עָוַר
avar · blind
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5786 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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avar (עָוַר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “blind”.
Put out the eyes.
How to say it
a·var
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Take away sight.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- he blinded ×3
- blinds ×2
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Exodus 23:8
You shall not take a bribe, for the bribe blinds those who see and subverts the words of the righteous.
- Deuteronomy 16:19
You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, and you shall not take a bribe, for the bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
- 2 Kings 25:7
The sons of Zedekiah they slaughtered before his eyes; and the eyes of Zedekiah he blinded, and bound him in bronze chains and brought him to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 39:7
And the eyes of Zedekiah he blinded, and he bound him in bronze chains to bring him to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 52:11
And the eyes of Zedekiah he blinded, and bound him in bronze chains; and the king of Babylon brought him to Babylon, and put him in the house of custody until the day of his death.