Dumb
From natural infirmity (
Exodus 4:11
); not knowing what to say (
Proverbs 31:8
); unwillingness to speak (
Psalm 39:9
;
Leviticus 10:3
). Christ repeatedly restored the dumb (
Matthew 9:32
, 33;
Luke 11:14
;
Matthew 12:22
) to the use of speech.
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