ΑΠΟΤΥΦΛΩΘΗΝΑΙ, αποτυφλωθηναι
APOTYPHLŌTHĒNAI, apotyphlōthēnai
Sounds Like: ah-poh-tyoo-FLOH-thee-nai
Translations: to be blinded, to become blind
From the root: ΑΠΟΤΥΦΛΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an aorist passive infinitive form of the verb 'apotyphloo', meaning 'to blind' or 'to make blind'. In this passive form, it describes the action of someone or something being blinded or becoming blind. It is often used in a literal sense regarding physical sight, but can also be used metaphorically to describe a lack of understanding or spiritual insight.
Inflection: Aorist, Passive, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G618 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Tobit — 2:10
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΠΟΤΥΦΛΟΩ.
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.
- ἈΠΟΤΥΦΛΩΘΗΝΑΙ — to be blinded, to become blind
- ἈΠΟΤΥΦΛΩΣΕΙ — he will blind, he will make blind, he will cause to be blind
- ΑΠΟΤΥΦΛΟΙ — blinds, makes blind, causes to be blind, makes completely blind
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