עִוֵּרʻivvêr

usually as substantive = the blind

Pronunciation: iv-vare' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5787

Meanings

1. literally, physically blind

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 26 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 4:11 Then the Lord asked Moses, “Who makes a person’s mouth? Who decides whether people speak or do not speak, hear or do not hear, see or do not see? Is it not I, the Lord?
  • Leviticus 19:14 “Do not insult the deaf or cause the blind to stumble. You must fear your God; I am the Lord.
  • Leviticus 21:18 No one who has a defect qualifies, whether he is blind, lame, disfigured, deformed,
  • Deuteronomy 15:21 But if this firstborn animal has any defect, such as lameness or blindness, or if anything else is wrong with it, you must not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.
  • Deuteronomy 27:18 ‘Cursed is anyone who leads a blind person astray on the road.’ And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.’
  • Deuteronomy 28:29 You will grope around in broad daylight like a blind person groping in the darkness, but you will not find your way. You will be oppressed and robbed continually, and no one will come to save you.
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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).