ὀφθαλμός,
ὀφθαλμοῦ,
ὁ (from the root,
ὀπ, to see; allied to
ὄψις,
ὄψομαι, etc.;
Curtius, § 627), the
Sept. for
עַיִן (from
Homer down),
the eye:
Matthew 5:38;
Matthew 6:22;
Mark 9:47;
Luke 11:34;
John 9:6;
1 Corinthians 12:16;
Revelation 7:17;
Revelation 21:4, and often;
ῤιπῇ ὀφθαλμοῦ,
1 Corinthians 15:52;
οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου εἶδον (see the remark in
γλῶσσα, 1),
Luke 2:30; cf.
Luke 4:20;
Luke 10:23;
Matthew 13:16;
1 Corinthians 2:9;
Revelation 1:7; (
ἀνέβλεψαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί Matthew 20:34 R G);
ἰδεῖν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς,
Matthew 13:15;
John 12:40;
Acts 28:27;
ὁρᾶν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς (see
ὁράω, 1),
1 John 1:1;
ἡ ἐπιθυμία τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν, desire excited by seeing,
1 John 2:16. Since the eye is the index of the mind, the following phrases have arisen:
ὀφθαλμός σου πονηρός ἐστιν, i. e.
thou art envious, Matthew 20:15;
ὀφθαλμός πονηρός, envy,
Mark 7:22 (
עַיִן רַע, an envious man,
Proverbs 23:6;
Proverbs 28:22; cf. Sir. 34:13;
בְּאָחִיך עֵינֲך רָעָה, thine eye is evil toward thy brother, i. e. thou enviest (grudgest) thy brother,
Deuteronomy 15:9;
ὀφθαλμός πονηρός φθονερός ἐπ' ἄρτῳ, Sir. 14:10;
μή φθονεσάτω σου ὁ ὀφθαλμός, Tobit 4:7; the opposite,
ἀγαθός ὀφθαλμός, is used of a willing mind, Sir. 32:10, 12 (Sir. 35:10, 12)); on the other hand,
ὀφθαλμός πονηρός in
Matthew 6:23 is a
diseased, disordered eye, just as we say
a bad eye, a bad finger (see
πονηρός, 2 a. (where
Luke 11:34)).
κρατεῖν τούς ὀφθαλμούς τοῦ μή κτλ. (
A. V. to hold the eyes i. e.) to prevent one from recognizing another,
Luke 24:16;
ὑπολαμβάνω τινα ἀπό τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν τίνος, by receiving one to withdraw him from another's sight (
A. V. received him out of their sight),
Acts 1:9. Metaphorically, of
the eyes of the mind, the faculty of knowing:
ἐκρύβη ἀπό τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν σου,
hidden from thine eyes, i. e. concealed from thee (cf.
Buttmann, 320 (274)),
Luke 19:42;
διδόναι τίνι ὀφθαλμούς τοῦ μή βλέπειν, to crease one to be slow to understand,
Romans 11:8 (cf.
Buttmann, 267 (230));
τυφλουν τούς ὀφθαλμούς τίνος,
John 12:40;
1 John 2:11;
σκοτιζονται οἱ ὀφθαλμοί Romans 11:10;
πεφωτίσμενοι ὀφθαλμοί τῆς διανοίας (cf.
Buttmann, § 145, 6),
Ephesians 1:18 Rec.;
τῆς καρδίας (as in
Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 36, 2 [ET]), ibid.
G L T Tr WH;
ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς τίνος (
פּ בְּעֵינֵי (cf.
Buttmann, § 146, 1 at the end)), in the judgment (cf. our
view) of one,
Matthew 21:42;
Mark 12:11;
οὐκ ἐστι τί ἀπέναντι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν τίνος, to neglect a thing (cf. our leave, put, out of sight),
Romans 3:18;
γυμνόν ἐστι τί τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς τίνος (see
γυμνός, 2 a.),
Hebrews 4:13;
οἱ ὀφθαλμοί τοῦ κυρίου ἐπί δικαίους (namely,
επι- (or
απο-)
βλέπουσιν, which is added in
Psalm 10:4 (
Ps. 11:4)), are (fixed) upon the righteous, i. e. the Lord looks after, provides for them,
1 Peter 3:12. Other phrases in which
ὀφθαλμός occurs may be found under
ἀνοίγω, p. 48
b,
ἁπλοῦς,
διανοίγω 1,
ἐξορύσσω 1,
ἐπαίρω, p. 228
a,
καμμύω,
μοιχαλίς a.,
προγράφω2
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