Lexicon entry · Greek
G0880ἄφωνοςaphōnos
mutePart of speech: Greek Adjective
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Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, So he doesn't open his mouth.
ἄφωνος, aphōnos “[is] silent,”
You know that when you were heathen, you were led away to those mute idols, however you might be led.
ἄφωνα aphōna “mute”
There are, it may be, so many kinds of sounds in the world, and none of them is without meaning.
ἄφωνον· aphōnon “without meaning;”
but he was rebuked for his own disobedience. A mute donkey spoke with man's voice and stopped the madness of the prophet.
ἄφωνον aphōnon “mute”