face

Greek Noun Female

ὄψις, -εως, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for מַרְאֶה;] 1) the act of seeing, the sense of sight. 2) face, countenance: Jhn.11:44, Rev.1:16. 3) appear­ance: κατ᾽ ὄ. κρίνειν (see MM, xviii), Jhn.7:24. (AS)

face

Greek Noun Female

ὄψις, ἡ, genitive εως, Ionic dialect ιος, (ὄπωπα): I) objective, aspect, appearance of a person or thing, πατρὸς φίλου ὄψιν ἀτυχθείς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πλείω τὴν ὄ. παρείχετο made the appearance greater, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥστε ὄ. καλὴν φαίνεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: the accusative is used absolutely, in appearance, τῷ ὄψιν ἐειδόμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καλός τε κἀγαθὸς τὴν ὄ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ τῆς ὄ. Ἑλληνικός to judge from his looks, [Refs 4th c.BC+] I.b) countenance, face, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; διοίδησις ὅλης ὄ. [Refs 1st c.AD+]; οὐκ ἄξιον ἀπ᾽ ὄψεως οὔτε φιλεῖν οὔτε μισεῖν οὐδένα by the face or look merely, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀδήλως τῇ ὄ. πλασάμενος so that nothing could be learnt from his countenance, [Refs 5th c.BC+] I.c) visual impression or image of an object, [Refs 5th c.BC+] I.2) thing seen, sight, φοβερὰν ὄ. προσιδέσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄλλην ὄ. οἰκοδομημάτων other architectural sights, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ δὲ χρήματα. ἔστιν ὄψις mere outside show, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of scenic representations, [Refs 4th c.BC+] I.3) vision, apparition, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) subjective, power of sight or seeing, vision, ὄψει τινὰ ἰδεῖν, ἐσιδεῖν, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τῆς ἐμῆς ὄ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ τὸ δρασθὲν πιστότερον ὄψει λαβόντες ἢ τὸ ἀκουσθέν [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.b) act of seeing or looking, ἡ εἰς τὸ ἄνω ὄ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; sense of sight, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ διὰ τῆς ὄ, of pleasures, [Refs] II.c) plural, organs of sight, eyes, ὄψεις μαρᾶναι to quench the orbs of sight, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀσθενῖ (={-εῖ}) τὰς ὄ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: singular in collective sense, the eyes, [ἰχθῦς] λευκὴν ἔχοντες τὴν ὄ. [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.d) in Medicine texts, iris of the eye, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (but eye-ball or eye, [Refs]; also, pupil, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II.e) of the visual rays which were supposed to proceed from the eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+] controverted this Empedoclean theory, [Refs] II.2) view, sight, ἀπικνέεσθαι ἐς ὄψιν τινί come into one's sight, i.e. presence, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ὄψιν τινὸς or τινὶ ἥκειν, μολεῖν, ἐλθεῖν, περᾶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καλέσαι τινὰ ἐς ὄ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀποφαίνειν τί τινι ἐς ὄ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ ὄψιν in person, ὡς ἐνετειλάμην σοι κατ᾽ ὄ. as I enjoined you when with you, [Refs 1st c.AD+] II.2.b) dignity, position, κατὰ τὴν ἐμὴν ὄ. καὶ ὑπόλημψιν [Refs 6th c.AD+]; ἡ τῶν γονέων ἡμῶν προτεραία ὄ. [Refs 6th c.AD+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

properly, sight (the act), i.e. (by implication) the visage, an external show; appearance, countenance, face; from g3700 (ὀπτάνομαι)