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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)
Dictionary Aids

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.
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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:11 - And Yahweh said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes him mute or deaf, or seeing or blind H5787? Is it not I, Yahweh?
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:14 - ‘You shall not curse a deaf man nor place a stumbling block before the blind H5787, but you shall fear your God; I am Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:18 - ‘For no one who has a defect shall come near: a blind H5787 man or a lame man or he who has a [fn]disfigured face or any deformed limb,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:21 - “But if it has any defect, such as lameness or blindness H5787, or any serious defect, you shall not sacrifice it to Yahweh your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:18 -

‘Cursed is he who leads a blind H5787 person astray on the road.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29 - and you will [fn]grope at noon, as the blind H5787 man H5787 gropes in darkness, and you will not succeed in your ways; but you shall only be oppressed and robbed all your days, with none to save you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:6 -

Then the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, and they said to [fn]David, “You shall not come in here, but the blind H5787 and lame will turn you away”; [fn]thinking, “David cannot enter here.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:8 - And David said on that day, “Whoever would strike down the Jebusites, let him reach the lame and the blind H5787, who are hated by David’s soul, through the water tunnel.” Therefore they say, “The blind H5787 or the lame shall not come into the house.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:15 -

“I was eyes to the blind H5787

And feet to the lame.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:8 -

Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind H5787;

Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down;

Yahweh loves the righteous;

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:18 -

On that day the deaf will hear words of a book,

And out of [fn]darkness and thick darkness the eyes of the blind H5787 will see.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:5 -

Then the eyes of the blind H5787 will be opened,

And the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:7 -

To open blind H5787 eyes,

To bring out prisoners from the dungeon

And those who inhabit darkness from the prison.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:16 -

“I will lead the blind H5787 by a way they do not know,

In paths they do not know I will guide them.

I will make darkness into light before them

And rugged places into plains.

These are the things I will do,

And I will not forsake them.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:18 -

Hear, you deaf!

And look, you blind H5787, that you may see.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:19 -

Who is blind H5787 but My servant,

Or so deaf as My messenger whom I send?

Who is so blind H5787 as he that is [fn]at peace with Me,

Or so blind H5787 as the servant of Yahweh?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:8 -

Bring out the people who H5787 are blind H5787, even though they have eyes,

And the deaf, even though they have ears.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:10 -

His watchmen are blind H5787;

All of them know nothing.

All of them are mute dogs unable to bark,

[fn]Dreamers lying down, who love to slumber;

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:10 -

We grope along the wall like blind H5787 men H5787;

We grope like those who have no eyes;

We stumble at midday as in the twilight,

Among those who are vigorous we are like dead men.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:8 -

“Behold, I am bringing them from the north country,

And I will gather them from the remote parts of the earth,

Among them the blind H5787 and the lame,

The woman with child and she who is in labor with child, together;

A great assembly, they will return here.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:14 -

Nun

They wandered, blind H5787, in the streets;

They were defiled with blood

So that no one could touch their garments.

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:17 -

I will bring distress on men

So that they will walk like the blind H5787

Because they have sinned against Yahweh;

And their blood will be poured out like dust

And their flesh like dung.

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:8 - “But when you present the blind H5787 for sacrifice, is it not evil? And when you present the lame and sick, is it not evil? Please, bring it near to your governor! Would he accept you? Or would he lift up your face?” says Yahweh of hosts.
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