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Koine Greek wordlink #121887

SR GNT 2 Cor 4:4 ἐτύφλωσεν (etuflōsen) ‘god of age this blinded the thinking of the’ Strongs=51860 Lemma=tufloō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=aorist voice=active person=3rd number=singular
Year=60 AD

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Other uses (1) of identical word form ἐτύφλωσεν (V-IAA3··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐτύφλωσεν’ (V-IAA3··S) is always and only glossed as ‘blinded’.

1 Yhn (1 Yohan or 1 Jhn) 2:11 ‘because the darkness blinded the eyes of him’ SR GNT 1 Yhn (1 Yohan or 1 Jhn) 2:11 word 24

OET-LV: 11 But the one hating the brother of _him, is in the darkness, and is _walking in the darkness, and has_ not _known where he _is _going, because the darkness blinded the eyes of _him. (JN1_2:11)

OET-RV: 11 But the person who hates a fellow believer is living and walking in the darkness and doesn’t know where they’re going because they’re blinded. (JN1 2:11)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘tufloō’ have 2 different glosses: ‘he has blinded’, ‘blinded’.

Greek words (1) other than ἐτύφλωσεν (V-IAA3··S) with a gloss related to ‘blinded’

YHN 12:40 Τετύφλωκεν (Tetuflōken) V-IEA3··S ‘he has blinded of them the eyes’ SR GNT Yhn 12:40 word 1

OET-LV: 40 He _has _blinded the eyes of _them and he _maimed the heart of _them, in _order _that they _may_ not _see with _their eyes and they _may _understand with _their heart, and they _may _be _turned and I _will _be _healing them. (JHN_12:40)

OET-RV: 40 “He has blinded their eyes and maimed their emotions,
⇔ so that they can’t see with their eyes and understand with their minds,
⇔ or they might be turned and then I would heal them.” (JHN 12:40)

Key: V=verb