Luke 18:35:9Luke.18.35.W9TAB
τυφλός
typhlos
“blind”
- Transliteration
- ty-PHLOS
- Extended
- tyoo-PHLOHS
- IPA
- /tyˈpʰlos/
Meaning by language
- English
- blind
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
ty-PHLOS
- sentence
e-GE-ne-to de en tô en-gi-ZEIN au-TON eis ie-ri-KHÔ ty-PHLOS tis e-KA-thê-to pa-RA tên ho-DON e-pai-TÔN
Exegesis
The clause tuphlos tis ekatheto {τυφλός τις ἐκάθητο | tuphlós tis e-ká-thē-to} introduces a new character, 'a certain blind man was sitting,' with the imperfect ekatheto depicting an ongoing, background state.
Root and etymology
tuph-tau–upsilon–phi
“to be blind, dull of sight”
In context — Luke 18:35
Now it happened, as He was drawing near to Jericho, that a certain blind man sat beside the road, begging .
About this coordinate
Luke 18:35:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Luke 18:35, so the Greek word τυφλός (typhlos) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Luke.18.35.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.18.35.W9.S1) and character.