29 occurrences

'Dumb' in the Bible

And Jehovah saith unto him, 'Who appointed a mouth for man? or who appointeth the dumb, or deaf, or open, or blind? is it not I, Jehovah?

And the righteous layeth hold on his way, And the clean of hands addeth strength, And -- dumb are they all.

I was dumb with silence, I kept silent from good, and my pain is excited.

I have been dumb, I open not my mouth, Because Thou -- Thou hast done it.

To the Overseer. -- 'On the Dumb Dove far off.' -- A secret treasure of David, in the Philistines' taking hold of him in Gath. Favour me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day fighting he oppresseth me,

To the Overseer. -- 'Destroy not.' -- A secret treasure, by David. Is it true, O dumb one, righteously ye speak? Uprightly ye judge, O sons of men?

Then leap as a hart doth the lame, And sing doth the tongue of the dumb, For broken up in a wilderness have been waters, And streams in a desert.

Blind are his watchmen -- all of them, They have not known, All of them are dumb dogs, they are not able to bark, Dozing, lying down, loving to slumber.

Why art Thou as one dumb? As a mighty one not able to save? And Thou art in our midst, O Jehovah, And Thy name over us is called, leave us not.

and thy tongue I cause to cleave unto thy palate, and thou hast been dumb, and art not to them for a reprover, for a rebellious house are they.

What profit hath a graven image given That its former hath graven it? A molten image and teacher of falsehood, That trusted hath the former on his own formation -- to make dumb idols?

And as they are coming forth, lo, they brought to him a man dumb, a demoniac,

and there came to him great multitudes, having with them lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and they did cast them at the feet of Jesus, and he healed them,

and they were being beyond measure astonished, saying, 'Well hath he done all things; both the deaf he doth make to hear, and the dumb to speak.'

and one out of the multitude answering said, 'Teacher, I brought my son unto thee, having a dumb spirit;

Jesus having seen that a multitude doth run together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, 'Spirit -- dumb and deaf -- I charge thee, come forth out of him, and no more thou mayest enter into him;'

and having come out, he was not able to speak to them, and they perceived that a vision he had seen in the sanctuary, and he was beckoning to them, and did remain dumb.

And the contents of the Writing that he was reading was this: 'As a sheep unto slaughter he was led, and as a lamb before his shearer dumb, so he doth not open his mouth;

ye have known that ye were nations, unto the dumb idols -- as ye were led -- being carried away;

and had a rebuke of his own iniquity -- a dumb ass, in man's voice having spoken, did forbid the madness of the prophet.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
אלם 
'alam 
Usage: 9

אלּם 
'illem 
Usage: 6

דּוּמם 
Duwmam 
Usage: 3

ἄλαλος 
Alalos 
Usage: 2

ἄφωνος 
Aphonos 
Usage: 4

κωφός 
Kophos 
Usage: 11

σιωπάω 
Siopao 
Usage: 8