H5787
עִוֵּר
blind
1) blind 1a) blind (physically) 1b) blind (fig.)
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
עִוֵּר adjective blind; — only absolute ׳ע Exod 4:11 +, plural עִיְרִים 2Sam 5:6 +, feminine עִוְרוֺת Isa 42:7 (with article הָעִוֵּר Deut 28:29, elsewhere ׳הַע Baer Ginsb; van d. H. לָעִוֵּר Job 29:15, הָעִוְרִים 2Sam 5:6; 2Sam 5:8; Isa 42:18); — blind, usually as substantive = the blind:
1. literally, physically blind:
a. of men Exod 4:11 (J; opposed to פִּקֵּחַ), 2Sam 5:6; 2Sam 5:8 (twice in verse); Lev 19:14 (H), Deut 27:18; Jer 31:8; Job 29:15 in simile Deut 28:29; Zeph 1:17; Isa 59:10, compare Lam 4:14 (apposition); as adjective attribute ׳אִישׁ ע Lev 21:18 (H).
b. of sacrifice animal Deut 15:21; Mal 1:8.
a. of men Exod 4:11 (J; opposed to פִּקֵּחַ), 2Sam 5:6; 2Sam 5:8 (twice in verse); Lev 19:14 (H), Deut 27:18; Jer 31:8; Job 29:15 in simile Deut 28:29; Zeph 1:17; Isa 59:10, compare Lam 4:14 (apposition); as adjective attribute ׳אִישׁ ע Lev 21:18 (H).
b. of sacrifice animal Deut 15:21; Mal 1:8.
2. figurative,
a. of the helpless, groping Isa 29:18; Isa 35:5; Isa 42:16; Ps 146:8 as adjective attribute, עֵינַיִם עִוְרוֺת Isa 42:7.
b. of the dull, unreceptive, Isa 42:18; Isa 42:19 (3 t. in verse) (but vIsa 42:19 c read חֵרֵשׁ q. v.); as adjective attributive עַם עִוֵּר Isa 43:8 as predicate Isa 56:10.
a. of the helpless, groping Isa 29:18; Isa 35:5; Isa 42:16; Ps 146:8 as adjective attribute, עֵינַיִם עִוְרוֺת Isa 42:7.
b. of the dull, unreceptive, Isa 42:18; Isa 42:19 (3 t. in verse) (but vIsa 42:19 c read חֵרֵשׁ q. v.); as adjective attributive עַם עִוֵּר Isa 43:8 as predicate Isa 56:10.
23 occurrences
Exodus (1), Leviticus (2), Deuteronomy (3), II Samuel (2), Job (1), Psalms (1), Isaiah (9), Jeremiah (1), Lamentations (1), Zephaniah (1), Malachi (1)