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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 216. ἄλαλος (alalos) -- Mute, speechless</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/216.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/romans/2-13.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/216.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 216</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/215.htm" title="215">◄</a> 216. alalos <a href="../greek/217.htm" title="217">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">alalos: Mute, speechless</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">ἄλαλος</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Adjective<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>alalos<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>AH-lah-los<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(al'-al-os)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Mute, speechless<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>unable to speak or articulate; speechless.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From Greek prefix ἀ- (a-, "not") and λαλέω (laleō, "to speak")<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Hebrew equivalent often associated with the concept of being mute is "אִלֵּם" (ilem, Strong's H483), which also means mute or speechless.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Greek word "alalos" is used to describe someone who is unable to speak, often translated as "mute" or "speechless" in English. In the New Testament, it is used to describe individuals who are physically unable to speak, often due to a condition that Jesus heals.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient world, being mute was often seen as a significant disability, and those who were mute might have been marginalized or viewed with suspicion. In Jewish culture, physical ailments were sometimes associated with spiritual conditions or sin, although Jesus challenged these assumptions by healing the mute and demonstrating God's power and compassion.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/1.htm">alpha</a> (as a neg. prefix) and lalos (talkative)<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>mute, speechless<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>mute (3).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 216: ἄλαλος</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ἄλαλος</span></span>, (<span class="greek2">λάλος</span>, talking, talkative) (from <span class="abbreviation">Aeschylus</span> on), <span class="accented">speechless, dumb, lacking the faculty of speech</span>: <a href="/interlinear/mark/7-37.htm">Mark 7:37</a>; <span class="greek2">πνεῦμα</span>, <a href="/interlinear/mark/9-17.htm">Mark 9:17, 25</a>, because the defects of demoniacs were thought to proceed from the nature and peculiarities of the demons by which they were possessed. (the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/37-14.htm">Psalm 37:14</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 38:14>); <a href="/interlinear/psalms/30-19.htm">Psalm 30:19</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 31:19>); <span class="greek2">ἀλάλου</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">κακοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">πνεύματος</span> <span class="greek2">πλήρης</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span>, de orac. def. 51, p. 438 b.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>dumb, mute, speechless<p>From <a href="/greek/1.htm">a</a> (as a negative particle) and <a href="/greek/2980.htm">laleo</a>; mute -- dumb. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/1.htm">a</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2980.htm">laleo</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>άλαλα αλαλον άλαλον ἄλαλον άλαλος αλαλους αλάλους ἀλάλους αλωμένους alalon álalon alalous alálous<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/mark/7-37.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 7:37</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural">Adj-AMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ τοὺς <b>ἀλάλους</b> λαλεῖν </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to hear <span class="itali">and the mute</span> to speak.<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to hear, and <span class="itali">the dumb</span> to speak.<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/7-37.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and the <span class="itali">mute</span> to speak<p><b><a href="/text/mark/9-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 9:17</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular">Adj-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἔχοντα πνεῦμα <b>ἄλαλον</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> with a spirit <span class="itali">which makes him mute;</span><br><a href="/kjvs/mark/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> son, which hath <span class="itali">a dumb</span> spirit;<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/9-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> having a spirit <span class="itali">[that makes him] mute</span><p><b><a href="/text/mark/9-25.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 9:25</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular">Adj-NNS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">αὐτῷ Τὸ <b>ἄλαλον</b> καὶ κωφὸν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to it, You deaf <span class="itali">and mute</span> spirit,<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> saying unto him, <span class="itali">[Thou] dumb</span> and deaf<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/9-25.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to it <span class="itali">mute</span> and deaf<p><b><a href="/greek/216.htm">Strong's Greek 216</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_216.htm">3 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/alalon_216.htm">ἄλαλον — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/alalous_216.htm">ἀλάλους — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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