H5787 עִוֵּר (ʻivvêr) iv-vare'

Hebrew

Adjective (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

blind

Strong's Definition

blind (literally or figuratively)

Derivation: intensive from H5786 (עָוַר);

KJV Usage: blind (men, people).

TWOT Reference: 1586a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) blind

1a) blind (physically)

1b) blind (fig.)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G5185 G5186

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עִוֵּר (iv.ver) — blind. 1) blind 1a) blind (physically) 1b) blind (fig.)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עִוֵּר (H5787)

adj · עור

Unable

blind = state in which a person or animal is unable to see

EXO 4:11 · LEV 19:14 · LEV 21:18 · DEU 15:21 · DEU 27:18 · DEU 28:29 · 2SA 5:6 · 2SA 5:8 · 2SA 5:8 · JOB 29:15 · PSA 146:8 · ISA 29:18 · ISA 35:5 · ISA 42:7 · ISA 42:16 · ISA 42:18 · ISA 42:19 · ISA 42:19 · ISA 42:19 · ISA 43:8 · ISA 56:10 · ISA 59:10 · JER 31:8 · LAM 4:14 · ZEP 1:17 · MAL 1:8

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עִוֵּר adj. blind base

Bible Occurrences (23)

4:11

19:14 21:18

15:21 27:18 28:29

5:6 5:8

29:15

146:8

29:18 35:5 42:7 42:16 42:18 42:19 43:8 56:10 59:10

31:8

4:14

1:17

1:8

Exodus 4:11

And the LORD said to him, Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf,... the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?

Leviticus 19:14

You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind,... but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.

Leviticus 21:18

No... man who has any defect may approach — no man who is blind, lame,... disfigured,... or deformed;

Deuteronomy 15:21

But if [an animal] has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 27:18

Cursed is he who lets a blind man wander in the road. And {let} all the people say, Amen!

Deuteronomy 28:29

and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered..., with no one to save you.

2 Samuel 5:6

Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: You will never get in here. Even... the blind and lame... can repel you. For they thought, David cannot get in here.

2 Samuel 5:8

On that... day [he] said, Whoever attacks the Jebusites must use the water shaft to reach the lame and blind who are despised... by David. That is why... it is said, The blind and the lame will never enter... the palace.