What does ὁδηγός · τυφλός mean in the Bible?
ὁδηγός · τυφλός is a Greek phrase meaning "blind guides".
Greek · G3595, G5185
ὁδηγοὶ τυφλοί
A conductor (literally or figuratively (teacher)) · blind
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ὁδηγός G3595 a conductor (literally or figuratively (teacher))
Pronunciation hodēgós
One who actively leads others along a path, especially toward spiritual truth or moral direction.
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τυφλός G5185 blind
Pronunciation typhlós
Blind describes both physical sight loss and spiritual inability to perceive divine truth or moral reality
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What does ὁδηγοὶ τυφλοί (hodēgoi typhloi) mean in the Bible?
ὁδηγός · τυφλός is a Greek phrase meaning "blind guides".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3595, G5185?
G3595, G5185 is connected to 5 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. blind guides
Source Gloss
blind guides
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Vocative (2) Number pattern Plural (3)
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 15:14 1×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Acts 1:16 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Rom 2:19 1×
Vocative · Plural · Masculine Matt 23:16 · Matt 23:24 2×
Word Origins
ὁδηγοὶ τυφλοί is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain