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MainId: 005077000000000
Version: 0
HasAramaic: False
InLXX: True
AlphaPos: τ
StrongCodes: G5186
BaseForms:
BaseFormID: 005077001000000
PartsOfSpeech: verb
RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'τυφλός', 'Meanings': []}
LEXMeanings:
LEXID: 005077001001000
LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
LEXEntryCode: 32.43
LEXIndent: 0
LEXDomains: Understand
LEXSubDomains: Lack of Capacity for Understanding
LEXSenses:
LanguageCode: en
LastEdited: 2022-04-14 09:00:57
DefinitionShort: (a causative derivative of {L:τυφλός
Glosses: ['to make someone not understand', 'to remove someone’s understanding']
LEXReferences: 2COR 4:4
LEXID: 005077001002000
LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
LEXEntryCode: 32.25
LEXIndent: 0
LEXDomains: Understand
LEXSubDomains: Capacity for Understanding
LEXCollocations: τυφλόω τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς
LEXSenses:
LanguageCode: en
LastEdited: 2022-04-14 09:00:57
DefinitionShort: (an idiom, literally: to blind the eyes) to cause someone to no longer have the capacity for understanding
Glosses: ['to cause to not understand', 'to make unable to comprehend']
Comments: Though in some languages there is a close relationship between the eyes and comprehension, in many languages it is simply impossible to use the idiom ‘to blind the eyes’ in speaking of ‘causing someone not to understand.’ The problem becomes particularly difficult in speaking of ‘darkness blinding the eyes’ as in {S:06200201100048}. People can understand how ‘bright light would blind the eyes,’ but it would be strange indeed to think of ‘darkness’ having such an effect. In the context of {S:06200201100048}, the darkness is, of course, not literal darkness but a state of sinfulness. Therefore, in some languages it may be necessary to translate ‘their sinfulness has made it impossible for them to understand’ or ‘because they sin, they cannot understand.’