King James Bible Dictionary

Blind beggars are frequently mentioned (Matthew 9:27; 12:22; 20:30; John 5:3). The blind are to be treated with compassion (Leviticus 19:14; Deuteronomy 27:18). Blindness was sometimes a punishment for disobedience (1 Samuel 11:2; Jeremiah 39:7), sometimes the effect of old age (Genesis 27:1; 1 Kings 14:4; 1 Samuel 4:15). Conquerors sometimes blinded their captives (2 Kings 25:7; 1 Samuel 11:2). Blindness denotes ignorance as to spiritual things (Isaiah 6:10; 42:18, 19; Matthew 15:14; Ephesians 4:18). The opening of the eyes of the blind is peculiar to the Messiah (Isaiah 29:18). Elymas was smitten with blindness at Paul's word (Acts 13:11).

Cruelty to, forbidden
Leviticus 19:14; Deuteronomy 27:18

Hated by David
2 Samuel 5:8
Blindness

BLIND, adjective

1. Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect, or by deprivation; not having sight.

2. Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable to understand or judge; ignorant; as authors are blind to their own defects.

BLIND should be followed by to; but it is followed by of, in the phrase, blind of an eye.

3. Unseen; ; out of public view; private; dark; sometimes implying contempt or censure; as a blind corner.

4. Dark; obscure; not easy to be found; not easily discernible; as a blind path.

5. Heedless; inconsiderate; undeliberating.

This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation or blind reprobation.

6. In scripture, blind implies not only want of discernment, but moral depravity.

BLIND, verb transitive To make blind; to deprive of sight.

1. To darken; to obscure to the eye.

Such darkness blinds the sky.

2. To darken the understanding; as, to blind the mind.

3. To darken or obscure to the understanding.

He endeavored to blind and confound the controversy.

4. To eclipse.

BLIND, or BLINDE, See Blend, an ore.

BLIND, noun Something to hinder the sight.

Civility casts a blind over the duty.

1. Something to mislead the eye or the understanding; as, one thing serves as a blind for another.

2. A screen; a cover; as a blind for a window, or for a horse.

BLINDED, participle passive Deprived of sight; deprived of intellectual discernment; made dark or obscure.

BLINDFOLD, adjective [blind and fold.] Having the eyes covered; having the mental eye darkened.

BLINDFOLD, verb transitive To cover the eyes; to hinder from seeing.

BLINDFOLDED, participle passive Having the eyes covered; hindered from seeing.

BLINDFOLDING, participle present tense Covering the eyes; hindering from seeing.

BLINDING, participle present tense Depriving of sight, or of understanding; obscuring.

BLINDLY, adverb Without sight, or understanding.

1. Without discerning the reason; implicitly; without examination; as, to be blindly led by another.

2. Without judgment or direction.

BLINDMAN'S BALL, noun A species of fungus, Lycoperdo, or puff-ball.

BLINDMAN'S BUFF, noun A play in which one person is blindfolded, and hunts out the rest of the company.

Disqualified for priestly office
Leviticus 21:18

Of animals, disqualified for a sacrifice
Leviticus 22:22; Deuteronomy 15:21; Malachi 1:8

Miraculously inflicted upon:

The Sodomites
Genesis 19:11

The Syrians
2 Kings 6:18-23

Saul of Tarsus
Acts 9:8-9

Elymas
Acts 13:11

Sent as a judgment
Deuteronomy 28:28

Miraculous healing of:

Miraculous healing of:
Matthew 9:27-30; Matthew 11:5; Matthew 12:22; Matthew 21:14

Bartimaeus
Matthew 20:30-34; Mark 10:46-52

A man of Bethsaida
Mark 8:22-25

A man born blind
John 9:1-7

Instances of:

Isaac
Genesis 27:1

Jacob
Genesis 48:10

Eli
1 Samuel 4:15

Ahijah
1 Kings 14:4

Spiritual

General references
Exodus 5:2; Deuteronomy 29:4; Deuteronomy 32:28-29; Judges 16:20; Job 21:14; Job 22:13-14; Psalms 10:5-6; Psalms 14:1; Psalms 14:4; Psalms 73:2-28; Psalms 79:6; Psalms 82:5; Psalms 92:6; Psalms 94:7-8; Psalms 95:10; Psalms 119:18; Proverbs 1:7; Proverbs 1:22; Proverbs 1:29-30; Proverbs 4:19; Proverbs 7:7-23; Proverbs 10:21; Proverbs 13:18; Proverbs 14:12; Proverbs 17:16; Proverbs 19:2-3; Proverbs 28:5; Ecclesiastes 7:25; Isaiah 1:3; Isaiah 5:13; Isaiah 5:20; Isaiah 6:9-10; John 12:38-41; Isaiah 9:2; Isaiah 26:10-11; Isaiah 27:11; Isaiah 28:13; Isaiah 28:15; Isaiah 29:10-12; Isaiah 40:21; Isaiah 40:27-28; Isaiah 42:6-7; Isaiah 42:18-20; Isaiah 44:18-20; Isaiah 48:8; Isaiah 56:10; Isaiah 60:2; Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 4:22; Jeremiah 5:4-5; Jeremiah 5:21; Jeremiah 8:7-9; Jeremiah 9:3; Jeremiah 9:6; Jeremiah 16:10; Jeremiah 17:9; Ezekiel 12:2; Daniel 12:10; Hosea 4:1; Hosea 4:6; Hosea 4:14; Hosea 5:4; Hosea 7:11; Amos 9:10; Micah 4:12; Matthew 5:15-16; Matthew 6:23; Matthew 13:13-16; Matthew 13:19; Mark 4:15; Luke 8:12; Matthew 15:14; Matthew 16:3; Matthew 22:29; Mark 12:24; Matthew 23:16-24; Matthew 23:26; Mark 4:11-12; Luke 8:10; Mark 6:52; Mark 7:18; Luke 4:18; Luke 11:52; Luke 12:48; Luke 12:57; Luke 19:42; Luke 23:34; John 1:5; John 1:10; John 3:4; John 3:7; John 3:19-20; John 3:31; John 3:9-12; John 4:10-11; John 4:15; John 4:22; John 6:52; John 6:60; John 7:28; John 8:12; John 8:15; John 8:19; John 8:27; John 8:33; John 8:42-43; John 8:52; John 8:54-55; John 8:57; John 9:29-39; Isaiah 53:1; John 14:17; John 15:21; John 16:2-3; John 17:25; Acts 3:17; Acts 13:27; Acts 17:23; Acts 19:2; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:19-22; Romans 1:28-32; Romans 2:4; Romans 11:25; 1 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 1:20-21; 1 Corinthians 2:8; 1 Corinthians 2:14-15; 1 Corinthians 15:34; 2 Corinthians 3:14-15; 2 Corinthians 4:3-4; 2 Corinthians 4:6; Galatians 4:8; Ephesians 4:18; Ephesians 5:8; Colossians 1:13; 1 Thessalonians 4:4-5; 1 Thessalonians 5:4-7; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12; 2 Timothy 3:7; 2 Timothy 3:13; Titus 1:16; Hebrews 5:11-12; 1 Peter 1:14; 1 Peter 2:9; 2 Peter 1:9; 2 Peter 3:16; 1 John 1:6; 1 John 1:8; 1 John 2:4; 1 John 2:9; 1 John 2:11; 1 John 3:1; 1 John 3:6; 1 John 4:8; 3 John 1:11; Jude 1:10; Revelation 3:17
Afflictions and Adversities, Obduracy in; Man, Ignorance of; God, Providence of, Mysterious and Misinterpreted

Instances of:

Israelites
Revelation 4:16

Moab
2 Kings 3:27

Scribes
Matthew 9:3

is extremely common in the East from many causes. Blind beggars figure repeatedly in the New Testament (Matthew 12:22) and "opening the eyes of the blind" is mentioned in prophecy as a peculiar attribute of the Messiah. (Isaiah 29:18; 42:7) etc. The Jews were specially charged to treat the blind with compassion and care. (Leviticus 19:14; 27:18) Blindness willfully inflicted for political or other purposes is alluded to in Scripture. (1 Samuel 11:2; Jeremiah 39:7)

BLINDNESS, noun Want of bodily sight; want of intellectual discernment; ignorance.

BLINDNETTLE, noun A plant.

BLINDS, noun In the military art, a defense made of osiers or branches interwoven, and laid across two rows of stakes, four or five feet asunder, of the highth of a man, to shelter the workmen, and prevent their being overlooked by the enemy.

BLIND SERPENT, noun A reptile of the Cape of Good Hope, covered with black scales, but spotted with red, white and brown.

BLINDSIDE, noun [blind and side.] The side which is most easily assailed; or the side on which the party is least able or disposed to see danger; weakness; foible; weak part.

BLIND VESSEL, with chimists, a vessel with an opening on one side only.

BLINDWORM, noun [blind and worm.] A small reptile, called also slow worm, a species of Anguis, about eleven inches long, covered with scales, with a forked tongue, but harmless.