סַנְוֵרçanvêr

sudden blindness (Genesis 19:11; 2 Kings 6:18; 2 Kings 2:18)

Pronunciation: san-vare' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5575

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 19:11 Then they blinded all the men, young and old, who were at the door of the house, so they gave up trying to get inside.
  • 2 Kings 6:18 As the Aramean army advanced toward him, Elisha prayed, “O Lord, please make them blind.” So the Lord struck them with blindness as Elisha had asked.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).