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Strong's G5185 τυφλός (typhlos)

Typhlos means “blind” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H5185 — nacheth (“come down”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G5185
Language Greek
Linked Usages 71
Books 18

Strong's G5185 Quick Answer

Strong's G5185 τυφλός (tuphlos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. tuphlos (toof-los') adj. 1. opaque (as if smoky) 2. (by analogy) blind (physically or mentally) It has 71 linked Bible usages across 18 books. Visible English usage signals include blind. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
tuphlos (toof-los') adj. 1. opaque (as if smoky) 2. (by analogy) blind (physically or mentally)
Usage
71 linked usages
Books
18 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
blind

Meaning and Definition

tuphlos (toof-los') adj. 1. opaque (as if smoky) 2. (by analogy) blind (physically or mentally) [from G5187] KJV: blind Root(s): G5187

Original Word
τυφλός
Transliteration
tuphlos
Derivation
Root: τυφόω R1: 5187
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G5185. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

blind

Usage: 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)

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How Strong's G5185 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render tuphlos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

blind Matthew 9:27 48×

How Strong's G5185 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is New Testament with 48 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G5185 (τυφλός) appears 25 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G5185 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G5185 in the New Testament

48 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 9:27 KJV

And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us.

Matthew 9:28 KJV

And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.

Matthew 11:5 KJV

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 them.

Strong's G5185 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

22 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 4:11 Septuagint / Brenton

And the Lord said to Moses, Who has given a mouth to man, and who has made the very hard of hearing, and the deaf, the seeing and the blind? have not I, God?

Leviticus 19:14 Septuagint / Brenton

Thou shalt not revile the deaf, neither shalt thou put a stumbling block in the way of the blind; and thou shalt fear the Lord thy God: I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 21:18 Septuagint / Brenton

No man who has a blemish on him shall draw nigh; a man lame, blind, with his nose disfigured, or his ears cut,

Strong's G5185 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Letter of Jeremiah 1:36 Septuagint / Brenton

They can save no man from death, neither deliver the weak from the mighty.

Usage Excerpts

First 71 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5185.

Exodus 4:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, Who has given a mouth to man, and who has made the very hard of hearing, and the deaf, the seeing and the blind? have not I, God?
Leviticus 19:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not revile the deaf, neither shalt thou put a stumbling block in the way of the blind; and thou shalt fear the Lord thy God: I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 21:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
No man who has a blemish on him shall draw nigh; a man lame, blind, with his nose disfigured, or his ears cut,
Leviticus 22:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
One that is blind, or broken, or has its tongue cut out, or is troubled with warts, or has a malignant ulcer, or tetters, they shall not offer these to the Lord; neither shall ye offer any of them for a burnt offering on the altar of the Lord.
Deuteronomy 15:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if there be in it a blemish, if it be lame or blind, an evil blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it to the Lord thy God.
Deuteronomy 27:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cursed is he that makes the blind to wander in the way: and all the people shall say, So be it.
Deuteronomy 28:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt grope at midday, as a blind man would grope in the darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways; and then thou shalt be unjustly treated, and plundered continually, and there shall be no helper.
2 Kingdoms 5:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David and his men departed to Jerusalem, to the Jebusite that inhabited the land: and it was said to David, Thou shalt not come in hither: for the blind and the lame withstood him, saying, David shall not come in hither.
2 Kingdoms 5:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David said on that day, Every one that smites the Jebusite, let him attack with the dagger both the lame and the blind, and those that hate the soul of David. Therefore they say, The lame and the blind shall not enter into the house of the Lord.
Job 29:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I was the eye of the blind, And the foot of the lame.
Psalms 145:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord gives wisdom to the blind: The Lord sets up the broken down: The Lord loves the righteous: The Lord preserves the strangers;
Isaiah 29:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and they that are in darkness, and they that are in mist: the eyes of the blind shall see,
Isaiah 35:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall hear.
Isaiah 42:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
to open the eyes of the blind, to bring the bound and them that sit in darkness out of bonds and the prison house.
Isaiah 42:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, and I will cause them to tread paths which they have not known: I will turn darkness into light for them, and crooked things into straight. These things will I do, and will not forsake them.
Isaiah 42:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hear, ye deaf, and look up, ye blind, to see.
Isaiah 42:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And who is blind, but my servants? and deaf, but they that rule over them? yea, the servants of God have been made blind.
Isaiah 43:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and I have brought forth the blind people; for their eyes are alike blind, and they that have ears are deaf.
Isaiah 59:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They shall feel for the wall as blind men, and shall feel for it as if they had no eyes: and they shall feel at noonday as at midnight; they shall groan as dying men.
Isaiah 61:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me; he has sent me to preach glad tidings to the poor, to heal the broken in heart, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind;
Zephaniah 1:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will greatly afflict the men, and they shall walk as blind men, because they have sinned against the Lord; therefore he shall pour out their blood as dust, and their flesh as dung.
Malachi 1:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For if ye bring a blind victim for sacrifices, is it not evil? and if ye bring the lame or the sick, is it not evil? offer it now to thy ruler, and see if he will receive thee, if he will accept thy person, saith the Lord Almighty.
Matthew 9:27 New Testament, KJV
And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us.
Matthew 9:28 New Testament, KJV
And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.
Matthew 11:5 New Testament, KJV
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 them.
Matthew 12:22 New Testament, KJV
Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
Matthew 15:14 New Testament, KJV
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
Matthew 15:30 New Testament, KJV
And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:
Matthew 15:31 New Testament, KJV
Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
Matthew 20:30 New Testament, KJV
And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.
Matthew 21:14 New Testament, KJV
And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.
Matthew 23:16 New Testament, KJV
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 debtor!
Matthew 23:17 New Testament, KJV
Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
Matthew 23:19 New Testament, KJV
Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
Matthew 23:24 New Testament, KJV
Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
Matthew 23:26 New Testament, KJV
Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
Mark 8:22 New Testament, KJV
And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
Mark 8:23 New Testament, KJV
And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.
Mark 10:46 New Testament, KJV
And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.
Mark 10:49 New Testament, KJV
And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee.
Mark 10:51 New Testament, KJV
And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.
Luke 4:18 New Testament, KJV
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 deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Luke 6:39 New Testament, KJV
And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
Luke 7:21 New Testament, KJV
And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight.
Luke 7:22 New Testament, KJV
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 cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
Luke 14:13 New Testament, KJV
But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
Luke 14:21 New Testament, KJV
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 of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
Luke 18:35 New Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:
John 5:3 New Testament, KJV
In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
John 9:1 New Testament, KJV
And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
John 9:2 New Testament, KJV
And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
John 9:6 New Testament, KJV
When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,
John 9:8 New Testament, KJV
The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
John 9:13 New Testament, KJV
They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.
John 9:17 New Testament, KJV
They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.
John 9:18 New Testament, KJV
But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.
John 9:19 New Testament, KJV
And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?
John 9:20 New Testament, KJV
His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:
John 9:24 New Testament, KJV
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 9:25 New Testament, KJV
He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.
John 9:32 New Testament, KJV
Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.
John 9:39 New Testament, KJV
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.
John 9:40 New Testament, KJV
And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
John 9:41 New Testament, KJV
Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.
John 10:21 New Testament, KJV
Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
John 11:37 New Testament, KJV
And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?
Acts 13:11 New Testament, KJV
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 darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
Romans 2:19 New Testament, KJV
And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
2 Peter 1:9 New Testament, KJV
But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
Revelation 3:17 New Testament, KJV
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, and naked:
Letter of Jeremiah 1:36 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
They can save no man from death, neither deliver the weak from the mighty.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5185, grouped by book.

Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Malachi 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 14 usages, New Testament
Mark 5 usages, New Testament
Luke 7 usages, New Testament
John 18 usages, New Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
2 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 1 usage, New Testament
Letter of Jeremiah 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G5185 FAQ

What does typhlos (τυφλός) mean?

Typhlos (Strong's G5185) is a Greek word most simply glossed "blind". tuphlos (toof-los') adj. 1. opaque (as if smoky) 2. (by analogy) blind (physically or mentally)

How many times is typhlos (τυφλός) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 71 linked usages for Strong's G5185 across 18 books.

Where can I study typhlos (τυφλός) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5185 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate typhlos (τυφλός)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as blind. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G5185 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 22 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G5185, with linked reader references where each row is available.