Quick Definition
soundless, voiceless, speechless, dumb
Strong's Definition
voiceless, i.e. mute (by nature or choice); figuratively, unmeaning
Derivation: from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and G5456 (φωνή);
KJV Usage: dumb, without signification
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἄφωνος, ἁφῶν (φωνή), voiceless, dumb; without the faculty of speech; used of idols, 1Co_12:2 (cf. Psa_115:5 (); Hab_2:18); of beasts, 2Pe_2:16. 1Co_14:10 τοσαῦτα γένη φωνῶν καί οὐδέν αὐτῶν (L T Tr WH omit αὐτῶν) ἄφωνον, i. e. there is no language destitute of the power of language (R. V. text no kind (of voice) is without signification) (cf. the phrases βίος ἀβίωτος a life unworthy of the name of life, χάρις ἄχαρις). used of one that is patiently silent or dumb: ἀμνός, Act_8:32 from Isa_53:7. (In Greek writings from (Theog.), Pindar, Aeschylus down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἄφωνος aphōnos 4x
dumb, destitute of the power of speech, 1Co_12:2 ; 2Pe_2:16 ;
silent, mute, uttering no voice, Act_8:32 ;
inarticulate, consisting of inarticulate sounds, unmeaning, 1Co_14:10
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀφωνος , -ον
(φωνή ),
[in LXX : Isa_53:7 ( H5956 ni .), Wis_4:19 , 2Ma_3:29 * ;]
dumb, speechless: Act_8:32 (LXX) ; of idols ( MM , s.v. ), 1Co_12:2 ; of beasts, 2Pe_2:19 ; τοσαῦτα γένη φωνῶν καὶ οὐδὲν ἄ . so many kinds of voices and none voiceless, i.e . without signification, unintelligible: 1Co_14:10 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἄφωνος [page 99]
In Syll 802 .41 (iii/B.C., from the Asclepieum of Epidauros) one of the cures effected is that of a παῖς ἄφωνος . For its application to a dumb idol in 1Co_12:2 , cf. Kaibel 402 .1 , from Sebastopolis in Galatia, where the marble pillar is made to say Γαῖά με τίκεν ( l. τίκτεν ) ἄφωνο [ν ] : now through the inscription it speaks. The word is MGr.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἄφωνος [Etym: φωνή] "voiceless, speechless, dumb, silent", Theogn. , Hdt. , Dem. : c. gen., ἄφωνος ἀρᾶς "unable to utter" a curse, Soph. :—adv. -νως, "without speaking", id=Dem. ; neut. pl. as adv., Aesch. ἄφωνα (sc. γράμματα), "consonants", opp. to φωνοῦντα or φωνήεντα (vowels), Eur. , Plat.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀφωνος, -ον
(φωνή) [in LXX: Isa.53:7 (עָלַם ni.), Wis.4:19, 2Ma.3:29 * ;]
dumb, speechless: Act.8:32 (LXX); of idols (MM, see word), 1Co.12:2; of beasts, 2Pe.2:19; τοσαῦτα γένη φωνῶν καὶ οὐδὲν ἄ.—so many kinds of voices and none voiceless, i.e. without signification, unintelligible: 1Co.14:10.†
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