Greek adjective · G2974
κωφός
kophosko-fos'
deaf/mute
14 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: kōphós
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2974is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2974
blunted, i.e. (figuratively) of hearing (deaf) or speech (dumb)
The King James renders it: deaf, dumb, speechless.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
kophos is rendered "deaf/mute". It stands 14 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 9:32As they were leaving, a demon-possessed man who was mute was brought to Jesus.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
As they were leaving, a demon-possessed man who was mute was brought to Jesus.
Matthew 9:32κωφὸν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- mute9
- deaf4
- a deaf man1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 14, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- κωφὸν4
- κωφός3
- κωφοὶ2
- κωφοὺς2
- κωφόν1
- κωφός.¶1
- κωφούς1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singular4A-NSM
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine plural3A-APM
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine singular3A-ASM
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine plural2A-NPM
- adjective · accusative (object) · neuter singular1A-ASN
- adjective · vocative (address) · neuter singular1A-VSN
Matthew
seven uses
As they were leaving, a demon-possessed man who was mute was brought to Jesus.
- κωφὸνkophonadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: mute
And when the demon had been driven out, the man began to speak. The crowds were amazed and said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”
- κωφόςkophosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: mute
The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
- κωφοὶkophoiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: deaf
Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed the man so that he could speak and see.
- κωφόςkophosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: mute
- κωφὸνkophonadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: mute
Large crowds came to Him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and laid them at His feet, and He healed them.
- κωφούςkophousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: mute
The crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.
- κωφοὺςkophousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: mute
Mark
three uses
Some people brought to Him a man who was deaf and hardly able to speak, and they begged Jesus to place His hand on him.
- κωφὸνkophonadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a deaf man
The people were utterly astonished and said, “He has done all things well! He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!”
- κωφοὺςkophousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: deaf
When Jesus saw that a crowd had come running, He rebuked the unclean spirit. “You deaf and mute spirit,” He said, “I command you to come out and never enter him again.”
- κωφὸνkophonadjective · vocative (address) · neuter singulartagged: deaf
Luke
four uses
When he came out and was unable to speak to them, they realized he had seen a vision in the temple. He kept making signs to them but remained speechless.
- κωφός.¶kophosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: mute
So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
- κωφοὶkophoiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: deaf
One day Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. And when the demon was gone, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed,
- κωφόνkophonadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: mute
- κωφόςkophosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: mute
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.