H5786: עָוַר
ʻâvar · pronounced aw-var' · “to blind”
Definition
to blind
KJV translates it as: blind, put out. See also H5895 (עַיִר).
Word origin: a primitive root (rather denominatively from H5785 (עוֹר) through the idea of a film over the eyes);
Extended definition
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5786 is translated
- he made blind ×3
- it makes blind ×2
Bible verses with H5786 (ʻâvar)
ʻâvar appears in 5 verses.
- Exodus 23:8
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
- Deuteronomy 16:19
Thou 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 25:7
And 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 39:7
Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 52:11
Then 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.