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τυφλός, ή, όν (s. next entry; Hom.+) ‘blind’

① pert. to being unable to see, blind, lit. (freq. in the canonical gospels)

ⓐ adj.

α. as attribute ἄνθρωπος τυφλός J 9:1 (s. γενετή); τυφ. προσαίτης Mk 10:46.

β. as predicate J 9:18, 24; Ac 13:11 (cp. blindness resulting fr. exposure to an apparition Hdt. 6, 117; Plut., Mor. 305c; s. Reader, Polemo 239); Dg 2:4 (almost word for word like Plut., Mor. 420b εἴδωλα κωφὰ κ. τυφλὰ κ. ἄψυχα). Mostly

ⓑ subst. Mt 9:27f; 11:5; 20:30; Mk 8:22f (LSzimonidesz, D. Heilung des Blinden von Bethsaida u. Buddhas Gleichn. von den Blindgeborenen u. dem Elefanten: NThT 24, ’35, 233–59); 10:49, 51; Lk 7:21f; J 5:3; 10:21; 11:37 al. (on Mt 11:5; Lk 7:22 s. also κωφός 2). On Mt 15:14; Lk 6:39 s. ὁδηγέω 1 and cp. Sext. Emp., Πρὸς Μαθημ. I, 31 ὡς οὐδὲ ὁ τυφλὸς τὸν τυφλὸν ὁδηγεῖν (sc. δύναται). τυφλοὺς θεραπεύων AcPl Ha 8, 36.

② pert. to being unable to understand, incapable of comprehending, blind, of mental and spiritual blindness in imagery, fig. ext. of mng. 1 (since Pind.; Soph., Oed. R. 371; Lucian, Vit. Auct. 18 τῆς ψυχῆς τὸν ὀφθαλμόν; Ps 145:8; Philo; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 142 τυφλὸς τὸν νοῦν. ὀφθαλμοὶ τυφλῶν τὴν ψυχήν Orig., C. Cels. 2, 48, 38.).

ⓐ adj.

α. as attribute ὁδηγὸς τυφλός (cp. X., Mem. 1, 3, 4; Demetr. Phaler. [IV B.C.; ed. FWehrli ’49], Fgm. 121 οὐ μόνον τὸν πλοῦτον τυφλόν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν ὁδηγοῦσαν αὐτὸν τύχην; Philo, Virt. 7; Just., D. 134, 1) Mt 15:14; 23:16, 24. Φαρισαῖε τυφλέ vs. 26.

β. as a predicate J 9:40f; 2 Pt 1:9; Rv 3:17. τυφλοί εἰσιν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτῶν Ox 1 verso, 20f=GTh 28.

ⓑ subst. Mt 23:17, 19; Ro 2:19 here metaphorically of those not converted to Mosaic way of life; B 14:7 (Is 42:7), 9 (Is 61:1), οὐαὶ τυφλοὶ μὴ ὁρῶντες Ox 840, 31.—SRoth, The Blind, the Lame, and the Poor ’97 (Luke-Acts).—B. 322. DELG s.v. τύφομαι B. M-M. EDNT. TW.