a negative particle) and 5456; voiceless, i.e. mute (by nature or choice); figuratively, unmeaning
KJV Usage: dumb, without signification
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | ἀ- + φωνέω
33.106 · Communication · Speak, Talk
dumb, mute, unable to speak, incapable of talking pertaining to not being able to speak or talk
33.135 · Communication · Interpret, Mean, Explain
without meaning, meaningless pertaining to being without meaning Rather than use a double negative expression in rendering this phrase in 1CO 14:10, it may be better in many languages to use a positive expression, for example, ‘yet all can be understood’ or ‘yet all have meaning.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἄφωνος, -ov, (φωνή), voiceless, dumb; without the faculty of speech; used of idols, 1 Co. xii. 2 (ef. Ps. exv. 5 (exiii. 13); Hab. ii. 18); of beasts, 2 Pet. ii. 16. 1 Co. xiv. 10 τοσαῦτα γένη φωνῶν καὶ οὐδὲν αὐτῶν [LT Tr WH om. αὐτ.] ἄφωνον, i. 6. there is no language destitute of the power of language, [R. V. txt. no kind (of voice) is without signification], (cf. the phrases Bios ἀβίωτος a life unworthy of the name of life, χάρις ἄχαρις). used of one that is patiently silent or dumb: ἀμνός, Acts viii. 32 fr. Is. 1π|. τ. (In Grk. writ. fr. [Theog.], Pind., Aeschyl. down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἄφωνος aphōnos 4x
dumb, destitute of the power of speech, 1 Cor. 12:2; 2 Pet. 2:16; silent, mute, uttering no voice, Acts 8:32; inarticulate, consisting of inarticulate sounds, unmeaning, 1 Cor. 14:10*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἄφωνος, -ον
(φωνή), [in LXX: Is 53:7 (אלם ni.), Wi 4:19, II Mac 3:29*;]
dumb, speechless: Ac 8:32(LXX); of idols (MM, s.v.), I Co 12:2; of beasts, II Pe 2:19; τοσαῦτα γένη φωνῶν καὶ οὐδὲν ἄ.—so many kinds of voices and none voiceless, i.e. without signification, unintelligible: I Co 14:10.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἄφωνος. In Sy// 8024: (iii/B.c., from the Asclepieum of Epidauros) one of the cures effected is that of a mats ἄφωνος. application to a dumb idol in 1 Cor 125, cf. Aare! 4021, from Sebastopolis in Galatia, where the marble pillar is made to say Tata pe τίκεν (1. τίκτεν) ἄφωνο[ν] : now through the The word is MGr. For its inscription it speaks.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἄφωνος (aphōnos) — mute. ἄφων-ος, ον, (φωνή) voiceless, dumb, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; stronger than ἄναυδος (which see), [NT+5th c.BC+]; unable to speak, of a child, [Refs 7th c.BC+] unable to utter it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -νως[Refs]: neuter plural as adverb, ἄφωνα σημανοῦσιν.. ὡς.. [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. with a poor voice, τραγῳδός[Refs 2nd c.BC+]
3. intestate, [Refs]
4. ἄφωνα (i.e. γράμματα, στοιχεῖα) consonants, ἄ. καὶ φωνοῦντα (perhaps ἄ. φωνήεντα) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: but especially of mutes, τὰ ἄφθογγα καὶ ἄ.[Refs]; opposed to ἡμίφωνα, [Refs 4th c.BC+]