King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H5787
Transliteration: ivver
Phonetic Spelling: (iv-vare')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: blind
Meaning: blind
Word Summary
ivver: blind
Original Word: עֵוֵּרTransliteration: ivver
Phonetic Spelling: (iv-vare')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: blind
Meaning: blind
Strong's Concordance
blind men, people Intensive from avar; blind (literally or figuratively) -- blind (men, people).
see HEBREW avar
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5787. ivver
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 ע ׳אִישׁ Leviticus 21:18 (H).
b. of sacrifice animal Deuteronomy 15:21; Malachi 1:8. 2 figurative,
a. of the helpless, groping Isaiah 29:18; 35:5; 42:16; Psalm 146:8; as adjective attribute, עִוְרוֺת עֵינַיִם Isaiah 42:7.
b. of the dull, unreceptive, Isaiah 42:18-19, (3 t. in verse) (but 42:19 c read חֵרֵשׁ q. v.); as adjective attributive עִוֵּר עַם 43:8; as predicate 56:10.