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Lexicon :: Strong's H5787 - ʿiûēr

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עִוֵּר
Transliteration
ʿiûēr
Pronunciation
iv-vare'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Intensive from עָוַר (H5786)
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TWOT Reference: 1586a

Strong’s Definitions

עִוֵּר ʻivvêr, iv-vare'; intensive from H5786; blind (literally or figuratively):—blind (men, people).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 26x

The KJV translates Strong's H5787 in the following manner: blind (25x), blind men (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 26x
The KJV translates Strong's H5787 in the following manner: blind (25x), blind men (1x).

  1. blind

    1. blind (physically)

    2. blind (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עִוֵּר ʻivvêr, iv-vare'; intensive from H5786; blind (literally or figuratively):—blind (men, people).
STRONGS H5787: Abbreviations
† עִוֵּר adjective blind; — only absolute ע׳ Exodus 4:11 +, plural עִיְרִים 2 Samuel 5:6 +, feminine עִוְרוֺת Isaiah 42:7; (with article הָעִוֵּר Deuteronomy 28:29, elsewhere הַע׳ Baer Ginsb; van d. H. לָעִוֵּר Job 29:15, הָעִוְרִים 2 Samuel 5:6, 8; Isaiah 42:18); — blind, usually as substantive = the blind:
1. literally, physically blind:
a. of men Exodus 4:11 (J; opposed to מִּקֵּחַ), 2 Samuel 5:6, 8 (twice in verse); Leviticus 19:14 (H), Deuteronomy 27:18; Jeremiah 31:8; Job 29:15; in simile Deuteronomy 28:29; Zephaniah 1:17; Isaiah 59:10, compare Lamentations 4:14 (apposition); as adjective attribute אִישׁ ע׳ Leviticus 21:18 (H).
b. of sacrifice animal Deuteronomy 15:21; Malachi 1:8.
2. figurative,
a. of the helpless, groping Isaiah 29:18; Isaiah 35:5; Isaiah 42:16; Psalm 146:8; as adjective attribute, עֵינַיִם עִוְרוֺת Isaiah 42:7.
b. of the dull, unreceptive, Isaiah 42:18, 19 (3 times in verse) (but Isaiah 42:19c read חֵרֵשׁ which see); as adjective attributive עַם עִוֵּר Isaiah 43:8; as predicate Isaiah 56:10.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

4:11; 4:11

Leviticus

19:14; 21:18

Deuteronomy

15:21; 27:18; 28:29; 28:29

2 Samuel

5:6; 5:6; 5:6; 5:8; 5:8

Job

29:15; 29:15

Psalms

146:8

Isaiah

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

Jeremiah

31:8

Lamentations

4:14

Zephaniah

1:17

Malachi

1:8

H5787

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5787 matches the Hebrew עִוֵּר (ʿiûēr),
which occurs 26 times in 23 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:11 - And the Lord said to Moses, Who has given a mouth to man, and who has made the very hard of hearing, and the deaf, the seeing and the blind? have not I, God?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:14 - Thou shalt not revile the deaf, neither shalt thou put a stumbling-block in the way of the blind; and thou shalt fear the Lord thy God: I am the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:18 - No man who has a blemish on him shall draw nigh; a man lame, blind, with his nose disfigured, or his ears cut,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:21 - And if there be in it a blemish, if it be lame or blind, an evil blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it to the Lord thy God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:18 - Cursed is he that makes the blind to wander in the way: and all the people shall say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29 - And thou shalt grope at mid-day, as a blind man would grope in the darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways; and then thou shalt be unjustly treated, and plundered continually, and there shall be no helper.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:6 - And David and his men departed to Jerusalem, to the Jebusite that inhabited the land: and it was said to David, Thou shalt not come in hither: for the blind and the lame withstood him, saying, David shall not come in hither.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:8 - And David said on that day, Every one that smites the Jebusite, let him attack with the dagger both the lame and the blind, and those that hate the soul of David. Therefore they say, The lame and the blind shall not enter into the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:15 - I was the eye of the blind, and the foot of the lame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:8 - (LXX 145:8) the Lord gives wisdom to the blind: The Lord sets up the broken down: the Lord loves the righteous: the Lord preserves the strangers;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:18 - And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and they that are in darkness, and they that are in mist: the eyes of the blind shall see,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:5 - Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall hear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:7 - to open the eyes of the blind, to bring the bound and them that sit in darkness out of bonds and the prison-house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:16 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, and I will cause them to tread paths which they have not known: I will turn darkness into light for them, and crooked things into straight. These things will I do, and will not forsake them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:18 - Hear, ye deaf, and look up, ye blind, to see.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:19 - And who is blind, but my servants? and deaf, but they that rule over them? yea, the servants of God have been made blind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:8 - and I have brought forth the blind people; for their eyes are alike blind, and they that have ears are deaf.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:10 - See how they are all blinded: they have not known; they are dumb dogs that will not bark; dreaming of rest, loving to slumber.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:10 - They shall feel for the wall as blind men, and shall feel for it as if they had no eyes: and they shall feel at noon-day as at midnight; they shall groan as dying men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:8 - (LXX 38:8) Behold, I bring them from the north, and will gather them from the end of the earth to the feast of the passover: and the people shall beget a great multitude, and they shall return hither.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:14 - Nun. her watchmen staggered in the streets, they were defiled with blood in their weakness, they touched their raiment with it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:17 - And I will greatly afflict the men, and they shall walk as blind men, because they have sinned against the Lord; therefore he shall pour out their blood as dust, and their flesh as dung.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:8 - For if ye bring a blind victim for sacrifices, is it not evil? and if ye bring the lame or the sick, is it not evil? offer it now to thy ruler, and see if he will receive thee, if he will accept thy person, saith the Lord Almighty.
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