ΚΩΦΟΣ, κωφος
KŌPHOS, kōphos
Sounds Like: KO-fohs
Translations: deaf, dumb, mute, blind, dull, a deaf person, a mute 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). It can also be used metaphorically to describe someone who is dull of understanding or unresponsive, as if they cannot hear or see. In some contexts, it can even refer to someone who is blind, particularly in the Septuagint. It is used to describe a physical condition or a spiritual state of unresponsiveness.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine. Can also be Feminine (ΚΩΦΗ) or Neuter (ΚΩΦΟΝ), and inflects for all cases.
Strong’s number: G2974 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 123:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Psalms — 37:14
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
- ΚΩΦΟΝ — deaf, mute, dumb, blind, a deaf person, a mute person, a blind person
- ΚΩΦΟΥΣ — deaf, mute, dumb, dull, blind
- ΚΩΦΩ — deaf, dumb, mute, dull, blind
- ΚΩΦΩΝ — of deaf (people), of the deaf
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