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עָוַר

ʻâvar · H5786 · Hebrew · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. Literally: to blind (one's) eyes; hence: to cause someone to be unable to see by destroying or putting out their eyes (to put out (someone's) eyes)

    Examples

    2 Kings 25:7 And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, then put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze shackles, and brought him to Babylon.

    Jeremiah 39:7 He then blinded Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him in shackles of bronze to bring him to Babylon.

    Jeremiah 52:11 Then he blinded the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him with bronze shackles and brought him to Babylon and put him in prison until the day of his death.

  2. Causative action by which someone causes someone else to ignore an event, as if that person were blind (to make (someone) blind (for something))

    Examples

    Exodus 23:8 “You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of the just.

    Deuteronomy 16:19 “You shall not distort justice, you shall not show partiality; and you shall not accept a bribe, because a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and distorts the words of the righteous.

How it’s used In 2 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

5 occurrences in 2 groups

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

5 occurrences in 2 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 7 entries
Awake002001001005
This lexeme's genuine tagged occurrences all describe blinding, not awakening (Exodus 23:8, "a bribe blinds the clear-sighted"; 2 Kings 25:7, "put out Zedekiah's eyes"); this Awake domain code is bundle-shared with the unrelated homographic root עוּר (ʻûwr, H5783) ("be made naked") and carries no tagged occurrence of עָוַר (ʻâvar, H5786) independently attesting an awakening sense.
Engage002003003011
This lexeme's genuine sense is blinding (Exodus 23:8, Deuteronomy 16:19, 2 Kings 25:7, Jeremiah 39:7/52:11 — all "put out the eyes" or "blinds"); this Engage domain code is bundle-shared with the unrelated homographic root עוּר (ʻûwr, H5783) and carries no tagged occurrence of עָוַר (ʻâvar, H5786) independently attesting an engagement sense.
Happen002002003003
This lexeme's genuine sense is blinding (Exodus 23:8 and parallels); this Happen domain code is bundle-shared with the unrelated homographic root עוּר (ʻûwr, H5783) and carries no tagged occurrence of עָוַר (ʻâvar, H5786) independently attesting an occurrence/happening sense.
Hold002003001009
This lexeme's genuine sense is blinding (Exodus 23:8 and parallels); this Hold domain code is bundle-shared with the unrelated homographic root עוּר (ʻûwr, H5783) and carries no tagged occurrence of עָוַר (ʻâvar, H5786) independently attesting a holding sense.
Unable002001001065
עָוַר describes causing blindness or the loss of sight, as in Exodus 23:8's "a bribe blinds the clear-sighted" and 2 Kings 25:7's "put out Zedekiah's eyes."
Non-Know002004002008
עוּר here denotes blinding, causing a loss of sight and so of discernment, illustrated at Exodus 23:8 ("a bribe blinds the clear-sighted") and 2 Kings 25:7 ("put out Zedekiah's eyes"), where the blinded party is thereby rendered unable to perceive or judge rightly.
Uncover002003001018
עָוַר (ʻâvar, H5786) means "to blind" (a distinct homograph from the "awake/stir up" root). The quotation "a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of the just" at Exodus 23:8 shows this sense, which does not independently attest the "Uncover" domain; that classification is bundle-shared with עוּר (ʻûwr, H5782) and עוּר (ʻûwr, H5783) in the source data and is not confirmed by this lexeme's own occurrences.
Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

עָוַרʻâvar · H5786עִוֵּר ʻivvêr · H5787 · blind · 26×מַטָּה maṭṭâh · H4295 · beneath, down, lower (in status) · 19×עִוָּרוֹן ʻivvârôwn · H5788 · blindness · 3×
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5786. avar [עָוַר] verb Pi`el make blind, blind (original meaning of √ dubious; Thes עור…
H5786. avar
[עָוַר] verb Pi`el make blind, blind (original meaning of √ dubious; Thes עור = dig (Arabic etc. cave); HalRŠJ xi, 67 compare עוֺר skin, whence blindness as cataract; — Aramaic adjective עֲוִיר, blind, Pa`el עַוַּר, = Hebrew Pi`el; Arabic be one-eyed, Ethiopic be blind Di995); —
Pi`el Perfect3masculine singular עִוֵּר 2Ki 25:7, with עֵינֵי put out the eyes of = Jer 39:7 = Jer 52:11; Imperfect3masculine singular יְעַוֵּר figurative, Exo 23:8 (E) a bribe blindeth, with accusative of person (ᵐ5 ⅏ insert עֵינֵי); Deu 16:19, with עֵינֵי.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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