ΑΦΩΝΟΥΣ, αφωνους
APHŌNOUS, aphōnous
Sounds Like: ah-PHO-noos
Translations: mute, speechless, without a voice, dumb
From the root: ΑΦΩΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something or someone that is without a voice, unable to speak, or silent. It can refer to a person who is physically unable to speak (mute or dumb), or to something that is inherently voiceless, such as an idol. It is a compound word formed from the negative prefix 'α-' (a-, meaning 'not' or 'without') and 'φωνή' (phōnē, meaning 'voice' or 'sound').
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G880 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Wisdom — 4:19
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
- ΑΦΩΝΑ — mute, speechless, dumb, without sound, silent
- ΑΦΩΝΟΝ — mute, speechless, dumb, without sound, a mute, a dumb person
- ΑΦΩΝΟΣ — voiceless, mute, dumb, speechless
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.