Word study · Greek
typhlos
blind
Say it: too-FLOS (approximate)
τυφλός
What it means
Blind, physically and also figuratively. John 9 is built on the contrast between a man blind from birth who comes to see and Pharisees who claim to see and are blind (9:39-41). Jesus also speaks of the "blind guides" (Matthew 15:14).
Range of meaning
- BlindUnable to see.
- Spiritually blindUnable to perceive.
In John
- Chapter 9
"A man blind from birth" (9:1-2, 9:17-25, 9:39-41).
Every verse (17)
- John 5:3
- John 9:1
- John 9:2
- John 9:6
- John 9:13
- John 9:17
- John 9:18
- John 9:19
- John 9:20
- John 9:24
- John 9:25
- John 9:32
- John 9:39
- John 9:40
- John 9:41
- John 10:21
- John 11:37
Verses where G5185 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources