עִוֵּר
iv.ver
blind
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word עִוֵּר (ivver) is defined as "blind". This single-word meaning carries significant implications for understanding its usage in the Bible. The presence of 26 occurrences across various texts suggests that "blind" is a prominent concept in Hebrew language, encompassing both physical and possibly metaphorical senses. In the context of the Body & Health semantic domain, "blind" is linked to physical impairment. However, the high frequency of its usage and potential references across different Bible passages may also allude to more abstract concepts, such as spiritual or moral blindness. This ambiguity underscores the importance of closely examining each occurrence to discern the intended meaning. The prevalence of "blind" in the Bible underscores its importance in understanding aspects of human experience and relationship with the divine. By examining the ways in which this word is used, readers can gain insights into how ancient Hebrew speakers viewed physical and mental impairments, as well as their potential spiritual connotations.
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Occurrences in Scripture
26 total occurrences across the text
I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.
Psalms 146:8Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind. Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down. Yahweh loves the righteous.
Isaiah 29:18In that day, the deaf will hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind will see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
Isaiah 35:5Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.
Isaiah 42:7to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.
Isaiah 42:16I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.
Isaiah 42:18“Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see.
Isaiah 42:19Who is blind, but my servant? Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as he who is at peace, and as blind as Yahweh’s servant?
Isaiah 42:19Who is blind, but my servant? Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as he who is at peace, and as blind as Yahweh’s servant?
Isaiah 42:19Who is blind, but my servant? Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as he who is at peace, and as blind as Yahweh’s servant?
Isaiah 43:8Bring out the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears.
Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They can’t bark— dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
Isaiah 59:10We grope for the wall like the blind. Yes, we grope as those who have no eyes. We stumble at noon as if it were twilight. Among those who are strong, we are like dead men.
Jeremiah 31:8Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, along with the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her who travails with child together. They will return as a great company.
Lamentations 4:14They wander as blind men in the streets. They are polluted with blood, So that men can’t touch their garments.
Zephaniah 1:17I will bring distress on men, that they will walk like blind men, because they have sinned against Yahweh, and their blood will be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung.
Malachi 1:8When you offer the blind for sacrifice, isn’t that evil? And when you offer the lame and sick, isn’t that evil? Present it now to your governor! Will he be pleased with you? Or will he accept your person?” says Yahweh of Armies.
Exodus 4:11Yahweh said to him, “Who made man’s mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn’t it I, Yahweh?
Leviticus 19:14“ ‘You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.
Leviticus 21:18For whatever man he is that has a defect, he shall not draw near: a blind man, or a lame, or he who has a flat nose, or any deformity,
Deuteronomy 15:21If it has any defect—is lame or blind, or has any defect whatever, you shall not sacrifice it to Yahweh your God.
Deuteronomy 27:18‘Cursed is he who leads the blind astray on the road.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
Deuteronomy 28:29You will grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways. You will only be oppressed and robbed always, and there will be no one to save you.
2 Samuel 5:6The king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, “The blind and the lame will keep you out of here;” thinking, “David can’t come in here.”
2 Samuel 5:8David said on that day, “Whoever strikes the Jebusites, let him go up to the watercourse and strike those lame and blind, who are hated by David’s soul.” Therefore they say, “The blind and the lame can’t come into the house.”
2 Samuel 5:8David said on that day, “Whoever strikes the Jebusites, let him go up to the watercourse and strike those lame and blind, who are hated by David’s soul.” Therefore they say, “The blind and the lame can’t come into the house.”