eye

Greek Noun Male

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)

eye

Greek Noun Male

ὀφθαλμός, ὁ, (ὄπωπ-α, ὀφ-θῆναι, see at {ὄψ} B) eye, used by [Refs 8th c.BC+] mostly in plural; ὀφθαλμοὶ δ᾽ ὡς εἰ κέρα ἕστασαν. ἀτρέμας ἐν βλεφάροισι [Refs 8th c.BC+]: the plural continued most common, but the dual also occurs, as in [Refs 5th c.BC+] before one's eyes, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἰδεῖν, ὁρᾶσθαι, etc,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; but ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ὁρᾶν, νοεῖν, to see before one's eyes,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔχειν ἐν ὀ. to have before one's eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἐν ὀ. what is before one's eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἐν τοῖς ὀ. δὴ γελοῖον what was ridiculous to the eye, [Refs]; ἐπίπροσθε τῶν ὀ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; γενέσθαι τινὶ ἐξ ὀφθαλμῶν to get out of any one's sight, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ ὀφθαλμοὺς λέγειν τινί to tell one to one's face, opposed to εἰς οὖς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τυράννου κατ᾽ ὀ. κατηγορεῖν to accuse him to his face, [Refs 5th c.BC+], by eye, [Refs]; eyes were painted on the bows of vessels, βλοσυροῖς κατὰ πρῷραν ὀφθαλμοῖς οἷον βλέπει [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; whence the joke in [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) στέρησις ὀφθαλμῶν temporary loss of sight, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II) in singular, the eye of a master or ruler, πάντα ἰδὼν Διὸς ὀ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀκοίμητος ὀ, of God, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; so a king is called ὀ. οἴκων [Refs 4th c.BC+]; 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+]; compare οὖς. III) the eye of heaven, ἑσπέρας ὀ, νυκτὸς ὀ, of the moon, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also οὐράνιος ὀ, of the sun, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] 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+]; also, light, cheer, comfort, μέγας [γ᾽] ὀ. οἱ πατρὸς τάφοι [Refs 5th c.BC+] V) eye or bud of a plant or tree, [Refs 7th c.BC+] VI) a surgical bandage covering one or both eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+] VII) Architecture texts, in dual, the disks forming the centres of the volutes of an Ionic capital, [Refs]

Greek

Noun Masculine

the eye (literally or figuratively); by implication, vision; figuratively, envy (from the jealous side-glance); eye, sight; from g3700 (ὀπτάνομαι)