kōphos · mute, deaf

What it means

kōphos (κωφός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “mute, deaf”.

Mute; also deaf.

How to say it

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

1. Someone who cannot speak.
2. Someone who cannot hear.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• mute ×9
• deaf ×5

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×7
• Mark×3
• Luke×4

• Matthew 9:32

  As they were going out, look, people brought to him a mute man possessed by a demon.

• Matthew 9:33

  And when the demon had been driven out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds were amazed, saying, “Never has anything been seen like this in Israel!”

• Matthew 11:5

  the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised, and the poor have good news proclaimed to them.

• Matthew 12:22

  Then a man possessed by a demon, blind and mute, was brought to him; and he healed him, so that the mute man spoke and saw.

• Matthew 15:30

  And many crowds came to him, having with them the mute, blind, lame, maimed, and many others, and they set them at his feet; and he healed them,

• Matthew 15:31

  so that the crowd was amazed seeing the mute speaking, the maimed whole, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

• Mark 7:32

  And they bring to him a deaf man who could hardly speak, and they beg him to lay his hand on him.

• 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 9:25

  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!”

• Luke 1:22

  And when he came out, he was not able to speak to them, and they realized that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary; and he was making signs to them, and remained mute.

• Luke 7:22

  And he answered and said to them, “Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the good news proclaimed to them.

• Luke 11:14

  And he was casting out a demon that was mute; and it happened, when the demon had gone out, that the mute man spoke; and the crowds marveled.

And 2 more times.