Lexical Definition
τυφλός typhlós (toof-los') blind G:A
from, τυφόω
blind.
- opaque (as if smoky), i.e. (by analogy) blind (physically or mentally)
Abbott-Smith
τυφλός, -ή, -όν [in LXX for עִוֵּר ;]
blind: as subst., ὁ τ., Mt 9:27, Mk 8:22, Lk 4:18 (LXX), Jo 5:3, al. Metaph.: Mt 15:14 23:16-26, Jo 9:39-41, Ro 2:19, II Pe 1:9, Re 3:17.
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Matthew | 9:27 · 15:14 · 23:16 |
| Mark | 8:22 |
| Luke | 4:18 |
| John | 5:3 · 9:39 |
| Romans | 2:19 |
| 2 Peter | 1:9 |
| Revelation | 3:17 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
τυφλός, ή, όν,
blind, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+], frequently in other writers; τυφλὸς ἐκ δεδορκότος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. Ἄρης, Πλοῦτος, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τ. ὄψις, ὀφθαλμοί, [Refs 5th c.BC+] blind to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but τ. τῆς προνοίας lacking vision of the future, [Refs]; τὰ τ. τοῦ σώματος, i. e. one's back, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καὶ τυφλῷ γε δῆλον even a blind man can see that, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of the limbs of the blind, τ. πούς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [βάκτρον], τοξεύματα, [Refs]
__3 metaphorically of the other senses and the mind, τ. ἦτορ [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 metaphorically, τ. ὄλβος [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II of things, dark, dim, obscure, ἐλπίδες [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. σπιλάδες blind rocks, [Refs 5th c.BC+]hidden, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; τ. κίνημα, of revolution, [Refs]
__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+]; τ. τρῆμα the foramen caecum (stylo-mastoid), [Refs 1st c.BC+]; τ. ῥύμη a blind alley, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of rivers and harbours, choked with mud, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of the halcyon's nest, closed, tight, [Refs]; τυφλοὶ ὄζοι branches without buds or eyes, [Refs 4th c.BC+]dark, trackless, [Refs]; τ. μώλωψ a wound without an outlet, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; τὸ τ. ἅμμα καλούμενον the so-called unescapable knot, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of a hook (compare τυφλάγκιστρον), blunt, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
__III adverb, πρὸς τὸ ὠφέλιμον τυφλῶς ἔχειν to be blind to it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. [ῠ by nature, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perhaps cf. Gothic daufs, O[Refs 5th c.BC+] déaf 'stupid', Olr. dub 'black'.]