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τυφλὸν καὶ κωφόν

Blind · deaf/mute

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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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κωφός G2974 deaf/mute
Pronunciation kōphós
Describes physical sensory impairment—deafness or muteness—not moral or spiritual dullness, though used metaphorically for insensitivity.
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What does τυφλὸν καὶ κωφόν (typhlon kai kōphon) mean in the Bible?

τυφλός · κωφός is a Greek word meaning "blind and mute".

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Meaning

blind and mute
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 12:22 · Matt 15:14 · Mark 10:46 · Mark 10:51 · Luke 6:39 · Luke 18:35 · John 9:2 · John 9:18 · John 9:19 · John 9:20 · John 9:24 · John 9:25 · Acts 13:11 · 2 Pet 1:9 · Rev 3:17 15×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 9:27 · Matt 9:28 · Matt 11:5 · Matt 15:14 · Matt 20:30 · Matt 21:14 · Luke 7:22 · John 9:39 · John 9:40 · John 9:41 10×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 15:14 · John 5:3 · John 10:21 · Rom 2:19 4×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Mark 8:23 · John 9:32 · John 11:37 3×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Luke 4:18 · Luke 7:21 2×
Dative · Singular · Masculine John 9:17 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 15:14 · Mark 8:22 · Mark 10:49 · Luke 6:39 · John 9:1 · John 9:13 6×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 15:30 · Matt 15:31 · Luke 14:13 · Luke 14:21 4×
Vocative · Plural · Masculine Matt 23:16 · Matt 23:17 · Matt 23:19 · Matt 23:24 4×
Vocative · Singular · Masculine Matt 23:26 1×
50 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

John 9 — The Man Born Blind, the Light of the World, and the Blindness of Religious Unbelief Luke 11 — Prayer, Kingdom Conflict, True Hearing, and the Exposure of Hypocrisy Mark 10 — The Way of the Servant King: Marriage, Children, Wealth, Cross, Ransom, and Sight Mark 7 — True Defilement and Boundary-Crossing Mercy Mark 8 — Seeing Jesus Clearly: Bread, Blindness, Confession, Cross, and Discipleship Matthew 11 — The Messiah Question, the Rejected Generation, and Rest for the Weary Matthew 12 — The Lord of the Sabbath, the Servant of the Lord, and the Crisis of Unbelief Matthew 15 — Tradition, the Heart, Gentile Faith, and the Compassionate Bread of the Messiah Matthew 20 — The First-Last Kingdom, the Ransom-Giving Son of Man, and Mercy for the Blind Matthew 21 — The King Enters Jerusalem, Judges Fruitless Religion, and Exposes Rejected-Son Leadership Matthew 23 — Woes upon Hypocritical Leadership and the Lament over Jerusalem Matthew 9 — Authority to Forgive, Mercy for Sinners, and Compassion for the Harvest

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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