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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.
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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:11 - The LORD said to him, "Who gave a mouth to man, or who makes a person mute or deaf or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:14 - You must not curse a deaf person or put a stumbling block in front of a blind person. You must fear your God; I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:18 - Certainly no man who has a physical flaw is to approach: a blind man, or one who is lame, or one with a slit nose, or a limb too long,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:21 - If they have any kind of blemish - lameness, blindness, or anything else - you may not offer them as a sacrifice 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 misleads a blind person on the road.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29 - You will feel your way along at noon like the blind person does in darkness and you will not succeed in anything you do; you will be constantly oppressed and continually robbed, with no one to save you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:6 - Then the king and his men advanced to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who lived in the land. The Jebusites said to David, "You cannot invade this place! Even the blind and the lame will turn you back, saying, 'David cannot invade this place!'"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:8 - David said on that day, "Whoever attacks the Jebusites must approach the 'lame' and the 'blind' who are David's enemies by going through the water tunnel." For this reason it is said, "The blind and the lame cannot enter the palace."

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:15 - I was eyes for the blind and feet for the lame;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 146:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:8 - The LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD lifts up all who are bent over. The LORD loves the godly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:18 - At that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll, and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:5 - Then blind eyes will open, deaf ears will hear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:7 - to open blind eyes, to release prisoners from dungeons, those who live in darkness from prisons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:16 - I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. I will turn the darkness in front of them into light, and level out the rough ground. This is what I will do for them. I will not abandon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:18 - "Listen, you deaf ones! Take notice, you blind ones!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:19 - My servant is truly blind, my messenger is truly deaf. My covenant partner, the servant of the LORD, is truly blind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:8 - Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes, those who are deaf, even though they have ears!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:10 - All their watchmen are blind, they are unaware. All of them are like mute dogs, unable to bark. They pant, lie down, and love to snooze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:10 - We grope along the wall like the blind, we grope like those who cannot see; we stumble at noontime as if it were evening. Though others are strong, we are like dead men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:8 - Then I will reply, 'I will bring them back from the land of the north. I will gather them in from the distant parts of the earth. Blind and lame people will come with them, so will pregnant women and women about to give birth. A vast throng of people will come back here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:14 - They wander blindly through the streets, defiled by the blood they shed, while no one dares to touch their garments. ס (Samek)

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:17 - I will bring distress on the people and they will stumble like blind men, for they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dirt; their flesh will be scattered like manure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:8 - For when you offer blind animals as a sacrifice, is that not wrong? And when you offer the lame and sick, is that not wrong as well? Indeed, try offering them to your governor! Will he be pleased with you or show you favor?" asks the LORD who rules over all.
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