ἄλαλοςálalos

dumb, speechless: Mark 7:37, Mark 9:17, Mark 9:25.

Greek (New Testament) · G216

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Mark 7:37 They were completely amazed and said again and again, “Everything he does is wonderful. He even makes the deaf to hear and gives speech to those who cannot speak.”
  • Mark 9:17 One of the men in the crowd spoke up and said, “Teacher, I brought my son so you could heal him. He is possessed by an evil spirit that won’t let him talk.
  • Mark 9:25 When Jesus saw that the crowd of onlookers was growing, he rebuked the evil spirit. “Listen, you spirit that makes this boy unable to hear and speak,” he said. “I command you to come out of this child and never enter him again!”

Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.