verb
tuflamō
Strong’sG5186
I make blind
stem tufl-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
τυφλόω, -ῶ
(< τυφλός), [in LXX: Is 42:19 (עִוֵּר), To 7:7 א, Wi 2:21 א *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5186 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidtoof-lo'-o
to make blind, i.e. (figuratively) to obscure
Fromfrom G5185;
King Jamesblind.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
blind, make blind, τινα Refs 5th c.BC+; ὄμματα, ὄψιν, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, to be blinded, to be or become blind, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἕλκος τυφλωθέν a blinding wound (passive of τυφλόω ἕλκος inflict a blinding wound), Refs 5th c.BC+
2 metaphorically, blind, baffle, Refs 5th c.BC+
II make blind or without passage, stop up, τὰς διόδους ἁμάξαις Refs 4th c.BC+; τ. ὀφθαλμοὺς [ἀμπέλου] Refsmakeit cease to yield milk, Refs 2nd c.AD+:—passive, βλάστησις τυφλουμένη Refs 4th c.BC+:—also in middle, τυφλώσατο νηδύς Refs 2nd c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| tuflataἐτύφλωσεν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | blinded | 2× |
| tuflatēΤετύφλωκεν | has happened · he/she/itperfect active indicative 3rd person singular | blinded | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 3 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | tuflamō | tuflame | tuflami | tuflama | tuflamē | tuflamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | tuflasō | tuflase | tuflasi | tuflasa | tuflasē | tuflaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | tuflatō | tuflate | tuflati | tuflata2×ἐτύφλωσεν | tuflatē1×Τετύφλωκεν | tuflatelē |
| we 1st person plural | tuflanō | tuflane | tuflani | tuflana | tuflanē | tuflanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | tuflavō | tuflave | tuflavi | tuflava | tuflavē | tuflavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | tuflalō | tuflale | tuflali | tuflala | tuflalē | tuflalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | tuflameiō | tuflameia | tuflameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | tuflaseiō | tuflaseia | tuflaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | tuflateiō | tuflateia | tuflateiē |
| we 1st person plural | tuflaneiō | tuflaneia | tuflaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | tuflaveiō | tuflaveia | tuflaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | tuflaleiō | tuflaleia | tuflaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | tuflasōr | tuflasar | tuflasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | tuflatōr | tuflatar | tuflatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | tuflavōr | tuflavar | tuflavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | tuflalōr | tuflalar | tuflalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | tuflamoiō | tuflamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | tuflasoiō | tuflasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | tuflatoiō | tuflatoia |
| we 1st person plural | tuflanoiō | tuflanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | tuflavoiō | tuflavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | tuflaloiō | tuflaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | tuflarō | tuflari | tuflara | tuflarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | tuflarōntos | tuflarintos | tuflarantos | tuflarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
tufl is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
tuflata“blinded”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular2×
2 Corinthians 4:4… hoi tos theos tou aiōnou houtou tuflata teim noēmeim toiu apistoiu eis tem …The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they …
1 John 2:11… oidatē pou hupagatō, hoti tas skotias tuflata toin ofthalmoin autou.… is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
tuflatē“blinded”has happened · he/she/itperfect active indicative 3rd person singular1×
John 12:40Tuflatē autoiu toin ofthalmoin kai pōrata autoiu …“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts …