Impediment
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
denotes "speaking with difficulty" (mogis, "hardly," laleo, "to talk"), "stammering," Mark 7:32; some mss. have moggilalos, "thick-voiced" (from moggos, "with a hoarse, hollow voice"). In the Sept., Isaiah 35:6 "(the tongue) of stammerers."
King James Dictionary [2]
IMPED'IMENT, n. L. impedimentum. That which hinders progress or motion hinderance obstruction obstacle applicable to every subject, physical or moral. Bad roads are impediments in marching and travelling. Idleness and dissipation are impediments to improvement. The cares of life are impediments to the progress of vital religion.
1. That which prevents distinct articulation as an impediment in speech.
IMPED'IMENT, To impede. Not in use.
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): ( v. t.) To impede.
(2): ( n.) That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect.
Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament [4]
Impediment —See Disease.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [5]
im - ped´i - ment : Found in Mark 7:32 , "had an impediment in his speech," as a translation of μογίλαλος , mogı́lalos , comparative of μόγος , mógos , "toil" and λάλος , lálos , "speech," i.e. one who speaks with difficulty. In the Septuagint the word is used as a translation of אלּם , 'illēm , "dumb" ( Isaiah 35:6 ).
