Strong G5185τυφλός
blind
- Transliteration
- tuphlos
- Pronunciation
- toof-los'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From G5187; opaque (as if smoky) that is (by analogy) blind (physically or mentally): - blind.
Detailed definition
τυφλός, -ή, -όν
[in LXX for עִוֵּר;]
blind: as subst., ὁ τ., Mat.9:27, Mrk.8:22, Luk.4:18" (LXX), Jhn.5:3, al. Metaphorical: Mat.15:14 23:16-26, Jhn.9:39-41, Rom.2:19, 2Pe.1:9, Rev.3:17.
(AS)
[in LXX for עִוֵּר;]
blind: as subst., ὁ τ., Mat.9:27, Mrk.8:22, Luk.4:18" (LXX), Jhn.5:3, al. Metaphorical: Mat.15:14 23:16-26, Jhn.9:39-41, Rom.2:19, 2Pe.1:9, Rev.3:17.
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5185 appears in 48 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- blind37
- man10
- be1
- that1
First verses
- Matthew 9:27And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.
- Matthew 9:28And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.
- Matthew 11:5The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
- Matthew 12:22Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
- Matthew 15:14Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
- Matthew 15:30And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them:
- Matthew 15:31Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
- Matthew 20:30And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
- Matthew 21:14And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.
- Matthew 23:16Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
- Matthew 23:17Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
- Matthew 23:19Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
- Matthew 23:24Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
- Matthew 23:26Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
- Mark 8:22And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
- Mark 8:23And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.
- Mark 10:46And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimeus, the son of Timeus, sat by the highway side begging.
- Mark 10:49And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee.
- Mark 10:51And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.
- Luke 4:18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
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Detailed Greek dictionary
τυφλός, ή, όν,
blind, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.139, compare “hymnus ad Apollinem” 172)], frequently in other writers; τυφλὸς ἐκ δεδορκότος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 454)]; τ. Ἄρης, Πλοῦτος, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 838, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 10.19)]; τ. ὄψις, ὀφθαλμοί, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 697, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 518c, etc.: with _genitive_, τ. τινός)] blind to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.12, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Solon” 12)]; but τ. τῆς προνοίας lacking vision of the future, [Refs ([prev. author] 2.975c)]; τὰ τ. τοῦ σώματος, i. e. one's back, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.45)]; καὶ τυφλῷ γε δῆλον even a blind man can see that, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 55o d; for 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 6, see at {κωφός} II.2.)]
2 of the limbs of the blind, τ. πούς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1050, “Ph.” 834, etc. (compare τυφλόπους); χείρ [prev. work] 1699)]; [βάκτρον], τοξεύματα, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ion” 744, “HF” 199.)]
3 metaphorically of the other senses and the mind, τ. ἦτορ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.23; τυφλὸς τά τ᾽ ὦτα, τόν τε νοῦν, τά τ᾽ ὄμματ᾽ εἶ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 371; τὴν τέχνην ἔφυ τ. [prev. work] 389.)]
4 metaphorically, τ. ὄλβος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 776; ἡ φύσις ἄνευ μαθήσεως τυφλόν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.2b; τῇ τύχῃ.., ἣν τυφλὴν λοιδοροῦμεν [prev. work]98a; τ. ἔδραμε πᾶσα τρόπις “Anthologia Graeca” 9.289 (1st c.AD: Bassus, Lollius Epigrammaticus).)]
II of things, dark, dim, obscure, ἐλπίδες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 252; ἄτη 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1104; τὸ δ᾽ ἐς αὔριον αἰεὶ τ. ἕρπει [prev. author] “fragment” 593.6 (Lyric poetry))]; τ. σπιλάδες blind rocks, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.275 (1st c.AD: Gaetulicus, Cn. Lentulus Epigrammaticus); αἱ ἄνευ ἐπιστήμης δόξαι τυφλαί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 506c; δεσμῶν τ. ἀρχαί)]hidden, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 18; τ. ὑπόνοια [prev. author] 2.587c)]; τ. κίνημα, of revolution, [Refs ([prev. author] “Galb.” 18.)]
II.2 of passages or apertures, blind, closed, with no outlet, τοῦ ἐντέρου τυφλόν τι, of the intestinum caecum (τὸ τυφλόν in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 4.18, +others), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 675b7, compare 676a5; τ. ἔντερον 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 7.26.25)]; τ. τρῆμα the foramen caecum (stylo-mastoid), [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 144, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 9.10; τ. στενωποί 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.1.17; τ. ὁδοί Anonymus cited in 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus)]; τ. ῥύμη a blind alley, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“POxy.” 99.9 (1st c.AD))]; of rivers and harbours, choked with mud, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 20 (see. {τυφλόστομος}), compare “Caes.” 58)]; of the halcyon's nest, closed, tight, [Refs ([prev. author] 2.983d)]; τυφλοὶ ὄζοι branches without buds or eyes, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.8.4, compare “CP” 3.2.8; τ. κῦμα)]dark, trackless, [Refs (Anthologia Graeca 7.400 (from Serapio), 12.156)]; τ. μώλωψ a wound without an outlet, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 19)]; τὸ τ. ἅμμα καλούμενον the so-called unescapable knot, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 2.669)]; of a hook (compare τυφλάγκιστρον), blunt, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 45.18.9.)]
III adverb, πρὸς τὸ ὠφέλιμον τυφλῶς ἔχειν to be blind to it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 479b; τ. καὶ ἀσκέπτως Antip.Stoic. 3.256; τ. καὶ οὐ γνωρίμως διασαφεῖ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 9.5.21)]. [ῠ by nature, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 389, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1050, etc., frequently ῡ by position: probably not connected with τύφω [ῡ])]: perhaps cf. Gothic daufs, O[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] déaf 'stupid', Olr. dub 'black'.]
blind, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.139, compare “hymnus ad Apollinem” 172)], frequently in other writers; τυφλὸς ἐκ δεδορκότος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 454)]; τ. Ἄρης, Πλοῦτος, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 838, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 10.19)]; τ. ὄψις, ὀφθαλμοί, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 697, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 518c, etc.: with _genitive_, τ. τινός)] blind to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.12, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Solon” 12)]; but τ. τῆς προνοίας lacking vision of the future, [Refs ([prev. author] 2.975c)]; τὰ τ. τοῦ σώματος, i. e. one's back, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.45)]; καὶ τυφλῷ γε δῆλον even a blind man can see that, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 55o d; for 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 6, see at {κωφός} II.2.)]
2 of the limbs of the blind, τ. πούς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1050, “Ph.” 834, etc. (compare τυφλόπους); χείρ [prev. work] 1699)]; [βάκτρον], τοξεύματα, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ion” 744, “HF” 199.)]
3 metaphorically of the other senses and the mind, τ. ἦτορ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.23; τυφλὸς τά τ᾽ ὦτα, τόν τε νοῦν, τά τ᾽ ὄμματ᾽ εἶ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 371; τὴν τέχνην ἔφυ τ. [prev. work] 389.)]
4 metaphorically, τ. ὄλβος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 776; ἡ φύσις ἄνευ μαθήσεως τυφλόν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.2b; τῇ τύχῃ.., ἣν τυφλὴν λοιδοροῦμεν [prev. work]98a; τ. ἔδραμε πᾶσα τρόπις “Anthologia Graeca” 9.289 (1st c.AD: Bassus, Lollius Epigrammaticus).)]
II of things, dark, dim, obscure, ἐλπίδες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 252; ἄτη 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1104; τὸ δ᾽ ἐς αὔριον αἰεὶ τ. ἕρπει [prev. author] “fragment” 593.6 (Lyric poetry))]; τ. σπιλάδες blind rocks, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.275 (1st c.AD: Gaetulicus, Cn. Lentulus Epigrammaticus); αἱ ἄνευ ἐπιστήμης δόξαι τυφλαί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 506c; δεσμῶν τ. ἀρχαί)]hidden, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 18; τ. ὑπόνοια [prev. author] 2.587c)]; τ. κίνημα, of revolution, [Refs ([prev. author] “Galb.” 18.)]
II.2 of passages or apertures, blind, closed, with no outlet, τοῦ ἐντέρου τυφλόν τι, of the intestinum caecum (τὸ τυφλόν in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 4.18, +others), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 675b7, compare 676a5; τ. ἔντερον 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 7.26.25)]; τ. τρῆμα the foramen caecum (stylo-mastoid), [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 144, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 9.10; τ. στενωποί 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.1.17; τ. ὁδοί Anonymus cited in 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus)]; τ. ῥύμη a blind alley, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“POxy.” 99.9 (1st c.AD))]; of rivers and harbours, choked with mud, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 20 (see. {τυφλόστομος}), compare “Caes.” 58)]; of the halcyon's nest, closed, tight, [Refs ([prev. author] 2.983d)]; τυφλοὶ ὄζοι branches without buds or eyes, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.8.4, compare “CP” 3.2.8; τ. κῦμα)]dark, trackless, [Refs (Anthologia Graeca 7.400 (from Serapio), 12.156)]; τ. μώλωψ a wound without an outlet, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 19)]; τὸ τ. ἅμμα καλούμενον the so-called unescapable knot, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 2.669)]; of a hook (compare τυφλάγκιστρον), blunt, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 45.18.9.)]
III adverb, πρὸς τὸ ὠφέλιμον τυφλῶς ἔχειν to be blind to it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 479b; τ. καὶ ἀσκέπτως Antip.Stoic. 3.256; τ. καὶ οὐ γνωρίμως διασαφεῖ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 9.5.21)]. [ῠ by nature, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 389, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1050, etc., frequently ῡ by position: probably not connected with τύφω [ῡ])]: perhaps cf. Gothic daufs, O[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] déaf 'stupid', Olr. dub 'black'.]