ἄφωνος

ἄφωνος — áphōnos

ἄφωνος, ἁφῶν (φωνή), voiceless, dumb; without the faculty of speech; used of idols, 1Co 12:2 (cf. Psa 115:5; Hab 2:18); of beasts, 2Pe 2:16. 1Co 14:10 τοσαῦτα γένη φωνῶν καί οὐδέν αὐτῶν (L T Tr WH omit αὐτῶν) ἄφωνον, i. e. there is no language destitute of the power of language (R. V. text no kind (of voice) is without signification) (cf. the phrases βίος ἀβίωτος a life unworthy of the name of life, χάρις ἄχαρις). used of one that is patiently silent or dumb: ἀμνός, Act 8:32 from Isa 53:7. (In Greek writings from (Theog.), Pindar, Aeschylus down.)