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ὀφθαλμός

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greekNew TestamentNoun · masculine100 occurrences14 books85 verses

Definition

ὀφθαλμός, -οῦ, ὁ,

[in LXX chiefly for עַיִן ;]

the eye (as in cl., chiefly pl.): Matthew 5:38, Mark 9:47, Luke 6:41, John 9:6, al.; τοὺς ὀ. ἐξορύθσσειν (figuratively), Galatians 4:15; ἐπᾶραι, Luke 6:20, John 6:5; ἀνοῖξα, Acts 9:40; id., of restoring sight, Matthew 20:33, John 9:10, al.; ἐν ῥιπῇ ὀφθαλμοῦ, 1 Corinthians 15:52; by anthropom., of God, Hebrews 4:13, 1 Peter 3:12; pleonastically (cf. Thackeray, Gr., 42f.), εἶδον οἱ ὀ. μοθ, Luke 2:30 (similarly, Luk.4.20 10:23, John 12:40, 1 Corinthians 2:9, 1 John 1:1, Revelation 1:7). Metaphorical (as otherwise in cl.; see LS, see word);

(a) of ethical qualities: ὀ. πονηρός (meton., for envy; cf. Heb. עַיִן רַע, Proverbs 28:22; cf. Sir.14.10 34:13), Matthew 6:22, 23, Mark 7:22, Luke 11:34; ἁπλοῦς, Matthew 6:22, Luke 11:34; ἐπιθυμία (which see) ὀφθαλμῶν (cf. Ecclesiastes 4:8, Sir.14.9), 1 John 2:16; ὀ. μεστοὶ μοιχαλἰδος, 2 Peter 2:14;

(b) of mental vision: Matthew 13:15, Mark 8:18, Luke 19:42, John 12:40, Romans 11:8, Galatians 3:1, Ephesians 1:18, al.; ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς before genitive (on the absence of the art., seeBl, §46, 9.II; M, Pr., 81), Matthew 21:42, Mark 12:11.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ὀφθαλμός:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

100 total
  1. John 9:6ὀφθαλμούς · eyes
    When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.
  2. John 9:10ὀφθαλμοί · eyes
    “How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.
  3. John 9:11ὀφθαλμοὺς · eyes
    He answered, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and anointed my eyes, and He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and received my sight.”
  4. John 9:14ὀφθαλμούς · eyes
    Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.
  5. John 9:15ὀφθαλμούς · eyes
    So the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. The man answered, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I can see.”
  6. John 9:17ὀφθαλμούς · eyes
    So once again they asked the man who had been blind, “What do you say about Him, since it was your eyes He opened?” “He is a prophet,” the man replied.
  7. John 9:21ὀφθαλμοὺς · eyes
    But how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.”
  8. John 9:26ὀφθαλμούς · eyes
    “What did He do to you?” they asked. “How did He open your eyes?”
  9. John 9:30ὀφθαλμούς · eyes
    “That is remarkable indeed!” the man said. “You do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes.
  10. John 9:32ὀφθαλμοὺς · [the] eyes
    Never before has anyone heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind.
  11. John 10:21ὀφθαλμοὺς · [the] eyes
    But others replied, “These are not the words of a man possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
  12. John 11:37ὀφθαλμοὺς · eyes
    But some of them asked, “Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind also have kept Lazarus from dying?”
  13. John 11:41ὀφθαλμοὺς · eyes
    So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
  14. John 12:40ὀφθαλμοὺς · eyes; ὀφθαλμοῖς · eyes
    “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.”
  15. John 17:1ὀφθαλμοὺς · eyes
    When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.
  16. Acts 1:9ὀφθαλμῶν · sight
    After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.
  17. Acts 9:8ὀφθαλμῶν · eyes
    Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see a thing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.
  18. Acts 9:18ὀφθαλμῶν · eyes
    At that instant, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and his sight was restored. He got up and was baptized,
  19. Acts 9:40ὀφθαλμοὺς · eyes
    Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.
  20. Acts 26:18ὀφθαλμοὺς · eyes
    …to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
  21. Acts 28:27ὀφθαλμοὺς · eyes; ὀφθαλμοῖς · eyes
    For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’
  22. Romans 3:18ὀφθαλμῶν · eyes
    “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
  23. Romans 11:8ὀφθαλμοὺς · eyes
    …as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”
  24. Romans 11:10ὀφθαλμοὶ · eyes
    May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.”
  25. 1 Corinthians 2:9ὀφθαλμὸς · eye
    Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
  26. 1 Corinthians 12:16ὀφθαλμός · an eye
    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.
  27. 1 Corinthians 12:17ὀφθαλμός · an eye
    If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?
  28. 1 Corinthians 12:21ὀφθαλμὸς · eye
    The eye cannot say to the hand, “I do not need you.” Nor can the head say to the feet, “I do not need you.”
  29. 1 Corinthians 15:52ὀφθαλμοῦ · of an eye
    …in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
  30. Galatians 3:1ὀφθαλμοὺς · eyes
    O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.
  31. Galatians 4:15ὀφθαλμοὺς · eyes
    What then has become of your blessing? For I can testify that, if it were possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.
  32. Ephesians 1:18ὀφθαλμοὺς · eyes
    I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
  33. Hebrews 4:13ὀφθαλμοῖς · eyes
    Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
  34. 1 Peter 3:12ὀφθαλμοὶ · [the] eyes
    For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
  35. 2 Peter 2:14ὀφθαλμοὺς · [Their] eyes
    Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.
  36. 1 John 1:1ὀφθαλμοῖς · eyes
    That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.
  37. 1 John 2:11ὀφθαλμοὺς · eyes
    But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
  38. 1 John 2:16ὀφθαλμῶν · eyes
    For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
  39. Revelation 1:7ὀφθαλμὸς · eye
    Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.
  40. Revelation 1:14ὀφθαλμοὶ · eyes
    The hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire.
  41. Revelation 2:18ὀφθαλμοὺς · eyes [are]
    To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like a blazing fire and whose feet are like polished bronze.
  42. Revelation 3:18ὀφθαλμούς · eyes
    I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.
  43. Revelation 4:6ὀφθαλμῶν · eyes
    And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back.
  44. Revelation 4:8ὀφθαλμῶν · eyes
    And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
  45. Revelation 5:6ὀφθαλμοὺς · eyes
    Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
  46. Revelation 7:17ὀφθαλμῶν · eyes
    For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
  47. Revelation 19:12ὀφθαλμοὶ · eyes
    He has eyes like blazing fire, and many royal crowns on His head. He has a name written on Him that only He Himself knows.
  48. Revelation 21:4ὀφθαλμῶν · eyes
    ‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”