Exodus 4:11
And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?
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2 Peter 2:16
But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.
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κωφός
kōphós · ko-fos'
8 times translated as this KJV form14 total Strong's occurrences
blunted, i.e. (figuratively) of hearing (deaf) or speech (dumb)
Strong's KJV usage: :--deaf, dumb, speechless.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 9:32Strong's last: Luke 11:14
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ʼâlam · aw-lam'
7 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
to tie fast; hence (of the mouth) to be tongue-tied
Strong's KJV usage: bind, be dumb, put to silence.
Strong's first: Psalms 39:2Strong's last: Daniel 10:15
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ʼillêm · il-lame'
5 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
speechless
Strong's KJV usage: dumb (man).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 4:11Strong's last: Habakkuk 2:18
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álalos · al'-al-os
3 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
mute
Strong's KJV usage: :--dumb.
Strong's first: Mark 7:37Strong's last: Mark 9:25
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áphōnos · af'-o-nos
3 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
voiceless, i.e. mute (by nature or choice); figuratively, unmeaning
Strong's KJV usage: :--dumb, without signification.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Acts 8:32Strong's last: 2 Peter 2:16
Open full G880 profile →σιωπάω
siōpáō · see-o-pah'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
to be dumb (but not deaf also, like 2974 properly); figuratively, to be calm (as quiet water)
Strong's KJV usage: :--dumb, (hold) peace.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 1:20Strong's last: Luke 1:20
Open full G4623 profile →דּוּמָם
dûwmâm · doo-mawm'
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
still; adverbially, silently
Strong's KJV usage: dumb, silent, quietly wait.
Strong's first: Habakkuk 2:19Strong's last: Habakkuk 2:19
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H483
Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
H481
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
H483
His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
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dumb
DUMB, adjective Dum.
1. Mute; silent; not speaking.
I was dumb with silence; I held my peace. Psalms 34:1.
2. Destitute of the power of speech; unable to utter articulate sounds; as the dumb brutes. The asylum at Hartford in Connecticut was the first institution in America for teaching the deaf and dumb to read and write.
3. Mute; not using or accompanied with speech; as a dumb show; dumb signs.
To strike dumb is to confound; to astonish; to render silent by astonishment; or it may be, to deprive of the power of speech.
DUMB, verb transitive To silence.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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