ἄλαλος
alalos · mute
Greek word · Strong’s number G216 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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alalos (ἄλαλος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “mute”.
Unable to speak.
How to say it
a·la·los
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Unable to speak; sometimes because of a spirit that binds him.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Where it appears
- Mark 7:37
And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well; he even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”
- Mark 9:17
And one of the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought my son to you, who has a mute spirit;
- Mark 9:25
And when Jesus saw that a crowd was running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never again enter into him!”