ΚΩΦΕΥΣΑΤΕ, κωφευσατε
KŌPHEUSATE, kōpheusate
Sounds Like: koh-FEH-oo-sah-teh
Translations: be silent, become deaf, be dumb, be speechless
From the root: ΚΩΦΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning to be or become deaf, dumb, or silent. In the imperative form, as seen here, it functions as a command, urging someone or a group to become silent or to stop speaking. It can also imply a state of being unable to hear or speak.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Imperative, Second Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G2974 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Job — 13:13
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Job — 13:13
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΩΦΕΥΩ.
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.
- ΚΩΦΕΥ — be deaf, be mute, be silent, keep silent, become deaf, become mute, become silent
- ΚΩΦΕΥΕΤΕ — be deaf, be silent, be dumb, you are deaf, you are silent, you are dumb
- ΚΩΦΕΥΣΑΙ — to be deaf, to become deaf, to be dumb, to become dumb
- ΚΩΦΕΥΣΟΝ — be deaf, become deaf, make deaf, deafen, be silent, keep silent
- ΚΩΦΕΥΣΩ — I will be deaf, I will become deaf, I will be dumb, I will become dumb
- ΚΩΦΕΥΩ — to be deaf, to become deaf, to be dumb, to become dumb, to be silent
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