Strong's Greek · G2974

κωφός

kōphós

deaf, dumb, speechless

Definition

blunted, i.e. (figuratively) of hearing (deaf) or speech (dumb)

Derivation

from G2875 (κόπτω);

Appears 14 times in Scripture

Matthew 9:33

And when the demon had been driven out, the man began to speak. The crowds were amazed and said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”

Matthew 15:30

Large crowds came to Him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and laid them at His feet, and He healed them.

Matthew 12:22

Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed the man so that he could speak and see.

Matthew 15:31

The crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.

Matthew 11:5

The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.

Mark 9:25

When Jesus saw that a crowd had come running, He rebuked the unclean spirit. “You deaf and mute spirit,” He said, “I command you to come out and never enter him again.”

Mark 7:32

Some people brought to Him a man who was deaf and hardly able to speak, and they begged Jesus to place His hand on him.

Matthew 9:32

As they were leaving, a demon-possessed man who was mute was brought to Jesus.

Mark 7:37

The people were utterly astonished and said, “He has done all things well! He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!”

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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