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Lexicon :: Strong's G5185 - typhlos

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τυφλός
Transliteration
typhlos (Key)
Pronunciation
toof-los'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 8:270,1196

Strong’s Definitions

†τυφλός typhlós, toof-los'; from, G5187; opaque (as if smoky), i.e. (by analogy) blind (physically or mentally):—blind.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 53x

The KJV translates Strong's G5185 in the following manner: blind (44x), blind man (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 53x
The KJV translates Strong's G5185 in the following manner: blind (44x), blind man (9x).

  1. blind

  2. mentally blind

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†τυφλός typhlós, toof-los'; from, G5187; opaque (as if smoky), i.e. (by analogy) blind (physically or mentally):—blind.
STRONGS G5185:
τυφλός, τυφλοῦ, ὁ (τύφω, to raise a smoke; hence, properly, 'darkened by smoke'), from Homer down, the Sept. for עִוֵּר, blind;
a. properly: Matthew 9:27; Matthew 11:5; Mark 8:22; Mark 10:46; Luke 7:21; Luke 14:13, 21; John 9:1f, 13; John 10:21, etc.
b. as often in secular authors from Pindar down, mentally blind: Matthew 15:14; Matthew 23:17, 19, 24, 26; John 9:39-41; Romans 2:19; 2 Peter 1:9; Revelation 3:17.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
9:27; 11:5; 15:14; 23:17; 23:19; 23:24; 23:26
Mark
8:22; 10:46
Luke
7:21; 14:13; 14:21
John
9:1; 9:13; 9:39; 9:40; 9:41; 10:21
Romans
2:19
2 Peter
1:9
Revelation
3:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5185 matches the Greek τυφλός (typhlos),
which occurs 50 times in 46 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:27 - As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:28 - When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” “Yes, Lord,” they replied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:5 - The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy[fn] are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:22 - Then they brought him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and Jesus healed him, so that he could both talk and see.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:14 - Leave them; they are blind guides.[fn] If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:30 - Great crowds came to him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and many others, and laid them at his feet; and he healed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:31 - The people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made well, the lame walking and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:30 - Two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was going by, they shouted, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:14 - The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:16 - “Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gold of the temple is bound by that oath.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:17 - You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:19 - You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:24 - You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:26 - Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:22 - They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:23 - He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man’s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, “Do you see anything?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:46

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:46 - Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (which means “son of Timaeus”), was sitting by the roadside begging.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:49

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:49 - Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So they called to the blind man, “Cheer up! On your feet! He’s calling you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:51

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:51 - “What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him. The blind man said, “Rabbi, I want to see.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:18 - “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:39 - He also told them this parable: “Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:21 - At that very time Jesus cured many who had diseases, sicknesses and evil spirits, and gave sight to many who were blind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:22 - So he replied to the messengers, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy[fn] are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:13 - But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:21 - “The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:35 - As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:3 - Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:1 - As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:2 - His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:13 - They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:17 - Then they turned again to the blind man, “What have you to say about him? It was your eyes he opened.” The man replied, “He is a prophet.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:18 - They still did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they sent for the man’s parents.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:19 - “Is this your son?” they asked. “Is this the one you say was born blind? How is it that now he can see?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:20 - “We know he is our son,” the parents answered, “and we know he was born blind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:24 - A second time they summoned the man who had been blind. “Give glory to God by telling the truth,” they said. “We know this man is a sinner.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:25 - He replied, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:32 - Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:39 - Jesus said,[fn]“For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:40 - Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, “What? Are we blind too?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:41 - Jesus said, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:21 - But others said, “These are not the sayings of a man possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:37 - But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:11 - Now the hand of the Lord is against you. You are going to be blind for a time, not even able to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:19 - if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:9 - But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:17 - You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.
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