Lexicon :: Strong's H5575 - sanvērîm

סַנְוֵרִים
Transliteration
sanvērîm
Pronunciation
san-vare'
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1521

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: סנורים (Gesenius) סנור (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

סַנְוֵר çanvêr, san-vare'; of uncertain derivation; (in plural) blindness:—blindness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H5575 in the following manner: blindness (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H5575 in the following manner: blindness (3x).

  1. sudden blindness

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סַנְוֵר çanvêr, san-vare'; of uncertain derivation; (in plural) blindness:—blindness.
STRONGS H5575: Abbreviations
† סַנְוֵרִים noun [masculine] plural intensive or abstract (Sta§ 324 b) sudden blindness (etymology dubious; derivation from נוּר highly improbable, whether antiphrase WetzstDe Psalms 4, 886 Köii. 1, 404, or from dazzling, compare 'flimmern' HoffmZAW ii (1882), 68; but also view of HalRŠJ xi. 66 derivatives from √ סנר cover with a skin, i.e. produce film over, lacks demonstration; at present we must be content with assuming quadriliteral √, Thes Sta§ 243); — הִכּוּ בַּסּ׳ Genesis 19:11 (J) they smote the men with sudden blindness, compare 2 Kings 6:18; 2 Kings 2:18 (all cases miraculous, and in Kings temporary).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

19:11

2 Kings

2:18; 6:18