Blind
עִוֵּרStrong’s H5787ivver (iv-ver)
Appears in 23 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ivver is the Hebrew word usually translated “blind”, “like blind” and “o blind”. It appears in 23 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?”
Meaning
- Blindblind (physically) · blind (fig.)
How it's translated
- blind 15
- a blind 4
- the blind 2
- like blind 2
- to the blind 1
- and o blind 1
- and blind 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 9
- Deuteronomy 3
- Leviticus 2
- 2 Samuel 2
- Exodus 1
- Job 1
11 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 19:14Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 21:18For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,
- Deuteronomy 15:21And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God.
- Deuteronomy 27:18Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 28:29And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
- 2 Samuel 5:6And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.
Hebrew dictionary
עִוֵּר ivver · blind
1) blind 1a) blind (physically) 1b) blind (fig.)
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.