עִוֵּר ivver
Hebrew word for “blind” · Strong’s H5787 · used 26 times in 23 verses
Meaning
1) blind; 1a) blind (physically); 1b) blind (fig.)
How it is translated
Glosses given for ivver in context, with how often each is used:
- blind 11
- blind people 8
- blind person 4
- like blind people 2
- blind animal 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 11 | 0.6 | |
| Deuteronomy | 3 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Samuel | 3 | 0.3 | |
| Leviticus | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Lamentations | 1 | 0.6 | |
| Zephaniah | 1 | 1.3 | |
| Malachi | 1 | 1.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Isaiah 42 (4), 2 Samuel 5 (2), Exodus 4 (1), Leviticus 19 (1), Leviticus 21 (1), Deuteronomy 15 (1), Deuteronomy 27 (1), Deuteronomy 28 (1), Job 29 (1), Psalms 146 (1)
Forms
- עור 11
- עורים 6
- העורים 2
- כעורים 2
- העור 1
- לעור 1
- עורות 1
- והעורים 1
- ועור 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with ivver more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- חֵרֵשׁ cheresh “deaf” 7
- פִּסֵּחַ pisseach “lame” 7
- פָּקַח paqach “to open” 3
- עַיִן ayin “eye” 6
- אוֹ o “or” 4
- אִלֵּם illem “mute” 2
- מוּם mum “blemish” 2
- צֹהַר tsohar “midday” 2
- יְבוּסִי yevusi “Jebusite” 2
- הֵנָּה hennah “here/thus” 2
- חֹשֶׁךְ choshekh “darkness” 2
- דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 3
Key verses
The verses using ivver that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 4:11 — 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?
- Deuteronomy 28:29 — And 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…
- Psalms 146:8 — The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
- Isaiah 29:18 — And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
- Isaiah 35:5 — Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
- Isaiah 42:7 — To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
- Isaiah 42:16 — And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked…
- Isaiah 42:19 — Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD’s servant?
- Isaiah 56:10 — His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
- Isaiah 59:10 — We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.
- Jeremiah 31:8 — Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and…
- Zephaniah 1:17 — And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as…
See all 23 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.