Strong's Lexicon
G5185 — τυφλός
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5185 |
|---|---|
| Word: | τυφλός |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G5187 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 52 |
| Transliteration: | tuphlos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | toof-los' |
| Meaning: | 1. opaque (as if smoky) 2. (by analogy) blind (physically or mentally) |
| KJV Renderings: | blind |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τυφλός, τυφλοῦ, ὁ (τύφω, to raise a smoke; hence, properly, ’darkened by smoke’), from Homer down, the Sept. for òÄåÅÌø, blind;
a. properly: Mat 9:27; Mat 11:5; Mar 8:22; Mar 10:46; Luk 7:21; Luk 14:13; Luk 14:21; John 9:1f, 13; Joh 10:21, etc.
b. as often in secular authors from Pindar down, mentally blind: Mat 15:14; Mat 23:17; Mat 23:19; Mat 23:24; Mat 23:26; Joh 9:39-41; Rom 2:19; 2Pe 1:9; Rev 3:17.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
τυφλός (blind)
Matthew 9:27
- KJV: And when Jesus departed thence two blind men followed him crying and saying Son of David have mercy on us
- GK: και παράγοντι εκείθεν τω Ιησού ηκολούθησαν αυτώ δύο τυφλοί κράζοντες και λέγοντες ελέησον ημάς υιέ Δαβίδ
Matthew 9:28
- KJV: And 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
- GK: ελθόντι δε εις την οικίαν προσήλθον αυτώ οι τυφλοί και λέγει αυτοίς ο Ιησούς πιστέυετε ότι δύναμαι τούτο ποιήσαι λέγουσιν αυτώ ναι κύριε
Matthew 11:5
- KJV: The 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
- GK: τυφλοί αναβλέπουσι και χωλοί περιπατούσι λεπροί καθαρίζονται και κωφοί ακούουσι νεκροί εγείρονται και πτωχοί ευαγγελίζονται
Matthew 12:22
- KJV: Then 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
- GK: τότε προσηνέχθη αυτώ δαιμονιζόμενος τυφλός και κωφός και εθεράπευσεν αυτόν ώστε τον τυφλόν και κωφόν και λαλείν και βλέπειν
Matthew 15:14
- KJV: Let them alone they be blind leaders of the blind And if the blind lead the blind both shall fall into the ditch
- GK: άφετε αυτούς οδηγοί εισι τυφλοί τυφλών τυφλός δε τυφλόν εάν οδηγή αμφότεροι εις βόθυνον πεσούνται
Matthew 15:30
- KJV: And great multitudes came unto him having with them lame blind dumb maimed and many others and cast them down at Jesus’ feet and he healed them
- GK: και προσήλθον αυτώ όχλοι πολλοί έχοντες μεθ΄ εαυτών χωλούς τυφλούς κωφούς κυλλούς και ετέρους πολλούς και έρριψαν αυτούς παρά τους πόδας του Ιησού και εθεράπευσεν αυτούς
Matthew 15:31
- KJV: Insomuch 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
- GK: ώστε τους όχλους θαυμάσαι βλέποντας κωφούς λαλούντας κυλλούς υγιείς χωλούς περιπατούντας και τυφλούς βλέποντας και εδόξασαν τον θεόν Ισραήλ
Matthew 20:30
- KJV: And 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 Son of David
- GK: και ιδού δύο τυφλοί καθήμενοι παρά την οδόν ακούσαντες ότι Ιησούς παράγει έκραξαν λέγοντες ελέησον ημάς κύριε υιός Δαβίδ
Matthew 21:14
- KJV: And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple and he healed them
- GK: και προσήλθον αυτώ χωλοί και τυφλοί εν τω ιερώ και εθεράπευσεν αυτούς
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