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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 Box Exo 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:11 - So the LORD said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the LORD?

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:14 - ‘You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but shall fear your God: I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:18 - ‘For any man who has a defect shall not approach: a man blind or lame, who has a marred face or any limb too long,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:21 - “But if there is a defect in it, if it is lame or blind or has any serious defect, you shall not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:18 - ‘Cursed is the one who makes the blind to wander off the road.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29 - “And you shall grope at noonday, as a blind man gropes in darkness; you shall not prosper in your ways; you shall be only oppressed and plundered continually, and no one shall save you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:6 - And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, “You shall not come in here; but the blind and the lame will repel you,” thinking, “David cannot come in here.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:8 - Now David said on that day, “Whoever climbs up by way of the water shaft and defeats the Jebusites (the lame and the blind, who are hated by David’s soul), he shall be chief and captain.”[fn] Therefore they say, “The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:15 - I was eyes to the blind,
And I was feet to the lame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 146:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:8 - The LORD opens the eyes of the blind;
The LORD raises those who are bowed down;
The LORD loves the righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:18 - In that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book,
And the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:5

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:7 - To open blind eyes,
To bring out prisoners from the prison,
Those who sit in darkness from the prison house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:16 - I will bring the blind by a way they did not know;
I will lead them in paths they have not known.
I will make darkness light before them,
And crooked places straight.
These things I will do for them,
And not forsake them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:18 - “Hear, you deaf;
And look, you blind, that you may see.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:19 - Who is blind but My servant,
Or deaf as My messenger whom I send?
Who is blind as he who is perfect,
And blind as the LORD’s servant?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:8 - Bring out the blind people who have eyes,
And the deaf who have ears.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:10 - His watchmen are blind,
They are all ignorant;
They are all dumb dogs,
They cannot bark;
Sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:10 - We grope for the wall like the blind,
And we grope as if we had no eyes;
We stumble at noonday as at twilight;
We are as dead men in desolate places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:8 - Behold, I will bring them from the north country,
And gather them from the ends of the earth,
Among them the blind and the lame,
The woman with child
And the one who labors with child, together;
A great throng shall return there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:14 - They wandered blind in the streets;
They have defiled themselves with blood,
So that no one would touch their garments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:17 - “I will bring distress upon men,
And they shall walk like blind men,
Because they have sinned against the LORD;
Their blood shall be poured out like dust,
And their flesh like refuse.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:8 - And when you offer the blind as a sacrifice,
Is it not evil?
And when you offer the lame and sick,
Is it not evil?
Offer it then to your governor!
Would he be pleased with you?
Would he accept you favorably?”
Says the LORD of hosts.
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