adjective

alalos

Greekἄλαλος (alalos)

Strong’sG216

unable to speak

stem alal-3 times in the New Testament2 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

mute3×

What it means

ἄ-λαλος, -ον

(< λάλος, talkative), [in LXX: Ps 31:18 (אָלַם ni.) Ps 38:13 (אִלֵּם)*;]

dumb, speechless: Mk 7:37 9:17, 25.†

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

Strong’s G216 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidal'-al-os

mute

Fromfrom G1 (as a negative particle) and G2980;

King Jamesdumb.

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	alalos	alalas	alalem2×ἄλαλον	alalois	alalais	alaleim
object accusative	alalon	alalan		alaloin1×ἀλάλους	alalain
direct address vocative	alalor	alalar		alaloir	alalair
of, belonging to genitive	alalou	alalau	alaleu	alaloiu	alalaiu	alaleiu
to, for dative	alalo	alala	alale	alaloi	alalai	alalei

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

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

alal 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

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

alalem“mute”subject or objectdirect singular2×

Mark 9:17“mute”kai apokrinita auto henos ek tou ochlou; Didaskalor, ferama ton huion mu pros sin, echarōton pneumem alalem;Someone in the crowd replied, “Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a spirit that makes him mute.

Mark 9:25“mute”horaratos de tos Iēsus hoti episuntrechatō ochlos epitimata te pneume te akatharte legarōtos aute; Tem alalem kai kōfem pneumem, mis epitassamō si, exerchasar ek autou kai mēketi eiserchaseia eis auton.When Jesus saw that a crowd had come running, He rebuked the unclean spirit. “You deaf and mute spirit,” He said, “I command you to come out and never enter him again.”

alaloin“mute”objectaccusative plural1×

Mark 7:37“mute”kai huperperissōs ekplēssile legarōtois; Kalōs panteim poiatē, kai toin kōfoin poiatō akouarō kai alaloin lalarō.The people were utterly astonished and said, “He has done all things well! He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!”