עוֹר
skin
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
33 verses where H5785 appears in the Absolute state in the Book of Leviticus. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Leviticus
- Leviticus 9:11 הָ/ע֑וֹר ptcl def.art + n c ms The flesh and the skin he burned with fire outside the camp.
- Leviticus 11:32 עוֹר֙ n c ms On whatever any of them falls when they are dead, it shall be unclean; whether it is any vessel of wood, or clothing, or skin, or sack, whatever vessel it is, with which any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; then it will be clean.
- Leviticus 13:4 בְּ/ע֣וֹר הָ/ע֔וֹר prep + n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c ms If the bright spot is white in the skin of his body, and the appearance of it isn't deeper than the skin, and the hair of it hasn't turned white, then the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days.
- Leviticus 13:5 בָּ/ע֑וֹר prep det + n c ms The priest shall examine him on the seventh day, and, behold, if in his eyes the plague is arrested, and the plague hasn't spread in the skin, then the priest shall isolate him for seven more days.
- Leviticus 13:6 בָּ/ע֑וֹר prep det + n c ms The priest shall examine him again on the seventh day; and, behold, if the plague has faded, and the plague hasn't spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean. It is a scab. He shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
- Leviticus 13:7 בָּ/ע֔וֹר prep det + n c ms But if the scab spreads on the skin, after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall show himself to the priest again.
- Leviticus 13:8 בָּ/ע֑וֹר prep det + n c ms The priest shall examine him; and, behold, if the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is leprosy.
- Leviticus 13:10 בָּ/ע֔וֹר prep det + n c ms and the priest shall examine him. Behold, if there is a white rising in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the rising,
- Leviticus 13:12 בָּ/ע֔וֹר ע֣וֹר prep det + n c ms n c ms cs "If the leprosy breaks out all over the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of the infected person from his head even to his feet, as far as it appears to the priest;
- Leviticus 13:20 הָ/ע֔וֹר ptcl def.art + n c ms and the priest shall examine it; and, behold, if the appearance of it is lower than the skin, and the hair of it has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is the plague of leprosy. It has broken out in the boil.
- Leviticus 13:21 הָ/ע֖וֹר ptcl def.art + n c ms But if the priest examines it, and, behold, there are no white hairs in it, and it isn't deeper than the skin, but is dim, then the priest shall isolate him seven days.
- Leviticus 13:22 בָּ/ע֑וֹר prep det + n c ms If it spreads in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a plague.
- Leviticus 13:25 הָ/ע֔וֹר ptcl def.art + n c ms then the priest shall examine it; and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot has turned white, and the appearance of it is deeper than the skin; it is leprosy. It has broken out in the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is the plague of leprosy.
- Leviticus 13:26 הָ/ע֖וֹר ptcl def.art + n c ms But if the priest examines it, and, behold, there is no white hair in the bright spot, and it isn't lower than the skin, but is faded; then the priest shall isolate him seven days.
- Leviticus 13:27 בָּ/ע֔וֹר prep det + n c ms The priest shall examine him on the seventh day. If it has spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is the plague of leprosy.
- Leviticus 13:28 בָ/עוֹר֙ prep det + n c ms If the bright spot stays in its place, and hasn't spread in the skin, but is faded, it is the swelling from the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him clean; for it is the scar from the burn.
- Leviticus 13:30 הָ/ע֔וֹר ptcl def.art + n c ms then the priest shall examine the plague; and, behold, if the appearance of it is deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is yellow and thin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is an itch, it is leprosy of the head or of the beard.
- Leviticus 13:31 הָ/ע֔וֹר ptcl def.art + n c ms If the priest examines the plague of itching, and, behold, its appearance isn't deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall isolate him the person infected with itching seven days.
- Leviticus 13:32 הָ/עֽוֹר ptcl def.art + n c ms On the seventh day the priest shall examine the plague; and, behold, if the itch hasn't spread, and there is no yellow hair in it, and the appearance of the itch isn't deeper than the skin,
- Leviticus 13:34 בָּ/ע֔וֹר הָ/ע֑וֹר prep det + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms On the seventh day, the priest shall examine the itch; and, behold, if the itch hasn't spread in the skin, and its appearance isn't deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean. He shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
- Leviticus 13:35 בָּ/ע֑וֹר prep det + n c ms But if the itch spreads in the skin after his cleansing,
- Leviticus 13:36 בָּ/ע֑וֹר prep det + n c ms then the priest shall examine him; and, behold, if the itch has spread in the skin, the priest shall not look for the yellow hair; he is unclean.
- Leviticus 13:39 בְ/עוֹר בָּ/ע֖וֹר prep + n c ms cs prep det + n c ms then the priest shall examine them; and, behold, if the bright spots on the skin of their body are a dull white, it is a harmless rash, it has broken out in the skin; he is clean.
- Leviticus 13:48 בְ/ע֔וֹר עֽוֹר prep + n c ms n c ms whether it is in warp, or woof; of linen, or of wool; whether in a skin, or in anything made of skin;
- Leviticus 13:49 בָ/ע֜וֹר ע֔וֹר prep det + n c ms n c ms if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything made of skin; it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be shown to the priest.
- Leviticus 13:51 בָ/ע֔וֹר הָ/ע֖וֹר prep det + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms He shall examine the plague on the seventh day. If the plague has spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in the skin, whatever use the skin is used for, the plague is a destructive mildew. It is unclean.
- Leviticus 13:52 הָ/ע֔וֹר ptcl def.art + n c ms He shall burn the garment, whether the warp or the woof, in wool or in linen, or anything of skin, in which the plague is: for it is a destructive mildew. It shall be burned in the fire.
- Leviticus 13:53 עֽוֹר n c ms "If the priest examines it, and, behold, the plague hasn't spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin;
- Leviticus 13:56 הָ/ע֔וֹר ptcl def.art + n c ms If the priest looks, and, behold, the plague has faded after it is washed, then he shall tear it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:
- Leviticus 13:57 ע֔וֹר n c ms and if it appears again in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin, it is spreading. You shall burn with fire that in which the plague is.
- Leviticus 13:58 הָ/עוֹר֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms The garment, either the warp, or the woof, or whatever thing of skin it is, which you shall wash, if the plague has departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and it will be clean."
- Leviticus 13:59 ע֑וֹר n c ms This is the law of the plague of mildew in a garment of wool or linen, either in the warp, or the woof, or in anything of skin, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.
- Leviticus 15:17 ע֔וֹר n c ms Every garment, and every skin, whereon the semen is, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening.
About this entry
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עור — transliterated ʻôwr — is a Hebrew noun carrying the sense “skin.” Its uses cluster heavily in Leviticus (54% of all occurrences). With 82 verses in 10 books, it is a moderately common word in the Hebrew Bible. It first appears in Genesis 3:21. It is not a single-sense word — see its full sense range. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
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About this word
Strong's H5785 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 82
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 82 distinct verses.
- 10 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 10 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #427
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 427 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 82 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 82 distinct verses.
- Torah (Pentateuch) 65 verses · 79%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 11 verses · 13%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 6 verses · 7%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Skin 50×, Skins 23×, Than the skin 9×
- American Standard Version: Skin 49×, Than the skin 9×, Sealskin 6×
- Berean Standard Bible: Skin 46×, Leather 12×, Hide 7×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Skin 46×, Skin of 21×, Leather 14×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H5785 across 99 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 15 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H5785 across 99 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 17 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H5785 across 81 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 7 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 11 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H5785 across 102 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 2 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. of men (55 times), שׂמְלָתוֹ לְעֹרוֹ Ex 22:26 (E), ע׳ פָּנָיו 34:29, 30 cf. v 35 (all P); (dark) skin of Cushite Je 13:23; v. also Ez 37:6, 8 La 3:8 Jb 7:5; 10:11 +; in hyperb. Mi 3:2, 3; עוֹר שִׁנָּ֑י Jb 19:20b the skin of my teeth, i.e. gums (si vera l.); also Lv 13:2 + 33 times Lv 13 (P), in tests for leprosy (v. especially ע׳־בְּשָׂרוֹ v 2(×2), 3, 4, 11, cf. v 3, 38, 39, 43); עוֹר בְּעַד עוֹר Jb 2:4 skin in behalf of, for, skin, appar. proverb. phrase of barter, = everything has its price (on varieties of interpr. v. Comm.). e.g. Exodus 22:26
- 2. hide of animals (44 times), always—except Jb 40:31—after skinning: Gn 27:16 (J); of sacrif. victims Ex 29:14 Lv 4:11 + 5 times (all P); prepared for use (by some process of tanning, cf. NowArch. i. 242), sometimes = leather: material of garments Gn 3:21 (J), girdle 2 K 1:8, any article Lv 11:32; 13:48 ff; Nu 31:20 (P); covering of tabern. Ex 25:5(×2) + 10 times Ex 26, 35, 36, 39, of ark, sacred utensils, etc., Nu 4:6 + 5 times Nu 4. e.g. Job 40:31
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.m. Jb 7:5 skin (NH id.; Ph. ערת Lzb 346);—ע׳ abs. Gn 3:21 +, cstr. Ex 34:29 +; sf. עֹרוֹ 29:14 +, עוֹרוֹ Je 13:23, עֹרָהּ Nu 19:5, etc.; pl. cstr. עֹרֹת Gn 27:16 +, עוֹרֹת Ex 39:34, sf. עֹרֹתָם Lv 16:27;—skin:
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from עור (ʻûwr) (H5783) — to be laid bare.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
עוּר I
- (b. h.) [to be stirred up, v. עָרַר,] to wake (act. a. neut.). [Y. B. Bath. III, 14ᵃ וצריך לעורו, read לעורר, v. infra.]—Part. עֵר; f. עֵרָה; pl. עֵרִים; עֵרוֹת, עֵי׳. B. Kam. II, 5 בין ער בין ישן whether awake or asleep. Nidd. 12ᵃ. Sabb. 55ᵇ; Snh. 82ᵃ (ref. to Mal. II, 12) שלא יהיה לו ער … ועונה וכ׳ he shall have none awakening (teaching) among the teachers and none responding among the scholars. Cant. R. to V, 2 אני ישנה מן המצות ולבי ער לגמילת חסדים I am asleep (negligent) in ceremonies, but my heart is awake for charity; אני ישנה מן הצדקות ולבי ער לעשותן I am asleep (careless) about righteous deeds, but my heart awakens me (stirs me up) to do them; ib. ולבו של הקב"ה ער לגאלני but the heart of the Lord, is awake (anxious) to redeem me; Pesik. Haḥod. p. 46ᵇ; Pesik. R. s. 15 ולבי ער להקב"ה לגאלני but my heart is awake (waiting) for the Lord to redeem me; Yalk. Cant. 988; Tanḥ. ed. Bub., Tol’doth 18. Der. Er. Zuta ch. V לא יהא אדם ער … בין העי׳ one must not be awake among those sleeping, nor asleep among those awake. Nidd. l. c. בין ישנות בין ע׳ whether they are asleep or awake; a. fr. e.g. Malachi 2:12
- to be awake, wake up; to be stirred up, become active. B. Bath. 74ᵇ והוה ר"א ישן ור"י נעור (not ניער) R. E. was asleep, and R. J. awake. Gitt. VIII, 2 (78ᵃ) (נֵי׳) נֵעוֹרָה קוראה וכ׳ when she woke up, she read and found it was her letter of divorce. Ab. III, 4 הנ׳ בלילה he who is awake by night. Sifré Deut. 314 כדי שיעֵוֹרוּ בניו (not שיעירו) that his young brood may wake up; Yalk. ib. 944. Cant. R. to IV, 8 (read:] בתחלה הוא נעור וכ׳ (or נִנְעַר, v. נָעַר II) first he bestirs himself (and proceeds) from the Temple &c.; a. fr.—Ab. Zar. 73ᵃ, a. fr. מצא מין את מינו וניעור kind found its kind and was stirred up, i.e. the two equal elements in the mixture join to become working agents.—V. נָעַר II.
- to wake up; to stir up, instigate. Gen. R. s. 43 מי הוא זה שה׳ לבם של מזרחיים וכ׳ who was he that stirred up the heart of the eastsrn nations that they should come and fall &c.?; Yalk. Is. 311 שה׳ בלבם של אזרחיים (corr. acc.). Ib. ישנים … ומי הֵעִירָן לבא וכ׳ the nations were too indifferent to come under the wings of the Lord, and who waked them up to come under his wings? Snh. 25ᵇ (expl. מפריחי יונים, ib. III, 3) אלו שמְעִירִין וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שממרין) those who stir up the pigeons (on which they bet), v. מָרָה II.
- to be stirred up, be removed. Gen. R. s. 85 שה׳ מן העולם, v. עֵר II; Yalk. ib. 145.
- 1. to wake up. Y. Ber. I, 2ᵈ (ref. to Ps. LVII, 9) דרכן … להיות השחר מְעוֹרְרָן it is usual with kings that the dawn wakes them up; Tanḥ. B’ha‘ăl. 10 דרך השחר מְעוֹרֵר … מעורר וכ׳ usually the dawn wakes the sons of man, but I wake the dawn up. Y. Ber. IX, 13ᵈ bot. היודע … הוא יְעוֹרֵר אתכם he that knows your numbers wake you (from death); a. fr.—Y. Ter. V, end, 43ᵈ מעורר את מינו ליאסר stirs up its kind (makes it an agent) to become forbidden, v. supra.—Maas. Sh. V, 15 בטל את המְעוֹרְרִים abolished the wakers; Sot. IX, 10, expl. ib. 48ᵃ; Tosef. ib. XIII, 9 מעוררין אילו הלוים וכ׳ the wakers are the Levites, who … sang, Awake &c. (Ps. XLIV, 24). Lev. R. s. 7, beg. שנאה … היא עוֹרְרָה עליהן דיני דינין hatred … stirred up against them judgment upon judgment; a. fr. e.g. Psalms 57:9
- 2. to excite to lamentation, arrange a memorial service, engage a travelling wailer. M. Kat. I, 5 לא יְעוֹרֵר וכ׳ one must not arrange a memorial service &c., v. סַפְדָּנָא; ib. 8ᵃ לא יערער, v. עִרְעֵר.
- 3. to raise an objection; to contest the legality of. Y. B. Bath. III, 14ᵃ (interch. with עָרַר) מכיון שערר … צריך לעוֹרֵר עליו since he contested the right of possession in three successive years, he need no longer contest. Ib. צריך לעורו (corr. acc.); v. עָרַר a. עִרְעֵר.
- , Nithpol. נִתְעוֹרֵר
- 1. to be waked up; to bestir one’s self. Lev. R. l. c. עד שנה שנִתְעוֹרְרָה עליהן וכ׳ up to the year when it (hatred) was stirred up against them &c. Lev. R. s. 9 (ref. to Cant. IV, 16) לכשיִתְעוֹרְרוּ הגליות וכ׳ when the exiled colonies in the north are waked up (to be redeemed), they will come &c.; ib. לכשיִתְעוֹרֵר גוג וכ׳ when Gog bestirs himself (to war) &c. Ib. דבר שהוא ישן ונתע׳ a thing (the daily offering) which was asleep (during the captivity) and has been reawakened (reinstated); a. e. e.g. Song of Solomon 4:16
- 2. to be lively; to enjoy one’s self. Midr. Till. to Ps. CXLIX הִתְעוֹרְרוּ עלי וכ׳ enjoy yourselves with me at your pleasure.
עוּר
- , to stir up, awaken; to awake. Targ. Job XLI, 2 יְעוּרִ׳ (ed. Lag. a. oth. יְעִרִ׳ Af.).—Taan. 4ᵃ עוּרוּ, v. עוּרְפִּילָא.—Part. עָיֵיר, עָיֵר; f. עָיְירָא, עָיְרָא. Targ. Cant. V, 2.—Part. pass. עִיר, pl. עִירִין, עִירֵי awake. Y. Ber. I, 2ᵈ עד כדון ברייתא ע׳ until then (the end of the first night-watch) men are awake. Snh. 29ᵇ ע׳ ושכבי ליהוי וכ׳ shall those awake and those asleep be witnesses against thee (i.e. wouldst thou say so within the hearing of &c.)?
- 1. to stir up, awaken. Targ. Is. XIV, 9 אֲעִירַת (ed. Lag. אעדת, read אֲעָרַת). Targ. Zech. IV, 1.
- 2. to wake, watch; to wake up. Targ. Y. II, Deut. XXXII, 11 (not מֵעִיד); a. e.—Midr. Till. to Ps. XXII (ref. to ib. LVII, 9) אֲעִיר יקרי וכ׳ wake up, my dignity (soul), before the dignity of my Maker (v. infra).
- to stir up, awaken. Targ. Ps. LXXX, 3. Targ. Y. I Deut. l. c.—Y. Ber. I, 2ᵈ (ref. to Ps. LVII, 9) אנא הוינא מְעוֹרֵר שחרה וכ׳ I am wont to wake up the dawn, the dawn never wakes me up; Pesik. Vayhi, p. 63ᵃ; Pesik. R. s. 17 ושחרה לא עוֹרְרַתְנִי; Midr. Till. l. c.; Lam. R. to II, 18; a. e. e.g. Psalms 57:9
- , Ittaf. אִתָּעַר to be stirred up; to awake; to bestir one’s self. Targ. Job XIV, 12. Targ. Gen. XLI, 4. Targ. Hab. II, 19; a. e.—Y. Ber. l. c. אִתְעִיר יקרי wake up, my dignity (v. supra); Pesik. l. c. אִיתְּעַר; Pesik. R. l. c.; Lam. R. l. c.; Yalk. Ps. 776 יִתָּעַר יקרי וכ׳ let my dignity wake up. Ber. 4ᵃ לאִתְעוּרֵי משנתיה (Ms. M. לאִתְעוּרֵיה) for the purpose of (his) being waked up from his sleep; Yalk. Ex. 186. Lev. R. s. 12, beg. א׳ משנתיה וכ׳ when he woke up from his sleep, he saw &c.; a. fr.—Koh. R. to I, 8 כיון דא׳ בך חמרא וכ׳ since that wicked man’s ass has been stirred up against thee (as it will be a constant reproach to thee that that man has caused thee to ride on the Sabbath), thou canst no longer stay &c.; [Matt. K.: since that wicked man’s ass has brayed at thee, as if from נער, v. נָעַר I.] e.g. Habakkuk 2:19
עוּר II
- (v. next w.) husk, chaff. Y. Sabb. XIV, 14ᵈ, v. אוּר II.
עוֹר
- skin, hide. Bets. I, 5, v. דּוֹרְסָן. Kel. XXVI, 5 (6), v. חַמָּר II. Ib. ע׳ הרופא the surgeon’s leather apron; ע׳ העריסה the leather sheet in the cradle; a. v. fr.—Pl. עוֹרוֹת. Ib. 8 ע׳ בעל הבית the skins in the possession of a private man, opp. של עבדן, v. עַבְּדָן. Ab. Zar. II, 3, v. לָבַב; a. v. fr.
עִוֵּר I
- [white, blank,] blind. Bekh. 44ᵃ (ref. to Lev. XXI, 18) ע׳ בין סומא וכ׳ ‘ivver means both blind of one eye as well as of both; a. e.—B. Mets. V, 11, a. fr. משום ולפני ע׳ וכ׳ it comes under the category of the law (Lev. XIX, 14), ‘place no stumbling block before the blind’ (cause no man to sin).—Pl. עִוְּרִים. Midr. Till. to Ps. CXLVI, 8 ומי הן הע׳ הדורות … כע׳ who are the blind? These latter generations that walk in the Law like blind men; a. e.—[Usually סוּמָא].—Denom. e.g. Leviticus 21:18
עִוֵּר II
- (b. h.) to blind; to cause perversion of judgment. Sifré Deut. 144 (ref. to Deut. XVI, 19) כי השוחד יְעַוֵּר שאומר על וכ׳ ‘bribe blindeth’, that means, that (in old age) he will declare unclean what is clean &c.; Yalk. ib. 907; Keth. 105ᵃ (v. Peah VIII, 9); Mekh. Mishp., s. 20 (ref. to Ex. XXIII, 8) יעור עיני חכמים בתורה blinds the judgment of scholars of the Law. e.g. Deuteronomy 16:19
- to be blinded. Tanḥ. Aḥăré 1 נִתְעַוִּרוּ עיניו his eyes were put out.
עַוֵּר
- Targ. II Kings XXV, 7. Targ. O. Ex. XXIII, 8 מְעַוֵּר (ed. Berl. מְעַוַר); a. e.
- to get blind. Sabb. 77ᵇ מִתְעַוְּרָא would get blind.
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Forms in the corpus
The 48 distinct written forms H5785 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 81 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 82 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 3:21
- Exodus 22:27
- Leviticus 4:11
- Numbers 4:6
- 2 Kings 1:8
- Job 2:4
- Jeremiah 13:23
- Lamentations 3:4
- Ezekiel 37:6
- Micah 3:2
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
