adjective

afōnos

Greekἄφωνος (afōnos)

Strong’sG880

soundless, voiceless, speechless, dumb

stem afōn-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

mute1×silent1×speechless1×without meaning1×

What it means

ἄφωνος, -ον

(φωνή), [in LXX: Is 53:7 (אלם ni.), Wi 4:19, II Mac 3:29*;]

dumb, speechless: Ac 8:32(LXX); of idols (MM, s.v.), I Co 12:2; of beasts, II Pe 2:19; τοσαῦτα γένη φωνῶν καὶ οὐδὲν ἄ.—so many kinds of voices and none voiceless, i.e. without signification, unintelligible: I Co 14:10.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G880 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidaf'-o-nos

voiceless, i.e. mute (by nature or choice); figuratively, unmeaning

Fromfrom G1 (as a negative particle) and G5456;

King Jamesdumb, without signification.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	afōnos1×ἄφωνος	afōnas	afōnem2×ἄφωνον	afōnois	afōnais	afōneim1×ἄφωνα
object accusative	afōnon	afōnan		afōnoin	afōnain
direct address vocative	afōnor	afōnar		afōnoir	afōnair
of, belonging to genitive	afōnou	afōnau	afōneu	afōnoiu	afōnaiu	afōneiu
to, for dative	afōno	afōna	afōne	afōnoi	afōnai	afōnei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

afōnstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

afōn is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

afōnos“silent”subjectnominative singular1×

Acts 8:32“silent”tas de periochas tau grafau han anaginōskate ate houtas; Hōs probatem epi sfagan agita, kai hōs amnos enantion tou keiraratou auton afōnos, houtōs ouk anoigatō tem stomem autou.The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.

afōnem“speechless”subject or objectdirect singular2×

1 Corinthians 14:10“without meaning”tosouteim ei tunchanatoia geneim fōnaiu alō en kosmo, kai oudenem afōnem;Assuredly, there are many different languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.

2 Peter 2:16“speechless”elenxian de echata idiau paranomiau; hupozugiem afōnem en anthrōpou fōna fthengeratem kōluata tan tou profētou parafronian.But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.

afōneim“mute”subject or objectdirect plural1×

1 Corinthians 12:2“mute”oidavē hoti hote ethneim ave pros teim eidōleim teim afōneim hōs an agive apagirōtois.You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.