Strong’s H5786 · Hebrew
עָוַר
ʻâvar · aw-var'
Origin a primitive root (rather denominatively from עוֹר (H5785) through the idea of a film over the eyes);
Meaning to blind
In the King James Version blind, put out. See also עַיִר (H5895).
In 5 verses of the King James Version
- Exodus 23:8And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
- Deuteronomy 16:19Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
- 2 Kings 25:7And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 39:7Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 52:11Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.