deaf/mute

Greek Adjective

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)

deaf/mute

Greek Adjective

κωφ-ός, ή, όν, blunt, dull, obtuse, opposed to ὀξύς, κ. βέλος [Refs 8th c.BC+] II) metaphorically, II.1) of sound, mute, noiseless, κύματι κωφῷ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κωφὴν γὰρ δὴ γαῖαν ἀεικίζει is maltreating dumb, senseless earth, [Refs]; τὰ μὲν ἄλλα ἔσκε κωφά the other parts sounded dull, opposed to to the ringing of the hollow parts when struck, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: neuter plural as adverb, κωφὰ δὲ πόντος κεῖτο [Refs 5th c.AD+]; ὁ κ. λιμήν, probably the bay of Munychia, as opposed to to the noisy Piraeus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κωφότερος ὁ ψόφος ἔσται, i.e. muffled, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τῶν μεταλλικῶν κωφότατος [ὁ σίδηρος] rings least, [Refs 1st c.BC+] II.2) after [Refs 8th c.BC+], of men or animals, dumb, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; καὶ κωφοῦ συνίημι καὶ οὐ φωνεῦντος ἀκούω Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ. παρὰ κωφὸν ὁ τυφλὸς ἔοικε λαλῆσαι, i.e. is not so dumb but that he will answer the blind fool who assails him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. χάρις a mute gift (i.e. an epitaph), [Refs]; so κωφοῖς δάκρυσι [Refs]; κ. τάφοι probably in [Refs]; κ. προσωπεῖον mute figure on the stage, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; κ. καὶ ἄλογος, of a house, with no echoes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II.2.b) deaf, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅσοι γίνονται κ. ἐκ γενετῆς, πάντες καὶ ἐνεοὶ γίνονται [Refs 4th c.BC+] (hence of a deaf and dumb person, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. Ἑλλάδος φωνᾶς deaf of one's Greek ear, i.e. ignorant of Greek, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2.c) metaphorically, νοῦς ὁρῇ καὶ νοῦς ἀκούει· τἆλλα κωφὰ καὶ τυφλά [Refs 5th c.BC+]: neuter plural as adverb, κωφὰ χλιαίνεσθαι feebly, [Refs 1st c.BC+] II.3) ὄμμα κ. vacant, lack-lustre eye, [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.4) of the senses in general, dull, [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.5) of the mind, dull, obtuse, ἐγὼ ὁ πάντα κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.5.b) of things, senseless, unmeaning, obscure, κ. καὶ παλαί᾽ ἔπη [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but κ. εὐπραγίαι is probably falsa lectio for{κοῦφαι}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] adverb -φῶς obscurely, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: comparative -ότερον, ἐνοχλεῖν less acutely, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

Greek

Adjective

blunted, i.e. (figuratively) of hearing (deaf) or speech (dumb); deaf, dumb, speechless; from g2875 (κόπτω)