ἄφωνος áphōnos
Meaning
voiceless, i.e. mute (by nature or choice); figuratively, unmeaning
In the King James Version: dumb, without signification
Derivation: from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and G5456 (φωνή);
Where it is used
- Acts 8:32 The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
- 1 Corinthians 12:2 You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.
- 1 Corinthians 14:10 Assuredly, there are many different languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.
- 2 Peter 2:16 But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.