# H5786 עָוַר

עָוַר (ʻâvar), Strong’s H5786: to blind KJV: blind, put out. See also H5895 (עַיִר).. Occurs 5 times.

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*ʻâvar* — to blind

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

Derived from [עוֹר ʻôwr](https://besorah.bible/word/H5785) (skin)

Occurs 5 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [עָוַר] vb. Pi. make blind, blind

## Where it occurs
- [Exodus 23:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/23?v=8) — “You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.
- [Deuteronomy 16:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/16?v=19) — You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes…
- [2 Kings 25:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/25?v=7) — They killed Zedekiah’s sons before his eyes, then put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him in fetters, and carried him to…
- [Jeremiah 39:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/39?v=7) — Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
- [Jeremiah 52:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/52?v=11) — He put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon, and put him…