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Koine Greek wordlink #151224

SR GNT 2 Pet 2:16 ἄφωνον (afōnon) ‘for his own lawlessness a donkey silent in of a human a voice’ Strongs=8800 Lemma=afōnos
Word role=adjective case=nominative gender=neuter number=singular
Year=66 AD

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Only use of identical word form ἄφωνον (A-NNS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἄφωνον’ (A-NNS) is always and only glossed as ‘silent’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘afōnos’ have 2 different glosses: ‘silent’, ‘silent is’.

Greek words (3) other than ἄφωνον (A-NNS) with a gloss related to ‘silent’

ACTs 8:32 ἄφωνος (afōnos) S-NMS ‘the one having shaved him silent thus not he is opening_up’ SR GNT Acts 8:32 word 25

OET-LV: 32 And the passage of_ the _scripture which he _was _reading was this: he _was _led As a_sheep to the_slaughter, and silent as a_lamb before the one having _shaved him, thus he _is_ not _opening _up the mouth of _him. (ACT_8:32)

OET-RV: 32 Now the particular passage that he was reading was this:
⇔ ‘He was led away like a sheep being led to the slaughterhouse,
⇔ and stayed as silent as a lamb being shorn
⇔ so he never opened his mouth. (ACT 8:32)

1 COR 12:2 ἄφωνα (afōna) A-ANP ‘you_all were to idols silent as would you_all were_being led’ SR GNT 1 Cor 12:2 word 10

OET-LV: 2 You _all _have _known that when pagans you _all _were, to the idols the silent as would you _all _were _being _led, being _led _away you. (CO1_12:2)

OET-RV: 2 You all know that when you were still pagans, you were enticed and led astray in front of idols that can’t even speak. (CO1 12:2)

1 COR 14:10 ἄφωνον (afōnon) S-NNS ‘the world and not_one kind silent is’ SR GNT 1 Cor 14:10 word 13

OET-LV: 10 So _many if it _might _happen, kinds of _languages are in the_world, and not _one kind silent is. (CO1_14:10)

OET-RV: 10 There’s certainly many different languages in the world, but none of them are without meaning, (CO1 14:10)

Key: A=adjective S=substantive adjective ANP=accusative,neuter,plural NMS=nominative,masculine,singular NNS=nominative,neuter,singular