ΚΩΦʼ, κωφʼ
KŌPHʼ, kōphʼ
Sounds Like: KOHF
Translations: deaf, dumb, mute, blind, dull, blunt
From the root: ΚΩΦΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word, ΚΩΦʼ, is an elided form of the adjective ΚΩΦΟΣ (kōphos), meaning 'deaf' or 'mute'. The apostrophe (coronis) indicates that a vowel has been omitted, likely at the end of the word, for phonetic reasons or to fit meter in poetry. It can describe someone who cannot hear or speak, or metaphorically, someone who is dull of understanding or spiritually unresponsive. It can also mean 'blind' in some contexts, or 'blunt' when referring to a weapon. The specific form ΚΩΦʼ could represent various inflections of ΚΩΦΟΣ, such as nominative masculine singular (ΚΩΦΟΣ), nominative masculine plural (ΚΩΦΟΙ), or genitive masculine/neuter singular (ΚΩΦΟΥ), depending on the original text and context.
Inflection: Elided form of various inflections of ΚΩΦΟΣ (kōphos), potentially Nominative Singular Masculine, Nominative Plural Masculine, Genitive Singular Masculine/Neuter, or other cases/genders depending on the full original word.
Strong’s number: G2974 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Lamentations — 0:19
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΩΦΟΣ.
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.
- ΚΩΦΑ — deaf, dumb, mute, dull, blind, a deaf person, a dumb person
- ΚΩΦΗ — deaf, mute, dumb, blind, dull, insensible, a deaf, a mute, a dumb
- ΚΩΦΗΝ — deaf, mute, dumb, dull, blind, a deaf person, a mute person
- ΚΩΦΗΣ — (of) deaf, (of) dumb, (of) mute, (of) dull, (of) insensible
- ΚΩΦΟΙ — deaf, mute, dumb, the deaf, the mute
- ΚΩΦΟΙΣ — (to) the deaf, (to) the dumb, (to) the mute, (to) the dull, (to) the blind
- ΚΩΦΟΝ — deaf, mute, dumb, blind, a deaf person, a mute person, a blind person
- ΚΩΦΟΣ — deaf, dumb, mute, blind, dull, a deaf person, a mute person
- ΚΩΦΟΥΣ — deaf, mute, dumb, dull, blind
- ΚΩΦΩ — deaf, dumb, mute, dull, blind
- ΚΩΦΩΝ — of deaf (people), of the deaf
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