Speechless
ἐννεόςStrong’s G1769enneos
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Enneos is the Greek word usually translated “speechless”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.”
Meaning
Usually translated “speechless”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- speechless 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
ἐννεός enneos · speechless
ἐνεός (Rec. ἐνν-), -οῦ, ὁ [in LXX: Isa.56:10 (אִלֵּם), Ep. Jer.41:1-18; ἐ. ποιεῖν, Pro.17:28 * ;] dumb, speechless: Act.9:7.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “speechless” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SPEE'CHLESS, adjective
- Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech.
- Mute; silent; not speaking for a time. speechless with wonder, and half dead with fear.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.