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Blind

Blind beggars are frequently mentioned (Matt. 9:27; This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
  • Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
  • Historical Reference: A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament
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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H5787, G5185, H5786, H5956, G4456, G5186
Hebrew
עִוֵּר · ʻivvêr
Greek
τυφλός · tuphlos

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

τυφλός

G5185
Transliteration
tuphlos
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:A
Indexed occurrences
50

Glosses

blind

Lexicon definition

τυφλός, -ή, -όν [in LXX for עִוֵּר ;] blind: as subst., ὁ τ., Mat.9:27, Mrk.8:22, Luk.4:18" (LXX), Jhn.5:3, al. Metaphorical: Mat.15:14 23:16-26, Jhn.9:39-41, Rom.2:19, 2Pe.1:9, Rev.3:17. (AS)

A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament

Τυφλός

G5185
Transliteration
typhlós
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
50

Glosses

blind

Lexicon definition

blind, Mat. 9.27, 28; 11.5; 12.22; met. mentally blind, Mat. 15.14; 23.16, et al.: whence

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

עָוַר

H5786
Transliteration
ʻâvar
Pronunciation
aw-var'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
5

Glosses

blind, put out. See also H5895 (עַיִר).

Lexicon definition

to blind

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

עָלַם

H5956
Transliteration
ʻâlam
Pronunciation
aw-lam'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
28

Glosses

[idiom] any ways, blind, dissembler, hide (self), secret (thing).

Lexicon definition

to veil from sight, i.e. conceal (literally or figuratively)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

πωρόω

G4456
Transliteration
pōróō
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
5

Glosses

blind, harden

Lexicon definition

to petrify, i.e. (figuratively) to indurate (render stupid or callous)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

τυφλόω

G5186
Transliteration
typhlóō
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
3

Glosses

blind

Lexicon definition

to make blind, i.e. (figuratively) to obscure

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

τυφλός

G5185
Transliteration
typhlós
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
50

Glosses

blind

Lexicon definition

opaque (as if smoky), i.e. (by analogy) blind (physically or mentally)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

עִוֵּר

H5787
Transliteration
ʻivvêr
Pronunciation
iv-vare'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
26

Glosses

blind (men, people).

Lexicon definition

blind (literally or figuratively)

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Blind

Blind beggars are frequently mentioned (Matt. 9:27; 12:22; 20:30; John 5:3). The blind are to be treated with compassion (Lev. 19:14; Deut. 27:18). Blindness was sometimes a punishment for disobedience (1 Sam. 11:2; Jer. 39:7), sometimes the effect of old age (Gen. 27:1; 1 Kings 14:4; 1 Sam. 4:15). Conquerors sometimes blinded their captives (2 Kings 25:7; 1 Sam. 11:2). Blindness denotes ignorance as to spiritual things (Isa. 6:10; 42:18, 19; Matt. 15:14; Eph. 4:18). The opening of the eyes of the blind is peculiar to the Messiah (Isa. 29:18). Elymas was smitten with blindness at Paul's word (Acts 13:11).

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Blind

Indexed occurrences: 77

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Strong's Concordance

Blinds

Indexed occurrences: 3

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All Scripture references80 references

Exodus 3

Exodus 4:11Exodus 21:26Exodus 23:8

Leviticus 3

Leviticus 19:14Leviticus 21:18Leviticus 22:22

Deuteronomy 4

Deuteronomy 15:21Deuteronomy 16:19Deuteronomy 27:18Deuteronomy 28:29

2 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 5:62 Samuel 5:8

1 Kings 1

1 Kings 14:4

2 Kings 1

2 Kings 25:7

Job 1

Job 29:15

Psalms 1

Psalms 146:8

Isaiah 10

Isaiah 29:9Isaiah 29:18Isaiah 35:5Isaiah 42:7Isaiah 42:16Isaiah 42:18Isaiah 42:19Isaiah 43:8Isaiah 56:10Isaiah 59:10

Jeremiah 3

Jeremiah 31:8Jeremiah 39:7Jeremiah 52:11

Lamentations 1

Lamentations 4:14

Zephaniah 1

Zephaniah 1:17

Malachi 1

Malachi 1:8

Matthew 14

Matthew 9:27Matthew 9:28Matthew 11:5Matthew 12:22Matthew 15:14Matthew 15:30Matthew 15:31Matthew 20:30Matthew 21:14Matthew 23:16Matthew 23:17Matthew 23:19Matthew 23:24Matthew 23:26

Mark 5

Mark 8:22Mark 8:23Mark 10:46Mark 10:49Mark 10:51

Luke 8

Luke 4:18Luke 6:11Luke 6:39Luke 7:21Luke 7:22Luke 14:13Luke 14:21Luke 18:35

John 18

John 5:3John 9:1John 9:2John 9:7John 9:13John 9:17John 9:18John 9:19John 9:20John 9:24John 9:25John 9:32John 9:39John 9:40John 9:41John 10:20John 10:21John 11:37

Acts 1

Acts 13:11

Romans 1

Romans 2:19

Revelation 1

Revelation 3:17

Topical Bible

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BLIND

Nave’s Topical Bible references for BLIND.

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Bartimaeus

Son of Timaeus, one of the two blind beggars of Jericho (Mark 10:46; Matt. 20:30). His blindness was miraculously cured on the ground of his faith.

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Blind

Blind beggars are frequently mentioned (Matt. 9:27; 12:22; 20:30; John 5:3). The blind are to be treated with compassion (Lev. 19:14; Deut. 27:18). Blindness was sometimes a punishment for disobedience (1 Sam. 11:2; Jer. 39:7), sometimes the effect of old age (Gen. 27:1; 1 Kings 14:4; 1 Sam. 4:15). Conquerors sometimes blinded their captives (2 Kings 25:7; 1 Sam. 11:2). Blindness denotes ignorance as to spiritual things (Isa. 6:10; 42:18, 19; Matt. 15:14; Eph. 4:18). The opening of the eyes of the blind is peculiar to the Messiah (Isa. 29:18). Elymas was smitten with blindness at Paul's word (Acts 13:11).

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Bribe

None to be taken; "for the gift maketh open eyes blind, and perverteth the cause of the righteous" (Ex. 23:8, literally rendered).

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Madness

This word is used in its proper sense in Deut. 28:34, John 10:20, 1 Cor. 14:23. It also denotes a reckless state of mind arising from various causes, as over-study (Eccl. 1:17; 2:12), blind rage (Luke 6:11), or a depraved temper (Eccl. 7:25; 9:3; 2 Pet. 2:16). David feigned madness (1 Sam. 21:13) at Gath because he "was sore afraid of Achish."

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Siloam, Pool of

Sent or sending. Here a notable miracle was wrought by our Lord in giving sight to the blind (John 9:7-11). It has been identified with the Birket Silwan in the lower Tyropoeon valley, to the south-east of the hill of Zion. The water which flows into this pool intermittingly by a subterranean channel springs from the "Fountain of the Virgin" (q.v.). The length of this channel, which has several windings, is 1,750 feet, though the direct distance is only 1,100 feet. The pool is 53 feet in length from north to south, 18 feet wide, and 19 deep. The water passes from it by a channel cut in the rock into the gardens below. (See [590]EN-ROGEL.) Many years ago (1880) a youth, while wading up the conduit by which the water enters the pool, accidentally discovered an inscription cut in the rock, on the eastern side, about 19 feet from the pool. This is the oldest extant Hebrew record of the kind. It has with great care been deciphered by scholars, and has been found to be an account of the manner in which the tunnel was constructed. Its whole length is said to be "twelve hundred cubits;" and the inscription further notes that the workmen, like the excavators of the Mont Cenis Tunnel, excavated from both ends, meeting in the middle. Some have argued that the inscription was cut in the time of Solomon; others, with more probability, refer it to the reign of Hezekiah. A more ancient tunnel was discovered in 1889 some 20 feet below the ground. It is of smaller dimensions, but more direct in its course. It is to this tunnel that Isaiah (8:6) probably refers. The Siloam inscription above referred to was surreptitiously cut from the wall of the tunnel in 1891 and broken into fragments. These were, however, recovered by the efforts of the British Consul at Jerusalem, and have been restored to their original place.

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Timaeus

Defiled, the father of blind Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46).

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