H5786 עָוַר

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 5 KJV occurrences

עָוַר

ʻâvar · aw-var'

Definition

to blind

KJV Renderings

blind, put out. See also H5895 (עַיִר).

Derivation / Etymology

a primitive root (rather denominatively from H5785 (עוֹר) through the idea of a film over the eyes);

KJV Verses (5)

Exodus 23:8¶ And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Deuteronomy 16:19Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
2 Kings 25:7And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
Jeremiah 39:7Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.
Jeremiah 52:11Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.