BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1826
da.mam — to silence: stationary
: stationary 1) to be silent, be still, wait, be dumb, grow dumb 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be silent 1a2) to be still, die 1a3) to be struck dumb 1b) (Niphal) to be silenced, be made silent, destroyed 1c) (Poal) to make quiet 1d) (Hiphil) to make silent (cause to die)
28 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2974
kōphos — deaf/mute
κωφός, -ή, -όν (κόπτω), [in LXX chiefly (Exo.4:11, al.) for אִלֵּם; for חָרָשׁ, Hab.2:18 ;] blunt, dull. Metaphorical, of the senses, esp. (a) of speech, dumb: Mat.9:32-33 12:22 15:30-31, Luk.1:22 11:14; (b) of hearing, deaf: Mat.11:5, Mrk.7:32, 37 9:25, Luk.7:22.† (AS)
11 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4623
siōpaō — be quiet
σιωπάω, -ῶ (σιωπή, silence) [in LXX for חָשָׁה, חָרַשׁ hi., etc. ;] to be silent or still, keep silence: Mat.20:31 26:63, Mrk.3:4 9:34 10:48 14:61, Luk.19:4, Act.18:9; of one dumb, Luk.1:20 (cf. 4Ma.10:18); addressed rhetorically to the sea, σιώπα, Mrk.4:39.† SYN.: ἡσυχάζω, σιγάω (which see) (AS)
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8539
ta.mah — to astounded
1) to be astounded, be stunned, be amazed, be dumbfounded 1a) (Qal) to be astounded 1b)(Hithpael) to astonish yourself, be astounded, be astonished at one another
8 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H481
a.lam — be dumb
1) to bind 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be dumb 1a2) to be bound 1b) (Piel) binding (part.)
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H483
il.lem — mute
mute, silent, dumb, unable to speak
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G880
aphōnos — mute
ἀφωνος, -ον (φωνή) [in LXX: Isa.53:7 (עָלַם ni.), Wis.4:19, 2Ma.3:29 * ;] dumb, speechless: Act.8:32 (LXX); of idols (MM, see word), 1Co.12:2; of beasts, 2Pe.2:19; τοσαῦτα γένη φωνῶν καὶ οὐδὲν ἄ.—so many kinds of voices and none voiceless, i.e. without signification, unintelligible: 1Co.14:10.† (AS)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G216
alalos — mute
ἄ-λαλος, -ον (λάλος, talkative), [in LXX: Psa.31:18 (אָלַם ni.) Psa.38:13 (אִלֵּם)* ;] dumb, speechless: Mrk.7:37 9:17, 25.† (AS)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G499
antitupos — representation
ἀντί-τυπος, -ον (see: τύπος), [in LXX: Est.3:13 A * ;] 1. active striking back; metaphorically, resisting, adverse. 2. Pass. struck back; metaphorically, corresponding to (MM, VGT, see word); (a) as impression of a seal or copy of an archetype (τύπος) (RV, Like in pattern), Heb.9:24; (b) as the reality (of which τύπος is the copy or adumbration) (RV, after a true likeness), 1Pe.3:21 (Cramer, 357).† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1769
enneos — speechless
ἐνεός (Rec. ἐνν-), -οῦ, ὁ [in LXX: Isa.56:10 (אִלֵּם), Ep. Jer.41:1-18; ἐ. ποιεῖν, Pro.17:28 * ;] dumb, speechless: Act.9:7.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →From natural infirmity (Ex. 4:11); not knowing what to say (Prov. 31:8); unwillingness to speak (Ps. 39:9; Lev. 10:3). Christ repeatedly restored the dumb (Matt. 9:32, 33; Luke 11:14; Matt. 12:22) to the use of speech.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
