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GreekG3788Noun (Masculine)

ὀφθαλμός

ophthalmos

86Occurrences
G3788Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

the eye (literally or figuratively); by implication, vision; figuratively, envy (from the jealous side-glance)

from G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
the eye (as in cl., chiefly pl.): , τοὺς ὀ. *ἐξορύθσσειν *(figuratively); ἐπᾶραι,; ἀνοῖξα; of restoring sight, ἐν ῥιπῇ ὀφθαλμοῦ; by anthropom., of God; pleonastically, εἶδον οἱ ὀ. μοθ, (similarly, :20, ). Metaphorical (as otherwise in cl.; see LS, ); (a) of ethical qualities: ὀ. *πονηρός *(meton., for envy; cf. Heb. עַיִן רַע; cf. ),; ἁπλοῦς,; *ἐπιθυμία *(which see) ὀφθαλμῶν; ὀ. μεστοὶ μοιχαλἰδος; (b) of mental vision: , *ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς *before genitive (on the absence of the art., seeBl, §46, 9.II; M, Pr., 81).
LXX: chiefly for עַיִן

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

ὀφθαλμός appears 86 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Matthew
18
John
17
Luke
12
Revelation
10
Acts
6
Mark
6
1 Corinthians
5
1 John
3

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 12:16BSB

And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.

Galatians 3:1BSB

O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.

John 9:26BSB

“What did He do to you?” they asked. “How did He open your eyes?”

Matthew 17:8BSB

And when they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus.

Mark 14:40BSB

And again Jesus returned and found them sleeping—for their eyes were heavy. And they did not know what to answer Him.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.