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HebrewH5786Verb

עָוַר

a.var

5Occurrences
H5786Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to blind

a primitive root (rather denominatively from H5785 (עוֹר) through the idea of a film over the eyes);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
(Piel) to blind, make blind, put out the eyes of

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

עָוַר appears 5 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
2
2 Kings
1
Deuteronomy
1
Exodus
1

Key Passages

2 Kings 25:7BSB

And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

Deuteronomy 16:19BSB

Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

Exodus 23:8BSB

Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.

Jeremiah 39:7BSB

Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.

Jeremiah 52:11BSB

Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon, where he kept him in custody until his dying day.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.