τυφλός tuphlos

Greek word for “blind” · Strong’s G5185 · used 50 times in 46 verses

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Meaning

τυφλός, -ή, -όν; blind: as subst., ὁ τ., " (LXX), al. Metaphorical: 23:16-26.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for tuphlos in context, with how often each is used:

• blind 34
• blind man 8
• blind men 3
• blind! 3
• blind men! 1
• one blind 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

John 9 (13), Matthew 23 (5), Matthew 15 (3), Mark 10 (3), Matthew 9 (2), Mark 8 (2), Luke 7 (2), Luke 14 (2), Matthew 11 (1), Matthew 12 (1)

Forms

• τυφλὸς 13
• τυφλοὶ 8
• τυφλοί 6
• τυφλὸν 5
• τυφλῶν 4
• τυφλοῦ 3
• τυφλούς 2
• τυφλοὺς 2
• τυφλοῖς 2
• τυφλός 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with tuphlos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• χωλός chōlos “lame” 8
• βλέπω blepō “to see” 9
• πτωχός ptōchos “poor” 6
• κωφός kōphos “deaf/mute” 5
• ὁδηγός hodēgos “guide/leader” 4
• ἀναβλέπω anablepō “to look up/again” 4
• θεραπεύω therapeuō “to serve/heal” 4
• παράγω paragō “to pass” 3
• γεννάω gennaō “to beget” 4
• ἀνοίγω anoigō “to open” 4
• ὀφθαλμός ophthalmos “eye” 4
• γονεύς goneus “parent” 3

Key verses

The verses using tuphlos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 9:27 — And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.
• Matthew 11:5 — The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to…
• Matthew 15:14 — Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
• Matthew 23:16 — Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a…
• Luke 4:18 — The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach…
• Luke 7:22 — Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are…
• Luke 14:13 — But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
• Luke 14:21 — So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes…
• John 9:24 — Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.
• John 9:39 — And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
• Acts 13:11 — And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a…
• Revelation 3:17 — Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind,…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.