ΚΩΦΩΘΗΤΕ, κωφωθητε
KŌPHŌTHĒTE, kōphōthēte
Sounds Like: koh-FOH-thay-teh
Translations: be deaf, become deaf, be made deaf, be silenced
From the root: ΚΩΦΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning to be or become deaf, or to be made deaf. In the imperative form, as seen here, it functions as a command, urging someone to become deaf or unresponsive to something. It can be used metaphorically to mean to be silenced or to ignore something.
Inflection: Aorist, Passive, Imperative, Second Person Plural
Strong’s number: G2954 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Trallians — 9:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΩΦΟΩ.
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.
- ἘΚΩΦΕΥΣΑΝ — they made deaf, they made mute, they silenced, they became deaf, they became mute
- ΕΚΩΦΩΘΗΝ — I was made deaf, I became deaf, I was silenced, I was made dumb, I became dumb
- ΚΩΦΟΥΤΑΙ — becomes deaf, is deafened, is made dumb, is silenced
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