What does ἄλαλος (álalos) mean in the Bible?
ἄλαλος (álalos): Unable to speak; distinct from deaf-mute, emphasizes muteness specifically rather than hearing loss.
Greek · G216
ἄλαλος
Mute
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ἄλαλος G216
Pronunciation álalos
What does ἄλαλος (álalos) mean in the Bible?
ἄλαλος (álalos): Unable to speak; distinct from deaf-mute, emphasizes muteness specifically rather than hearing loss.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G216?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include mute (2), [that makes him] mute (1).
Where does ἄλαλος (álalos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 7:37. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (3).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It mute 2× Mark 7:37, Mark 9:25
[that makes him] mute 1× Mark 9:17
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 7:37
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 1
Mark 3
Source forms
ἄλαλον 2x alalon Mark 9:17, Mark 9:25
ἀλάλους 1x alalous Mark 7:37
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Mark 7:37
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x Mark 9:17
Adjective - Vocative Neuter Singular 1x Mark 9:25
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Unable to speak; distinct from deaf-mute, emphasizes muteness specifically rather than hearing loss.
Strong's G216
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 3 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
mute
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 7:37 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
ἀλάλους alalouv
unable to speak
Read verse Mark 9:17 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
ἄλαλον. alalon
unable to speak
Read verse Mark 9:25 Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
ἄλαλον alalon
unable to speak
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Mark 9:25 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Mark 7:37 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Mark 9:17 1×
Word Origins
ἄλαλος is built from these roots:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain