Strong G3788ὀφθαλμός
eye
- Transliteration
- ophthalmos
- Pronunciation
- of-thal-mos'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From G3700; the eye (literally or figuratively); by implication vision; figuratively envy (from the jealous side glance): - eye sight.
Detailed definition
ὀφθαλμός, -οῦ, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for עַיִן;]
the eye (as in cl., chiefly pl.): Mat.5:38, Mrk.9:47, Luk.6:41, Jhn.9:6, al.; τοὺς ὀ. ἐξορύθσσειν (figuratively), Gal.4:15; ἐπᾶραι, Luk.6:20, Jhn.6:5; ἀνοῖξα, Act.9:40; id., of restoring sight, Mat.20:33, Jhn.9:10, al.; ἐν ῥιπῇ ὀφθαλμοῦ, 1Co.15:52; by anthropom., of God, Heb.4:13, 1Pe.3:12; pleonastically (cf. Thackeray, Gr., 42f.), εἶδον οἱ ὀ. μοθ, Luk.2:30 (similarly, ib. 4:20 10:23, Jhn.12:40, 1Co.2:9, 1Jn.1:1, Rev.1:7). Metaphorical (as otherwise in cl.; see LS, see word);
__(a) of ethical qualities: ὀ. πονηρός (meton., for envy; cf. Heb. עַיִן רַע, Pro.28:22; cf. Sir.14:10 34:13), Mat.6:22, 23 Mrk.7:22, Luk.11:34; ἁπλοῦς, Mat.6:22, Luk.11:34; ἐπιθυμία (which see) ὀφθαλμῶν (cf. Ecc.4:8, Sir.14:9), 1Jn.2:16; ὀ. μεστοὶ μοιχαλἰδος, 2Pe.2:14;
__(b) of mental vision: Mat.13:15, Mrk.8:18, Luk.19:42, Jhn.12:40, Rom.11:8, Gal.3:1, Eph.1:18, al.; ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς before genitive (on the absence of the art., seeBl, §46, 9.II; M, Pr., 81), Mat.21:42, Mrk.12:11.
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for עַיִן;]
the eye (as in cl., chiefly pl.): Mat.5:38, Mrk.9:47, Luk.6:41, Jhn.9:6, al.; τοὺς ὀ. ἐξορύθσσειν (figuratively), Gal.4:15; ἐπᾶραι, Luk.6:20, Jhn.6:5; ἀνοῖξα, Act.9:40; id., of restoring sight, Mat.20:33, Jhn.9:10, al.; ἐν ῥιπῇ ὀφθαλμοῦ, 1Co.15:52; by anthropom., of God, Heb.4:13, 1Pe.3:12; pleonastically (cf. Thackeray, Gr., 42f.), εἶδον οἱ ὀ. μοθ, Luk.2:30 (similarly, ib. 4:20 10:23, Jhn.12:40, 1Co.2:9, 1Jn.1:1, Rev.1:7). Metaphorical (as otherwise in cl.; see LS, see word);
__(a) of ethical qualities: ὀ. πονηρός (meton., for envy; cf. Heb. עַיִן רַע, Pro.28:22; cf. Sir.14:10 34:13), Mat.6:22, 23 Mrk.7:22, Luk.11:34; ἁπλοῦς, Mat.6:22, Luk.11:34; ἐπιθυμία (which see) ὀφθαλμῶν (cf. Ecc.4:8, Sir.14:9), 1Jn.2:16; ὀ. μεστοὶ μοιχαλἰδος, 2Pe.2:14;
__(b) of mental vision: Mat.13:15, Mrk.8:18, Luk.19:42, Jhn.12:40, Rom.11:8, Gal.3:1, Eph.1:18, al.; ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς before genitive (on the absence of the art., seeBl, §46, 9.II; M, Pr., 81), Mat.21:42, Mrk.12:11.
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3788 appears in 86 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- eye85
- with3
- of2
- an1
- sight1
First verses
- Matthew 5:29And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
- Matthew 5:38Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
- Matthew 6:22The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
- Matthew 6:23But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
- Matthew 7:3And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
- Matthew 7:4Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
- Matthew 7:5Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
- Matthew 9:29Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.
- Matthew 9:30And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.
- Matthew 13:15For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
- Matthew 13:16But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
- Matthew 17:8And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.
- Matthew 18:9And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
- Matthew 20:15Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
- Matthew 20:33They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
- Matthew 20:34So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.
- Matthew 21:42Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
- Matthew 26:43And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.
- Mark 7:22Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
- Mark 8:18Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ὀφθαλμός, ὁ,
(ὄπωπ-α, ὀφ-θῆναι, see at {ὄψ} B) eye, used by [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus)] mostly in plural; ὀφθαλμοὶ δ᾽ ὡς εἰ κέρα ἕστασαν.. ἀτρέμας ἐν βλεφάροισι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.211: _sing._, παίειν τινὰ ἐς τὸν ὀ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.22)]: the plural continued most common, but the dual also occurs, as in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 362: _plural_ is used in many phrases, ἐλθέμεν ἐς ὀφθαλμούς τινος)] before one's eyes, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.204; οὐδ᾽ Ἀχιλῆος ὀφθαλμοὺς εἴσειμι [prev. work] 463)]; ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἰδεῖν, ὁρᾶσθαι, etc.,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (10.275, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.47, etc.)]; but ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ὁρᾶν, νοεῖν, to see before one's eyes,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8.459, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.312)]; ἔχειν ἐν ὀ. to have before one's eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.5.29)]; τὰ ἐν ὀ. what is before one's eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 174c)]; τὸ ἐν τοῖς ὀ. δὴ γελοῖον what was ridiculous to the eye, [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 452d)]; ἐπίπροσθε τῶν ὀ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Smp.” 213a; πρὸ τῶν ὀ. προφαίνεσθαι 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.148; ἐπ᾽ ὀφθαλμῶν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 20)]; γενέσθαι τινὶ ἐξ ὀφθαλμῶν to get out of any one's sight, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.106; ἐξ ὀ. ἀποπέμψασθαι [prev. author] 1.120; ἐξ ὀ. ποιεῖν 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.20)]; κατ᾽ ὀφθαλμοὺς λέγειν τινί to tell one to one's face, opposed to εἰς οὖς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 626)]; τυράννου κατ᾽ ὀ. κατηγορεῖν to accuse him to his face, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 1.14: _sing._ in the phrase πρὸς ὀφθαλμὸν ἐπιχεῖν, μίσγειν)], by eye, [Refs (PHolm. 7.23, “PLeid.X.” 62)]; eyes were painted on the bows of vessels, βλοσυροῖς κατὰ πρῷραν ὀφθαλμοῖς οἷον βλέπει [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 1.19, compare “IG” 22.1607.24, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.86)]; whence the joke in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 97.)]
2 στέρησις ὀφθαλμῶν temporary loss of sight, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 17(1).400.)]
II in singular, the eye of a master or ruler, πάντα ἰδὼν Διὸς ὀ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 267; Δίκης ὀ. ὃς τὰ πάνθ᾽ ὁρᾷ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 179; δεσπότου ὀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 12.20)]; ἀκοίμητος ὀ., of God, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Secundus Gnomologus “Sententiae - FPG” 3)]; so a king is called ὀ. οἴκων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 934 (so ὄμμα “Pers.” 169))]; and in Persia ὀφθαλμὸς βασιλέως the king's eye was a confidential officer, through whom he beheld his kingdom and subjects, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 979 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.114, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 92, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.2.10f, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1287b29, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.642)]; compare οὖς.
III the eye of heaven, ἑσπέρας ὀ., νυκτὸς ὀ., of the moon, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.20, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 390)]; also οὐράνιος ὀ., of the sun, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Secundus Gnomologus “Sententiae - FPG” 5.)]
IV the dearest, best, as the eye is the most precious part of the body, hence of men, ὀ. Σικελίας, στρατιᾶς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.10, 6.16)]; also, light, cheer, comfort, μέγας [γ᾽] ὀ. οἱ πατρὸς τάφοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 987, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 406.)]
V eye or bud of a plant or tree, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 43, Ion Eleg. 1.6, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φύσιος παιδίου” 26, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 19.10, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.8.5, etc.)]
VI a surgical bandage covering one or both eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “κατ᾽ ἰητρεῖον” 7, 1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 48.29, 30.)]
VII Architecture texts, in dual, the disks forming the centres of the volutes of an Ionic capital, [Refs (“IG” 12.374.291.)]
(ὄπωπ-α, ὀφ-θῆναι, see at {ὄψ} B) eye, used by [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus)] mostly in plural; ὀφθαλμοὶ δ᾽ ὡς εἰ κέρα ἕστασαν.. ἀτρέμας ἐν βλεφάροισι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.211: _sing._, παίειν τινὰ ἐς τὸν ὀ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.22)]: the plural continued most common, but the dual also occurs, as in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 362: _plural_ is used in many phrases, ἐλθέμεν ἐς ὀφθαλμούς τινος)] before one's eyes, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.204; οὐδ᾽ Ἀχιλῆος ὀφθαλμοὺς εἴσειμι [prev. work] 463)]; ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἰδεῖν, ὁρᾶσθαι, etc.,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (10.275, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.47, etc.)]; but ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ὁρᾶν, νοεῖν, to see before one's eyes,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8.459, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.312)]; ἔχειν ἐν ὀ. to have before one's eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.5.29)]; τὰ ἐν ὀ. what is before one's eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 174c)]; τὸ ἐν τοῖς ὀ. δὴ γελοῖον what was ridiculous to the eye, [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 452d)]; ἐπίπροσθε τῶν ὀ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Smp.” 213a; πρὸ τῶν ὀ. προφαίνεσθαι 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.148; ἐπ᾽ ὀφθαλμῶν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 20)]; γενέσθαι τινὶ ἐξ ὀφθαλμῶν to get out of any one's sight, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.106; ἐξ ὀ. ἀποπέμψασθαι [prev. author] 1.120; ἐξ ὀ. ποιεῖν 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.20)]; κατ᾽ ὀφθαλμοὺς λέγειν τινί to tell one to one's face, opposed to εἰς οὖς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 626)]; τυράννου κατ᾽ ὀ. κατηγορεῖν to accuse him to his face, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 1.14: _sing._ in the phrase πρὸς ὀφθαλμὸν ἐπιχεῖν, μίσγειν)], by eye, [Refs (PHolm. 7.23, “PLeid.X.” 62)]; eyes were painted on the bows of vessels, βλοσυροῖς κατὰ πρῷραν ὀφθαλμοῖς οἷον βλέπει [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 1.19, compare “IG” 22.1607.24, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.86)]; whence the joke in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 97.)]
2 στέρησις ὀφθαλμῶν temporary loss of sight, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 17(1).400.)]
II in singular, the eye of a master or ruler, πάντα ἰδὼν Διὸς ὀ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 267; Δίκης ὀ. ὃς τὰ πάνθ᾽ ὁρᾷ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 179; δεσπότου ὀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 12.20)]; ἀκοίμητος ὀ., of God, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Secundus Gnomologus “Sententiae - FPG” 3)]; so a king is called ὀ. οἴκων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 934 (so ὄμμα “Pers.” 169))]; and in Persia ὀφθαλμὸς βασιλέως the king's eye was a confidential officer, through whom he beheld his kingdom and subjects, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 979 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.114, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 92, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.2.10f, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1287b29, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.642)]; compare οὖς.
III the eye of heaven, ἑσπέρας ὀ., νυκτὸς ὀ., of the moon, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.20, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 390)]; also οὐράνιος ὀ., of the sun, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Secundus Gnomologus “Sententiae - FPG” 5.)]
IV the dearest, best, as the eye is the most precious part of the body, hence of men, ὀ. Σικελίας, στρατιᾶς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.10, 6.16)]; also, light, cheer, comfort, μέγας [γ᾽] ὀ. οἱ πατρὸς τάφοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 987, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 406.)]
V eye or bud of a plant or tree, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 43, Ion Eleg. 1.6, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φύσιος παιδίου” 26, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 19.10, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.8.5, etc.)]
VI a surgical bandage covering one or both eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “κατ᾽ ἰητρεῖον” 7, 1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 48.29, 30.)]
VII Architecture texts, in dual, the disks forming the centres of the volutes of an Ionic capital, [Refs (“IG” 12.374.291.)]