Illem אִלֵּם
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| אִלֵּם | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | illem |
| Strong's number | H483 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Gloss | mute |
| Occurrences | 6 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (2) |
Illem (Hebrew אִלֵּם, Strong's H483) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “mute”. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
mute, silent, dumb, unable to speak
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | dumb (5), man (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | mute (3), like a mute man (1), those with no voice (1), cannot speak (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Illem, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Exodus
- Exodus 4:11And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord?And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
Psalms
- Psalm 38:13But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 31:8Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 35:6Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
- Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
Habakkuk
- Habakkuk 2:18What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it— or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).