HebrewH5787Adjective

עִוֵּר

iv.ver

23Occurrences
H5787Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

blind (literally or figuratively)

intensive from H5786 (עָוַר);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. blind 1a) blind (physically) 1b) blind (fig.)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

H:A

Full Description

Hebrew Adjective

Occurrences

עִוֵּר appears 23 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Isaiah
9
Deuteronomy
3
2 Samuel
2
Leviticus
2
Exodus
1
Jeremiah
1
Job
1
Lamentations
1

Key Passages

2 Samuel 5:6BSB

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.”

Deuteronomy 28:29BSB

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.

Isaiah 42:7BSB

to open the eyes of the blind,to bring prisoners out of the dungeonand those sitting in darknessout from the prison house.

Isaiah 43:8BSB

Bring out a people who have eyes but are blind,and who have ears but are deaf.

Job 29:15BSB

I served as eyes to the blindand as feet to the lame.

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