Definition

voiceless, i.e. mute (by nature or choice); figuratively, unmeaning

Etymology

from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and G5456 (φωνή);

Word family

• Α A
• φωνή phōnḗ

How the KJV renders it

• dumb
• without signification

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.