Kophos means “deaf” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2974 — yaal (“assay”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2974 κωφός (kophos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. kophos (ko-fos') adj. 1. blunted 2. (figuratively) of hearing (deaf) or speech (dumb) It has 25 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include dumb, hear, deaf, and speechless. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
kophos (ko-fos') adj. 1. blunted 2. (figuratively) of hearing (deaf) or speech (dumb) [from G2875] KJV: deaf, dumb, speechless Root(s): G2875 Compare: G4623, G4602
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2974. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
deaf/mute
Usage: κωφός, -ή, -όν (κόπτω), [in LXX chiefly (Exo.4:11, al.) for אִלֵּם; for חָרָשׁ, Hab.2:18 ;] blunt, dull. Metaphorical, of the senses, esp. __(a) of speech, dumb: Mat.9:32-33 12:22 15:30-31, Luk.1:22 11:14; __(b) of hearing, deaf: Mat.11:5, Mrk.7:32, 37 9:25, Luk.7:22.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kophos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G2974 (κωφός) appears 13 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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12 indexed usages in New Testament.
As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.
And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.
The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
11 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And the Lord said to Moses, Who has given a mouth to man, and who has made the very hard of hearing, and the deaf, the seeing and the blind? have not I, God?
Thou shalt not revile the deaf, neither shalt thou put a stumbling block in the way of the blind; and thou shalt fear the Lord thy God: I am the Lord your God.
But I, as a deaf man, heard not; And was as a dumb man not opening his mouth.
2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The king was filled with great and constant joy, and celebrated banquets before the temple idols. His erring heart, far from the truth, and his profane mouth, gave glory to idols, deaf and incapable of speaking or aiding, and uttered unworthy speech against the Greatest God.
For wisdom opened the mouth of the dumb, And made the tongues of them that cannot speak eloquent.
First 25 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2974.
And the Lord said to Moses, Who has given a mouth to man, and who has made the very hard of hearing, and the deaf, the seeing and the blind? have not I, God?
Thou shalt not revile the deaf, neither shalt thou put a stumbling block in the way of the blind; and thou shalt fear the Lord thy God: I am the Lord your God.
But I, as a deaf man, heard not; And was as a dumb man not opening his mouth.
Their venom is like that of a serpent; As that of a deaf asp, and that stops her ears;
And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and they that are in darkness, and they that are in mist: the eyes of the blind shall see,
Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall hear.
Hear, ye deaf, and look up, ye blind, to see.
And who is blind, but my servants? and deaf, but they that rule over them? yea, the servants of God have been made blind.
and I have brought forth the blind people; for their eyes are alike blind, and they that have ears are deaf.
and all by whom they were made are withered: yea, let all the deaf be gathered from among men, and let them stand together; and let them be ashamed and confounded together:
What profits it the graven image, that they have graven it? one has made it a molten work, a false image; for the maker has trusted in his work, to make dumb idols.
As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.
And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.
The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:
Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless.
Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered.
The king was filled with great and constant joy, and celebrated banquets before the temple idols. His erring heart, far from the truth, and his profane mouth, gave glory to idols, deaf and incapable of speaking or aiding, and uttered unworthy speech against the Greatest God.
For wisdom opened the mouth of the dumb, And made the tongues of them that cannot speak eloquent.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2974, grouped by book.
Kophos (Strong's G2974) is a Greek word most simply glossed "deaf". kophos (ko-fos') adj. 1. blunted 2. (figuratively) of hearing (deaf) or speech (dumb)
This page currently indexes 25 linked usages for Strong's G2974 across 10 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2974 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as dumb, hear, deaf, and speechless. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 11 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2974, with linked reader references where each row is available.