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סַנְוֵר

sanver · blindness

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5575 · appears 3 times in the Bible

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What it means

sanver (סַנְוֵר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “blindness”.

Sudden blindness, dazzling. It occurs only in Genesis 19:11 and 2 Kings 6:18.

How to say it

san·ver

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. Suddenly being unable to see.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Where it appears

  • Genesis 19:11

    And the men who were at the entrance of the house they struck with blindness, from small to great, so that they wore themselves out trying to find the entrance.

  • 2 Kings 6:18

    They came down to him, and Elisha prayed to YHWH and said, “Please strike this nation with blindness.” And he struck them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha.

And 1 more times.