ἄφωνοςáphōnos
GreekG8804 occurrences (KJV)
voiceless, i.e. mute (by nature or choice); figuratively, unmeaning
KJV renders it: dumb, without signification
Where it appears
- Acts 8:32Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn’t open his mouth.
- 1 Cor 12:2You know that when you were heathen, you were led away to those mute idols, however you might be led.
- 1 Cor 14:10There are, it may be, so many kinds of sounds in the world, and none of them is without meaning.
- 2 Pet 2:16but he was rebuked for his own disobedience. A mute donkey spoke with a man’s voice and stopped the madness of the prophet.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.