- Original: ἄφωνος - Transliteration: Aphonos - Phonetic: af'-o-nos - Definition: 1. voiceless, dumb 2. without faculty of speech a. of idols - Origin: from G1 (as a negative particle) and G5456 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Adjective - Strong's: From G1 (as a negative particle) and G5456 ; voiceless that is mute (by nature or choice); figuratively unmeaning: - dumb without signification. Total KJV Occurrences: 4 • dumb, 3 Act 8:32; 1 Corinthians 12:2; 2 Peter 2:16 • signification, 1 1 Corinthians 14:10