עִוֵּר adjective blind; — only absolute ׳ע Exodus 4:11 +, plural עִיְרִים 2 Samuel 5:6 +, feminine עִוְרוֺת Isaiah 42:7; (with article הָעִוֵּר Deuteronomy 28:29, elsewhere ׳הַע Baer Ginsb; van d. H. לָעִוֵּר Job 29:15, הָעִוְרִים 2 Samuel 5:6,8; Isaiah 42:18); — blind, usually as substantive = the blind:

1 literally, physically blind:

a. of men Exodus 4:11 (J; opposed to מִּקֵּחַ), 2 Samuel 5:6,8 (twice in verse); Leviticus 19:14 (H), Deuteronomy 27:18; Jeremiah 31:8; Job 29:15; in simile Deuteronomy 28:29; Zephaniah 1:17; Isaiah 59:10, compare Lamentations 4:14 (apposition); as adjective attribute ׳אִישׁ ע Leviticus 21:18 (H).

b. of sacrifice animal Deuteronomy 15:21; Malachi 1:8. 2 figurative,

a. of the helpless, groping Isaiah 29:18; Isaiah 35:5; Isaiah 42:16; Psalm 146:8; as adjective attribute, עֵינַיִם עִוְרוֺת Isaiah 42:7.

b. of the dull, unreceptive, Isaiah 42:18,19 (3 t. in verse) (but Isaiah 42:19 c read חֵרֵשׁ q. v.); as adjective attributive עַם עִוֵּר Isaiah 43:8; as predicate Isaiah 56:10.