STRONGS G1769:
ἐννεός, more correctly
ἐνεός (L T Tr WH [cf. the preceding word]),
-ου,
ὁ, (it seems to be identical with
ἄνεως equivalent to unused
ἄναυος,
ἄναος, from
ἄω,
αὔω to cry out, hence,
without sound, mute),
dumb, mute, destitute of the power of speech (Plato, Aristotle):
Isaiah 56:10, cf.
Proverbs 17:28;
ἐνεὸν μὴ δυνάμενον λαλῆσαι, of an idol, Baruch 6:40 (Epistle Jer.);
unable to speak for terror, struck dumb, astounded: so
εἱστήκεισαν ἐνεοί,
stood speechless (
Vulg. stabant stupefacti),
Acts 9:7; Hesychius
ἐμβροντηθέντες·
ἐνεοὶ γενόμενοι. Cf.
Alberti, Glossary in N. T., p. 69. In the same sense
ἀπηνεώθη,
Daniel 4:16 Theodotion, from
ἀπενεόω.
Related entry:
ἐνεός, see ἐννεός.
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