κωφόςkōphós
blunt, dull.
Greek (New Testament) · G2974
Meanings
Metaph., of the senses, especially
(a) of speech, dumb: Matthew 9:32, Matthew 9:33, Matthew 12:22, Matthew 15:30, Matthew 15:31, Luke 1:22, Luke 11:14
(b) of hearing, deaf: Matthew 11:5, Mark 7:32, Mark 7:37, Mark 9:25, Luke 7:22.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 14 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 9:32 When they left, a demon-possessed man who couldn’t speak was brought to Jesus.
- Matthew 9:33 So Jesus cast out the demon, and then the man began to speak. The crowds were amazed. “Nothing like this has ever happened in Israel!” they exclaimed.
- Matthew 11:5 the blind see, the lame walk, those with leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, and the Good News is being preached to the poor.”
- Matthew 12:22 Then a demon-possessed man, who was blind and couldn’t speak, was brought to Jesus. He healed the man so that he could both speak and see.
- Matthew 15:30 A vast crowd brought to him people who were lame, blind, crippled, those who couldn’t speak, and many others. They laid them before Jesus, and he healed them all.
- Matthew 15:31 The crowd was amazed! Those who hadn’t been able to speak were talking, the crippled were made well, the lame were walking, and the blind could see again! And they praised the God of Israel.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.