To blind
עָוַרStrong’s H5786avar (a-var)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Avar is the Hebrew word usually translated “made blind” and “it makes blind”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.”
Meaning
- (Piel) to blind, make blind, put out the eyes of
How it's translated
- he made blind 3
- it makes blind 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 2
- Exodus 1
- Deuteronomy 1
- 2 Kings 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
Hebrew dictionary
עָוַר avar · to blind
(Piel) to blind, make blind, put out the eyes of
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “blind” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BLIND, adjective
- Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect, or by deprivation; not having sight.
- Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable to understand or judge; ignorant; as authors are blind to their own defects.
- Unseen;; out of public view; private; dark; sometimes implying contempt or censure; as a blind corner.
- Dark; obscure; not easy to be found; not easily discernible; as a blind path.
All definitions and other forms of “blind”
- Heedless; inconsiderate; undeliberating.
- In scripture, blind implies not only want of discernment, but moral depravity.
BLIND, verb transitive
To make blind; to deprive of sight.
- To darken; to obscure to the eye.
- To darken the understanding; as, to blind the mind.
- To darken or obscure to the understanding.
- To eclipse.
BLIND, noun
Something to hinder the sight.
- Something to mislead the eye or the understanding; as, one thing serves as a blind for another.
- A screen; a cover; as a blind for a window, or for a horse.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.