κωφεύω
be silent, deaf
Where this word appears
Every passage where κωφεύω appears in the Greek Septuagint — 11 occurrences in all. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Judges 16:2 κωφεύω And it was reported to the Gazites, saying, Sampson is come here: and they compassed him and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and they were quiet all the night, saying, Let us wait till the dawn appear, and we will kill him.
- Judges 18:19 κωφεύω And they said to him, Be silent, lay your hand upon your mouth, and come with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for you to be the priest of the house of one man, or to be the priest of a tribe and house for a family of Israel?
- 2 Samuel 13:20 κωφεύω And Abessalom her brother said to her, Has your brother Amnon been with you? now then, my sister, be silent, for he is your brother: be not careful to mention this matter. So Themar lived as a widow in the house of her brother Abessalom.
- 2 Samuel 19:11 κωφεύω And king David sent to Sadoc and Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak to the elders of Israel, saying, Why are you⌃ the last to bring back the king to his house? whereas the word of all Israel is come to the king to his house.
- 2 Kings 18:36 κωφεύω But the men were silent, and answered him not a word: for there was a commandment of the king, saying, You⌃ shall not answer him.
- Job 6:24 κωφεύω Teach you⌃ me, and I will be silent: if in anything I have erred, tell me.
- Job 13:5 κωφεύω But would that you⌃ were silent, and it would be wisdom to you in the end.
- Job 13:13 κωφεύω Be silent, that I may speak, and cease from my anger,
- Job 13:19 κωφεύω For who is he that shall plead with me, that I should now be silent, and expire?
- Job 33:31 κωφεύω Listen, Job, and hear me: be silent, and I will speak.
- Job 33:33 κωφεύω If not, do you hear me: be silent, and I will teach you.
About this word
About this word
κωφεύω (kōpheúō), “be silent, deaf,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 11 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →