Lexicon tuphloó: to blind, to make blind Original Word: τυφλόωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: tuphloó Phonetic Spelling: (toof-lo'-o) Short Definition: I make blind Definition: I make blind, physically or mentally. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 5186 typhlóō (from 5185 /typhlós, derived from 5187 /typhóō, "having a cloudy perspective," see NAS dictionary) – properly, blowing smoke which causes (spiritual) blindness, i.e. experiencing "clouded vision." See 5187 (typhoō). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom tuphlosDefinitionto blind, to make blind NASB Translationblinded (3).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 5186: τυφλόωτυφλόω, τυφλῷ: 1 aorist ἐτυφλωσα; perfect τετύφλωκα; from ( Pindar and) Herodotus down; to blind, make blind; in the N. T. metaphorically, to blunt the mental discernment, darken the mind: John 12:40; 1 John 2:11; τά νοήματα, 2 Corinthians 4:4 ( τήν ψυχήν τυφλωθειην, Plato, Phaedo, p. 99 e.).
Strong's blind. From tuphlos; to make blind, i.e. (figuratively) to obscure -- blind. see GREEK tuphlos |
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