ΚΩΦΟΝ, κωφον
KŌPHON, kōphon
Sounds Like: KOH-fon
Translations: deaf, mute, dumb, blind, a deaf person, a mute person, a blind person
From the root: ΚΩΦΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone who is unable to hear (deaf) or unable to speak (mute/dumb). In some contexts, it can also refer to someone who is dull of understanding or even blind, particularly in a spiritual sense. It is used to describe a state of sensory impairment or a lack of perception.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G2974 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:35
Codex Sinaiticus
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
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.
- ΚΩΦʼ — deaf, dumb, mute, blind, dull, blunt
- 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
- 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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