Bill Mounce

For an Informed Love of God

τυφλός

Vocabulary form: 
tuflovV, -hv, -ovn
Definition: 

blind

Frequency: 
50
GK: 
5603
Root: 
tuflo
Cognates: 

Typhlosis is the technical term for blindness.

Mnemonics: 

It is a tough loss to go blind.

Mnemonic Singing: 

I once was lost but now am found,
was blind but now I see.

Mnemonics

To floss in the blind is dangerous.

He may be toothless but that's OK because she's blind.

Biblical Concordance

Matthew 9:27 And as Jesus went on from there, two blind (typhloi | τυφλοί | nom pl masc) men (typhloi | τυφλοί | nom pl masc) followed him, calling out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”
Matthew 9:28 When he had gone into the house, the blind (typhloi | τυφλοί | nom pl masc) men (typhloi | τυφλοί | nom pl masc) came to him; and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord.”
Matthew 11:5 the blind (typhloi | τυφλοί | nom pl masc) receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, the dead are raised and the poor are being told the good news.
Matthew 12:22 Then a blind (typhlos | τυφλός | nom sg masc) and mute demoniac was brought to him, and he healed him so that the mute could both speak and see.
Matthew 15:14 Leave them be! They are blind (typhloi | τυφλοί | nom pl masc) guides. And if a blind (typhlos | τυφλός | nom sg masc) man guides a blind (typhlon | τυφλόν | acc sg masc) man, both will fall into a pit.”
Matthew 15:30 And great crowds came to him, bringing with them those who were lame, blind (typhlous | τυφλούς | acc pl masc), crippled, mute, and many others; and they put them down at his feet and he healed them.
Matthew 15:31 So the crowd was astonished when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, the lame walking, and the blind (typhlous | τυφλούς | acc pl masc) seeing, and they praised the God of Israel.
Matthew 20:30 Two blind (typhloi | τυφλοί | nom pl masc) men were sitting beside the road, and when they heard that Jesus was passing by they cried out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”
Matthew 21:14 Then the blind (typhloi | τυφλοί | nom pl masc) and the lame came to him in the temple and he healed them.
Matthew 23:16 “Woe to you, blind (typhloi | τυφλοί | voc pl masc) guides who say, ‘If someone swears by the temple it means nothing; but if someone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’
Matthew 23:17 You fools and blind (typhloi | τυφλοί | voc pl masc) men! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold sacred?
Matthew 23:19 How blind (typhloi | τυφλοί | voc pl masc) you are! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?
Matthew 23:24 You blind (typhloi | τυφλοί | voc pl masc) guides! You strain out the gnat but gulp down the camel!
Matthew 23:26 You blind (typhle | τυφλέ | voc sg masc) Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that its outside may become clean too.
Mark 8:22 And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind (typhlon | τυφλόν | acc sg masc) man and begged him to touch him.
Mark 8:23 And taking the hand of the blind (typhlou | τυφλοῦ | gen sg masc) man, he led him outside the village. Then, after moistening the eyes of the blind man with saliva and laying his hands on him, Jesus asked him, “What do you see?”
Mark 10:46 And they came to Jericho. And as he was going out from Jericho with his disciples and a considerable crowd, a blind (typhlos | τυφλός | nom sg masc) beggar, Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the road.
Mark 10:49 And Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” And they called the blind (typhlon | τυφλόν | acc sg masc) man, saying to him, “Take courage! Get up! He is calling you.”
Mark 10:51 And answering him, Jesus said, “What do you want me to do for you?” And the blind (typhlos | τυφλός | nom sg masc) man said to him, “Rabbi, that I might see again.”
Luke 4:18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind (typhlois | τυφλοῖς | dat pl masc), to send the oppressed away in liberty,
Luke 6:39 He spoke to them also a parable: “Can a blind (typhlos | τυφλός | nom sg masc) man lead a blind (typhlon | τυφλόν | acc sg masc) man? Won’t they both fall into a ditch?
Luke 7:21 In that hour he healed many people of diseases, sicknesses and evil spirits; and to many who were blind (typhlois | τυφλοῖς | dat pl masc) he gave the ability to see.
Luke 7:22 Then he answered, them, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind (typhloi | τυφλοί | nom pl masc) see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have good news brought to them.
Luke 14:13 But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind (typhlous | τυφλούς | acc pl masc).
Luke 14:21 So the servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house was angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in here the poor, the crippled, the blind (typhlous | τυφλούς | acc pl masc), and the lame.’
Luke 18:35 As Jesus drew near to Jericho, there was a blind (typhlos | τυφλός | nom sg masc) man sitting by the roadside, asking for alms.
John 5:3 In these lay a number of disabled people — blind (typhlōn | τυφλῶν | gen pl masc), lame, and paralyzed.
John 9:1 As he went on his way, Jesus saw a man blind (typhlon | τυφλόν | acc sg masc) from birth.
John 9:2 And his disciples questioned him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” (typhlos | τυφλός | nom sg masc)
John 9:13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind (typhlon | τυφλόν | acc sg masc).
John 9:17 So they spoke again to the blind (typhlō | τυφλῷ | dat sg masc) man, “What do you say about him, since it was your eyes that he opened?” The man replied, “He is a prophet.”
John 9:18 The Jews did not believe the report about him, that he had been blind (typhlos | τυφλός | nom sg masc) and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight
John 9:19 and asked them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind (typhlos | τυφλός | nom sg masc)? How then does he now see?”
John 9:20 His parents answered, saying, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind (typhlos | τυφλός | nom sg masc);
John 9:24 So for the second time they called the man who had been blind (typhlos | τυφλός | nom sg masc) and said to him, “Give the glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner.”
John 9:25 He replied, “Whether or not he is a sinner, I do not know. One thing I do know: whereas I used to be blind (typhlos | τυφλός | nom sg masc), I now see.”
John 9:32 Not since time began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind (typhlou | τυφλοῦ | gen sg masc).
John 9:39 Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, so that those who cannot see may receive their sight, and that those who think they see may become blind.” (typhloi | τυφλοί | nom pl masc)
John 9:40 Some of the Pharisees who were near him heard this, and said to him, “Surely we are not blind (typhloi | τυφλοί | nom pl masc) too, are we?”
John 9:41 Jesus said to them, “If you were blind (typhloi | τυφλοί | nom pl masc), you would not be guilty of sin; but now you are saying, ‘We can see,’ so your guilt remains.
John 10:21 Others were saying, “These are not the words of a man possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?” (typhlōn | τυφλῶν | gen pl masc)
John 11:37 But some of them said, “Was not this man, who could open the eyes of the blind (typhlou | τυφλοῦ | gen sg masc) man (typhlou | τυφλοῦ | gen sg masc), able to do something so that Lazarus would not have died?”
Acts 13:11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind (typhlos | τυφλός | nom sg masc), not seeing the sun for a time.” And immediately fell upon him mist and darkness, and as he went about he sought someone to lead him by the hand.
Romans 2:19 and are convinced that you yourself are a guide of the blind (typhlōn | τυφλῶν | gen pl masc), a light for those who are in darkness,
2 Peter 1:9 For the one who does not have these qualities is blind (typhlos | τυφλός | nom sg masc); he is nearsighted, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his past sins.
Revelation 3:17 Because you say, ‘I am rich and have prospered; I need nothing,’ but do not realize that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind (typhlos | τυφλός | nom sg masc), and naked,