ὀφθαλμός ophthalmos · G3788
eye
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, …
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
ὀφθαλμός, ὁ, ; (ὄπωπ-α, ὀφ-θῆναι, see at {ὄψ} B) eye, used by [] mostly in plural; ὀφθαλμοὶ δ᾽ ὡς εἰ κέρα ἕστασαν.. ἀτρέμας ἐν βλεφάροισι []: the plural continued most common, but the dual also occurs, as in [] before one's eyes, []; ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἰδεῖν, ὁρᾶσθαι, etc.,[]; but ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ὁρᾶν, νοεῖν, to see before one's eyes,[]; ἔχειν ἐν ὀ. to have before one's eyes, []; τὰ ἐν ὀ. what is before one's eyes, []; τὸ ἐν τοῖς ὀ. δὴ γελοῖον what was ridiculous to the eye, []; ἐπίπροσθε τῶν ὀ. []; …
Where it's used 101 times
Matthew 5:29 · Matthew 5:38 · Matthew 6:22 · Matthew 6:23 · Matthew 7:3 · Matthew 7:4 · Matthew 7:5 · Matthew 9:29 · Matthew 9:30 · Matthew 13:15 · Matthew 13:16 · Matthew 17:8 · Matthew 18:9 · Matthew 20:15 · Matthew 20:33 · Matthew 20:34 · Matthew 21:42 · Matthew 26:43 · Mark 7:22 · Mark 8:18 · Mark 8:25 · Mark 9:47 · Mark 12:11 · Mark 14:40 · Luke 2:30 · Luke 4:20 · Luke 6:20 · Luke 6:41 · Luke 6:42 · Luke 10:23 · Luke 11:34 · Luke 16:23 · Luke 18:13 · Luke 19:42 · Luke 24:16 · Luke 24:31 · John 4:35 · John 6:5 · John 9:6 · John 9:10 · John 9:11 · John 9:14 · John 9:15 · John 9:17 · John 9:21 · John 9:26 · John 9:30 · John 9:32 · John 10:21 · John 11:37 · John 11:41 · John 12:40 · John 17:1 · Acts 1:9 · Acts 9:8 · Acts 9:18 · Acts 9:40 · Acts 26:18 · Acts 28:27 · Romans 3:18 … and 41 more
Source: TBESG G3788; TFLSJ G3788
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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