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עִוָּרוֹן

ivaron · blindness

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5788 · appears 3 times in the Bible

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What it means

ivaron (עִוָּרוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “blindness”.

Said of an animal, blind.

How to say it

i·va·ron

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

  1. Being unable to see.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • blindness ×2
  • Blind ×1

Where it appears

  • Leviticus 22:22

    Blind, or broken, or maimed, or with warts, or with an itch, or with scabs: you shall not present these to YHWH, and you shall not give from them a fire offering on the altar to YHWH.

  • Deuteronomy 28:28

    YHWH will strike you with madness and with blindness and with bewilderment of heart.

  • Zechariah 12:4

    On that day, declares YHWH, I will strike every horse with bewilderment, and its rider with madness; but on the house of Judah I will open my eyes, and every horse of the peoples I will strike with blindness.