To blind
τυφλόωStrong’s G5186tuphloō
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Tuphloō is the Greek word usually translated “has blinded”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.”
Meaning
Usually translated “has blinded”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- has blinded 2
- he has blinded 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 1
- 2 Corinthians 1
- 1 John 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Corinthians 4:4In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
- 1 John 2:11But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
Greek dictionary
τυφλόω tuphloō · to blind
τυφλόω, -ῶ (τυφλός), [in LXX: Isa.42:19 (עִוֵּר), Tob.7:7 א, Wis.2:21 א * ;] to blind, make blind: metaphorically, Jhn.12:40 (LXX, καμμύω), 2Co.4:4, 1Jn.2:11.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “blind” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BLIND, adjective
- Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect, or by deprivation; not having sight.
- Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable to understand or judge; ignorant; as authors are blind to their own defects.
- Unseen;; out of public view; private; dark; sometimes implying contempt or censure; as a blind corner.
- Dark; obscure; not easy to be found; not easily discernible; as a blind path.
All definitions and other forms of “blind”
- Heedless; inconsiderate; undeliberating.
- In scripture, blind implies not only want of discernment, but moral depravity.
BLIND, verb transitive
To make blind; to deprive of sight.
- To darken; to obscure to the eye.
- To darken the understanding; as, to blind the mind.
- To darken or obscure to the understanding.
- To eclipse.
BLIND, noun
Something to hinder the sight.
- Something to mislead the eye or the understanding; as, one thing serves as a blind for another.
- A screen; a cover; as a blind for a window, or for a horse.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.