2001 Translation

TYPHLOS, typhlos

Sounds Like: TOO-flos

Translations: blind, a blind person

From the root: ΤΥΦΛΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun

Explanation: This word describes someone who is unable to see, either physically or spiritually. It can be used as an adjective to modify a noun (e.g., 'a blind man') or as a substantive noun itself to refer to a blind person (e.g., 'the blind'). In a metaphorical sense, it can refer to a lack of understanding or spiritual insight.

Inflection: Nominative, Singular, Masculine or Feminine

Strong’s number: G5185 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Leviticus — 21:18
• Isaiah — 42:19
• Matthew — 12:22, 15:14
• Mark — 10:46, 10:51
• Luke — 6:39, 18:35
• John — 9:2, 9:18, 9:19, 9:20, 9:24, 9:25
• Acts of the Apostles — 13:11
• 2 Peter — 1:9
• Revelation — 3:17

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 14:142
• Book Two — 14:142

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 27:4, 123:3

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Leviticus — 21:18
• Deuteronomy — 28:29
• Isaiah — 42:19

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 12:22, 15:14
• Mark — 10:46, 10:51
• Luke — 6:39, 18:35
• John — 9:2, 9:18, 9:19, 9:20, 9:24, 9:25
• Acts — 13:11
• 2 Peter — 1:9
• Revelation — 3:17

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΤΥΦΛΟΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΤΥΦΛΑ — blind, blind things, things that are blind
• ΤΥΦΛΕ — blind one, O blind one
• ΤΥΦΛΗΝ — blind, a blind one
• ΤΥΦΛΟ — blind, a blind person, blind people
• ΤΥΦΛΟΙ — blind, the blind
• ΤΥΦΛΟΙΣ — to the blind, for the blind, blind
• ΤΥΦΛΟΝ — blind, a blind person, a blind thing
• ΤΥΦΛΟΥ — blind, a blind person, the blind
• ΤΥΦΛΟΥΣ — blind, the blind
• ΤΥΦΛΩΝ — of blind people, of the blind, of the blind ones

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