עָוַר
ʻâvar · aw-var'
to blind
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (rather denominatively from H5785 (עוֹר) through the idea of a film over the eyes);
to blind
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: blind, put out. See also H5895 (עַיִר).
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
To see and know that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָוַר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- blindeth1 · 20%
- doth blind1 · 20%
- and put out1 · 20%
- moreover he put out1 · 20%
- then he put out1 · 20%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.