Ivver עִוֵּר

Ivver (Hebrew עִוֵּר, Strong's H5787) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “blind”. It occurs 26 times in 23 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Disability

Verses

Every verse with Ivver, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Exodus

• 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?And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?

Leviticus

• Leviticus 19:14
  Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord.You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.
• Leviticus 21:18
  For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,No man who has any defect may approach—no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed;

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 15:21
  And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the Lord thy God.But if an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.
• Deuteronomy 27:18
  Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.‘Cursed is he who lets a blind man wander in the road.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
• 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 evermore, and no man shall save thee.and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 5:6
  And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”
• 2 Samuel 5:8
  And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David’s soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.On that day he said, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must use the water shaft to reach the lame and blind who are despised by David.” That is why it is said, “The blind and the lame will never enter the palace.”

Job

• Job 29:15
  I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.

Psalms

• Psalm 146:8
  The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.

Isaiah

• 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.On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
• Isaiah 35:5
  Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf 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.to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from 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 things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
• Isaiah 42:18
  Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see!
• 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?Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD?
• Isaiah 43:8
  Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.Bring out a people who have eyes but are blind, and who have ears but are deaf.
• 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.Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, 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.Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead.

Jeremiah

• 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 her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!

Lamentations

• Lamentations 4:14
  They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.

Zephaniah

• 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 dust, and their flesh as the dung.I will bring such distress on mankind that they will walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.

Malachi

• Malachi 1:8
  And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the Lord of hosts.When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).