ΑΦΩΝΑ, αφωνα
APHŌNA, aphōna
Sounds Like: AH-foh-nah
Translations: mute, speechless, dumb, without sound, silent
From the root: ΑΦΩΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is without a voice or sound, or someone who is unable to speak. It can refer to a person who is mute or dumb, or to an object that is inanimate and therefore cannot produce sound. It is a compound word formed from the prefix 'α-' (alpha privative, meaning 'not' or 'without') and 'φωνή' (phone, meaning 'voice' or 'sound').
Inflection: Plural, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G880 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Corinthians — 12:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΦΩΝΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΦΩΝΑ — mute, speechless, voiceless, dumb, without sound
- ἈΦΩΝΟΝ — voiceless, mute, speechless, dumb, a voiceless thing, a mute thing
- ἈΦΩΝΟΥΣ — mute, speechless, dumb, without a voice
- ΑΦΩΝΟΝ — mute, speechless, dumb, without sound, a mute, a dumb person
- ΑΦΩΝΟΣ — voiceless, mute, dumb, speechless
- ΑΦΩΝΟΥΣ — mute, speechless, without a voice, dumb
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