Senses
1. blind (physical or spiritual) — Adjective describing the state of being unable to see, used both literally of physical blindness (Ex 4:11; Lev 19:14; 21:18; Deut 15:21; 27:18; 28:29; 2 Sam 5:6,8; Job 29:15; Ps 146:8; Mal 1:8) and figuratively of spiritual or moral blindness, especially of Israel's unfaithful watchmen and leaders (Isa 29:18; 35:5; 42:7,16,18,19; 43:8; 56:10; 59:10; Lam 4:14; Zeph 1:17). Cross-linguistic glosses uniformly confirm a single semantic domain: Arabic 'a'ma', German 'blind', Korean 'nun meon', Spanish 'ciego', Hindi 'andha'. All inflectional variants (ms, mp, fp, with article, conjunction, and prepositions) represent the same core adjectival sense. 26×
AR["أَعْمَى","العُمْيَانَ","العُمْيَانِ","الـ-عُمْيِ","الْأَعْمَى","الْعُمْيَانَ","الْعُمْيَانُ","الْعُمْيِ","عَمْيَاءَ","عُمْيَانٌ"]·ben["অন্ধ","অন্ধদের","অন্ধদের-এর","অন্ধদেরকে","অন্ধের"]·DE["blind","der-blind","erweckte"]·EN["blind","is-blind","of-the-blind","the-blind"]·FR["[עור]","[עורים]","aveugle","blind","le-aveugle","le-blind"]·heb["ה-עיוורים","ה-עיור","עור","עיוור","עיוורות","עיוורים","עיור"]·HI["अंधा","अंधे","अंधे-के","अंधों","अंधों-की","अंधों-ने","अनधा","अन्धे"]·ID["buta","orang-buta","orang-orang-buta","yang-buta"]·IT["[עורים]","blind","cieco","il-cieco"]·jav["Tiyang-wuta","ingkang-wuta","tiyang-tiyang-wuta","tiyang-wuta","wuta"]·KO["그-눈-먼-자가","그-소경들","그-소경들이","눈-먼-자를","눈-번","눈먼","눈먼-자","눈먼-자들을","눈먼-자들이니","눈먼-자를","눈먼-자이냐","눈이-머거나","소경과","소경들의"]·PT["cego","cegos","dos-cegos","o-cego","os-cegos"]·RU["слеп","слепого","слепое","слепой","слепота","слепы","слепым","слепых"]·ES["a-ciego","ciego","ciegos","de-los-ciegos","el-ciego","los-ciegos"]·SW["kipofu","upofu","vipofu","ya-vipofu"]·TR["kor","korler","korleri","korlerin","kör","körler","körleri","körü","körün"]·urd["اندھا","اندھوں","اندھوں-کو","اندھوں-کی","اندھوں-کی-آنکھوں-کو","اندھی","اندھے","اندھے-کو","اندھے-کے","اندھے-ہیں"]
Exod 4:11, Lev 19:14, Lev 21:18, Deut 15:21, Deut 27:18, Deut 28:29, 2 Sam 5:6, 2 Sam 5:8, 2 Sam 5:8, Job 29:15, Ps 146:8, Isa 29:18 (+14 more)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† עִוֵּר adj. blind;—only abs. ע׳ Ex 4:11 +, pl. עִוְרִים 2 S 5:6 +, f. עִוְרוֹת Is 42:7; (c. art. הָעִוֵּר Dt 28:29, elsewhere הַע׳ Baer Ginsb; van d. H. לָעִוֵּר Jb 29:15, הָעִוְרִים 2 S 5:6, 8; Is 42:18);—blind, usually as subst. = the blind: 1. lit., physically blind: a. of men Ex 4:11 (J; opp. פִּקֵּחַ), 2 S 5:6, 8(×2); Lv 19:14 (H), Dt 27:18; Je 31:8 Jb 29:15; in sim. Dt 28:29; Zp 1:17; Is…