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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 - The LORD said to him, “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the LORD?

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:14 - “ ‘Do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind, but fear your God. I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:18 - No man who has any defect may come near: no man who is blind or lame, disfigured or deformed;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:21 - If an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must 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 anyone who leads the blind astray on the road.”

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29 - At midday you will grope about like a blind person in the dark. You will be unsuccessful in everything you do; day after day you will be oppressed and robbed, with no one to rescue you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:6 - The king and his men marched to Jerusalem to attack the Jebusites, who lived there. The Jebusites said to David, “You will not get in here; even the blind and the lame can ward you off.” They thought, “David cannot get in here.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:8 - On that day David had said, “Anyone who conquers the Jebusites will have to use the water shaft to reach those ‘lame and blind’ who are David’s enemies.[fn]” That is why they say, “The ‘blind and lame’ will not enter the palace.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:15 - I was eyes to the blind and feet to 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 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 will hear the words of the scroll, and out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:5 - Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:7 - to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:16 - I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:18 - “Hear, you deaf; look, you blind, and see!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:19 - Who is blind but my servant, and deaf like the messenger I send? Who is blind like the one in covenant with me, blind like the servant of the LORD?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:8 - Lead out those who have eyes but are blind, who have ears but are deaf.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:10 - Israel’s watchmen are blind, they all lack knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they lie around and dream, they love to sleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:10 - Like the blind we grope along the wall, feeling our way like people without eyes. At midday we stumble as if it were twilight; among the strong, we are like the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:8 - See, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the ends of the earth. Among them will be the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor; a great throng will return.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:14 - Now they grope through the streets as if they were blind. They are so defiled with blood that no one dares to touch their garments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:17 - “I will bring such distress on all people that they will grope about like those who are blind, because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their entrails like dung.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:8 - When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you sacrifice lame or diseased animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you?” says the LORD Almighty.
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