עִוָּרוֹןʻivvârôwn

עִוָּרוֺן: blindness (Deuteronomy 28:28; Zechariah 12:4)

Pronunciation: iv-vaw-rone' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5788

Meanings

עַוֶּ֫רֶת: id., of sacrifice animals (Leviticus 22:22)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Leviticus 22:22 You must not offer an animal that is blind, crippled, or injured, or that has a wart, a skin sore, or scabs. Such animals must never be offered on the altar as special gifts to the Lord.
  • Deuteronomy 28:28 The Lord will strike you with madness, blindness, and panic.
  • Zechariah 12:4 “On that day,” says the Lord, “I will cause every horse to panic and every rider to lose his nerve. I will watch over the people of Judah, but I will blind all the horses of their enemies.

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).