Strong G3659ὄμμα
eye
- Transliteration
- omma
- Pronunciation
- om'-mah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From G3700; a sight that is (by implication) the eye: - eye.
Detailed definition
ὄμμα, -τος, τό in cl. chiefly poët.;
[in LXX for עַיִן (עַיִן (Pro.5:1-23, Wis.2:1-24, 4Ma.3:1-21)*;]
an eye: p1., Mat.20:34 Mrk.8:23.†
(AS)
[in LXX for עַיִן (עַיִן (Pro.5:1-23, Wis.2:1-24, 4Ma.3:1-21)*;]
an eye: p1., Mat.20:34 Mrk.8:23.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3659 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- eye1
First verses
- Mark 8:23And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ὄμμα,
Aeolic dialect ὄππα [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 2.11)]: τό:— eye, poetry word, rare in Prose [Refs 8th c.BC+ ((5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.11, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 45c, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.7.26, “Mem.” 1.4.6, +others, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 50, +others, 3rd c.BC: Polystratus Epicureus “Herc.” 346p.81V., “BGU” 713.9 (1st c.AD), “IG” 42(1).121.121 (Epid.)): 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus)] only use plural, κατὰ χθονὸς ὄμματα πήξας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.217; ὕπνον ἐπ᾽ ὄμμασι χεῦε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.492, etc.: _sing._ in 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.63 and Trag. (see. below):)] —Phrases: ὀρθοῖς ὄμμασιν ὁρᾶν τινα look straight at, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1385; ἀναβλέψαι ὀρθ. ὄμμ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.30; ἐξ ὀμμάτων ὀρθῶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 528)]; also οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ὄμμασιν ποίοις βλέπων πατέρα ποτ᾽ ἂν προσεῖδον how I could have looked him in the face,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1371, compare 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.121; ὁρᾶν τινα ἐν ὄμμασι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 241)]; ποῖον ὄ. πατρὶ δηλώσ; [Refs ([prev. author] “Aj.” 462)]; τέοισί με χρὴ ὄμμασι.. φαίνεσθα; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.37)]; λαμπρὸς ὄμματι radiant in look or expression, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 81; ἄλλοσ᾽ ὄ. θἀτέρᾳ δὲ νοῦν ἔχειν [prev. author] “Tr.” 272)]; προσέσχον ὄ. turned their eyes on him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 931)]; ἐς σὸν ἐλθεῖν ὄ. come within sight of thee, [Refs ([prev. author] “Heracl.” 887)]; κατ᾽ ὄμματα before one's eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 760)]; κατ᾽ ὄμμα ἐλθεῖν face to face, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1064)]; κατ᾽ ὄμμα στῆναι in full sight, openly, [Refs ([prev. work] 1117)]; opposed to νύκτωρ, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ba.” 469)]; κρατιστεύων κατ᾽ ὄμμα in eye-sight, of the Sun, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 102 (Lyric poetry) (but λαμπρὰ καὶ κατ᾽ ὄμμα καὶ φύσιν is uncertain in 379))]; πρευμενοῦς ἀπ᾽ ὄμματος ἰδέσθαι look kindly on, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 210; πεύθομαι δ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ὀμμάτων νόστον [prev. author] “Ag.” 988 (Lyric poetry))]; ὡς ἀπ᾽ ὀμμάτων to judge by the eye, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 15, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 216)]; ἐν ὄμμασι before one's eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 604; ἐν τοῖς ὄ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.11; ἐπ᾽ ὀμμάτων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1153 (Lyric poetry); so παρ᾽ ὄμμα, εἰ δ᾽ ἦν παρ᾽ ὄμμα θάνατος [prev. work] 484)]; ἐξ ὀμμάτων out of sight, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “IA” 743; ἄπειμ᾽ ἐξ ὀ. 4th-5th c.BC: Phrynichus Tragicus 21)]; πρὸ ὀμμάτων τίθεσθαι, ποιεῖν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1455a23, “Rh.” 1386a34)]; πρὸ ὀ. θέσις Polystr. [prev. cited]
2 metaphorically, τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς ὄ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 533d, 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “Protrepticus” 21.κδ᾽.)]
II the eye of heaven, i.e. the sun, ὄ. αἰθέρος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 285, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 194 (_anapaest meter_))]; but ὄ. νυκτός is a periphrasis for night (see. below see), ἕως.. νυκτὸς ὄμμ᾽ ἀφείλετο (i.e. τὴν μάχην) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 428)]; ὅταν δὲ νυκτὸς ὄ. λυγαίας μόλῃ the dark night, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 110; νυκτὸς ὄ. τῆς μελαμπέπλου 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 89; compare ὀφθαλμός 111, βλέφαρον 11.)]
III generally, light: hence, metaphorically, that which brings light, ὄμμα ξείνοισι a light to strangers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.56; ὄ. δόμων νομίζω δεσπότου παρουσίαν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 169; ἄελπτον ὄμμ᾽ ἐμοὶ φήμης ἀνασχὸν τῆσδε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 203.)]
III.2 metaphorically, anything dear or precious, as the apple of an eye, ὄ. γὰρ πάσης χθονὸς.. ἐξίκοιτ᾽ ἄν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 1025.)]
IV face or human form, ὦ δυσθέατον ὄ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1004; ἐμπαίει τί μοι ψυχῇ ξύνηθες ὄ. [prev. author] “El.” 903; τὸ ἐρωτικὸν ὄ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 253e: as periphrastic of the person, ὄ. πελείας, ={πελεία}, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 140 (_anapaest meter_))]; ὄ. νύμφας, ={νύμφα}, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 527 (Lyric poetry))]; ξύναιμον ὄ., ={ξυναίμων}, [Refs ([prev. author] “Aj.” 977)]; ὦ ταυρόμορφον ὄ. Κηφισοῦ, ={ὦ ταυρόμορφε Κηφισέ}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1261; see above 11 and compare ὄνομα IV.)]
V ὄ. τυκτόν eye-hole in a helmet, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 22.62.)]
Aeolic dialect ὄππα [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 2.11)]: τό:— eye, poetry word, rare in Prose [Refs 8th c.BC+ ((5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.11, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 45c, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.7.26, “Mem.” 1.4.6, +others, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 50, +others, 3rd c.BC: Polystratus Epicureus “Herc.” 346p.81V., “BGU” 713.9 (1st c.AD), “IG” 42(1).121.121 (Epid.)): 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus)] only use plural, κατὰ χθονὸς ὄμματα πήξας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.217; ὕπνον ἐπ᾽ ὄμμασι χεῦε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.492, etc.: _sing._ in 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.63 and Trag. (see. below):)] —Phrases: ὀρθοῖς ὄμμασιν ὁρᾶν τινα look straight at, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1385; ἀναβλέψαι ὀρθ. ὄμμ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.30; ἐξ ὀμμάτων ὀρθῶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 528)]; also οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ὄμμασιν ποίοις βλέπων πατέρα ποτ᾽ ἂν προσεῖδον how I could have looked him in the face,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1371, compare 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.121; ὁρᾶν τινα ἐν ὄμμασι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 241)]; ποῖον ὄ. πατρὶ δηλώσ; [Refs ([prev. author] “Aj.” 462)]; τέοισί με χρὴ ὄμμασι.. φαίνεσθα; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.37)]; λαμπρὸς ὄμματι radiant in look or expression, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 81; ἄλλοσ᾽ ὄ. θἀτέρᾳ δὲ νοῦν ἔχειν [prev. author] “Tr.” 272)]; προσέσχον ὄ. turned their eyes on him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 931)]; ἐς σὸν ἐλθεῖν ὄ. come within sight of thee, [Refs ([prev. author] “Heracl.” 887)]; κατ᾽ ὄμματα before one's eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 760)]; κατ᾽ ὄμμα ἐλθεῖν face to face, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1064)]; κατ᾽ ὄμμα στῆναι in full sight, openly, [Refs ([prev. work] 1117)]; opposed to νύκτωρ, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ba.” 469)]; κρατιστεύων κατ᾽ ὄμμα in eye-sight, of the Sun, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 102 (Lyric poetry) (but λαμπρὰ καὶ κατ᾽ ὄμμα καὶ φύσιν is uncertain in 379))]; πρευμενοῦς ἀπ᾽ ὄμματος ἰδέσθαι look kindly on, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 210; πεύθομαι δ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ὀμμάτων νόστον [prev. author] “Ag.” 988 (Lyric poetry))]; ὡς ἀπ᾽ ὀμμάτων to judge by the eye, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 15, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 216)]; ἐν ὄμμασι before one's eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 604; ἐν τοῖς ὄ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.11; ἐπ᾽ ὀμμάτων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1153 (Lyric poetry); so παρ᾽ ὄμμα, εἰ δ᾽ ἦν παρ᾽ ὄμμα θάνατος [prev. work] 484)]; ἐξ ὀμμάτων out of sight, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “IA” 743; ἄπειμ᾽ ἐξ ὀ. 4th-5th c.BC: Phrynichus Tragicus 21)]; πρὸ ὀμμάτων τίθεσθαι, ποιεῖν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1455a23, “Rh.” 1386a34)]; πρὸ ὀ. θέσις Polystr. [prev. cited]
2 metaphorically, τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς ὄ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 533d, 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “Protrepticus” 21.κδ᾽.)]
II the eye of heaven, i.e. the sun, ὄ. αἰθέρος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 285, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 194 (_anapaest meter_))]; but ὄ. νυκτός is a periphrasis for night (see. below see), ἕως.. νυκτὸς ὄμμ᾽ ἀφείλετο (i.e. τὴν μάχην) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 428)]; ὅταν δὲ νυκτὸς ὄ. λυγαίας μόλῃ the dark night, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 110; νυκτὸς ὄ. τῆς μελαμπέπλου 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 89; compare ὀφθαλμός 111, βλέφαρον 11.)]
III generally, light: hence, metaphorically, that which brings light, ὄμμα ξείνοισι a light to strangers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.56; ὄ. δόμων νομίζω δεσπότου παρουσίαν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 169; ἄελπτον ὄμμ᾽ ἐμοὶ φήμης ἀνασχὸν τῆσδε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 203.)]
III.2 metaphorically, anything dear or precious, as the apple of an eye, ὄ. γὰρ πάσης χθονὸς.. ἐξίκοιτ᾽ ἄν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 1025.)]
IV face or human form, ὦ δυσθέατον ὄ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1004; ἐμπαίει τί μοι ψυχῇ ξύνηθες ὄ. [prev. author] “El.” 903; τὸ ἐρωτικὸν ὄ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 253e: as periphrastic of the person, ὄ. πελείας, ={πελεία}, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 140 (_anapaest meter_))]; ὄ. νύμφας, ={νύμφα}, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 527 (Lyric poetry))]; ξύναιμον ὄ., ={ξυναίμων}, [Refs ([prev. author] “Aj.” 977)]; ὦ ταυρόμορφον ὄ. Κηφισοῦ, ={ὦ ταυρόμορφε Κηφισέ}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1261; see above 11 and compare ὄνομα IV.)]
V ὄ. τυκτόν eye-hole in a helmet, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 22.62.)]