Blindness Blind

Blindness Blind

'''A — 1: τυφλόω (Strong'S #5186 — Verb — tuphloo — toof-lo'-o )

"to blind" (from a root tuph---, "to burn, smoke;" cp. tuphos, "smoke"), is used metaphorically, of the dulling of the intellect,  John 12:40;  2 Corinthians 4:4;  1 John 2:11 .

'''A — 2: πωρόω (Strong'S #4456 — Verb — poroo — po-ro'-o )

signifies "to harden" (from poros, "a thick skin, a hardening"); rendered "blinded," Av, in  Romans 11:7;  2 Corinthians 3:14 (Rv, "hardened"); cp.   2 Corinthians 4:4 . See Harden.

'''B — 1: τυφλός (Strong'S #5185 — Adjective — tuphlos — toof-los' )

"blind," is used both physically and metaphorically, chiefly in the Gospels; elsewhere four times; physically,  Acts 13:11; metaphorically,  Romans 2:19;  2 Peter 1:9;  Revelation 3:17 . The word is frequently used as a noun, signifying "a blind man."

'''C — 1: πώρωσις (Strong'S #4457 — Noun Feminine — porosis — po'-ro-sis )

akin to A. No. 2, primarily means "a covering with a callus," a "hardening,"  Romans 11:25;  Ephesians 4:18 , Rv, for Av, "blindness;"  Mark 3:5 , Rv, for Av, "hardness." It is metaphorical of a dulled spiritual perception. See Hardness.

 John 9:8