ἐκτυφλόω
blind utterly
Where this word appears
Every passage where ἐκτυφλόω appears in the Greek Septuagint — 8 occurrences in all. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Exodus 21:26 ἐκτυφλόω And if one strike the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his maidservant, and put it out, he shall let them go free for their eye's sake.
- Exodus 23:8 ἐκτυφλόω And you shall not receive gifts; for gifts blind the eyes of the seeing, and corrupt just words.
- Deuteronomy 16:19 ἐκτυφλόω they shall not wrest judgment, nor favor persons, nor receive a gift; for gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
- 2 Kings 25:7 ἐκτυφλόω And he killed the sons of Sedekias before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Sedekias, and bound him in fetters, and brought him to Babylon.
- Isaiah 56:10 ἐκτυφλόω See how they are all blinded: they have not known; they are dumb dogs that will not bark; dreaming of rest, loving to slumber.
- Jeremiah 52:11 ἐκτυφλόω And he put out the eyes of Sedekias, and bound him in fetters; and the king of Babylon brought him to Babylon, and put him into the grinding-house, until the day when he died.
- Zechariah 11:17 ἐκτυφλόω Alas for the vain shepherds that have forsaken the sheep! the sword shall be upon the arms of such a one, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be completely withered, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
- Zechariah 11:17 ἐκτυφλόω Alas for the vain shepherds that have forsaken the sheep! the sword shall be upon the arms of such a one, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be completely withered, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
About this word
About this word
ἐκτυφλόω (ektyphlóō), “blind utterly,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 8 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →