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Lexicon :: Strong's G3788 - ophthalmos

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ὀφθαλμός
Transliteration
ophthalmos (Key)
Pronunciation
of-thal-mos'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:375,706

Strong’s Definitions

ὀφθαλμός ophthalmós, of-thal-mos'; from G3700; the eye (literally or figuratively); by implication, vision; figuratively, envy (from the jealous side-glance):—eye, sight.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 102x

The KJV translates Strong's G3788 in the following manner: eye (101x), sight (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 102x
The KJV translates Strong's G3788 in the following manner: eye (101x), sight (1x).

  1. the eye

  2. metaph. the eyes of the mind, the faculty of knowing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὀφθαλμός ophthalmós, of-thal-mos'; from G3700; the eye (literally or figuratively); by implication, vision; figuratively, envy (from the jealous side-glance):—eye, sight.
STRONGS G3788:
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. 48b, ἁπλοῦς, διανοίγω 1, ἐξορύσσω 1, ἐπαίρω, p. 228a, καμμύω, μοιχαλίς a., προγράφω2
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
15:9
Psalms
10:4; 11:4
Proverbs
23:6; 28:22
Matthew
5:38; 6:22; 6:23; 13:15; 13:16; 20:15; 20:34; 21:42
Mark
7:22; 9:47; 12:11
Luke
2:30; 4:20; 10:23; 11:34; 11:34; 19:42; 24:16
John
9:6; 12:40; 12:40
Acts
1:9; 28:27
Romans
3:18; 11:8; 11:10
1 Corinthians
2:9; 12:16; 15:52
Ephesians
1:18
Hebrews
4:13
1 Peter
3:12
1 John
1:1; 2:11; 2:16
Revelation
1:7; 7:17; 21:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3788 matches the Greek ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmos),
which occurs 536 times in 505 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 11 (Gen 3:5–Deu 4:3)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:5 - “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:6 - When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:7 - Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:10 - Lot looked around and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan toward Zoar was well watered, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:14 - The LORD said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, “Look around from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:2 - Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:19 - Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:4 - On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:13 - Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram[fn] caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:63

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:63 - He went out to the field one evening to meditate,[fn] and as he looked up, he saw camels approaching.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:64

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:64 - Rebekah also looked up and saw Isaac. She got down from her camel

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:1 - When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called for Esau his older son and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” he answered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:17 - Leah had weak[fn] eyes, but Rachel had a lovely figure and was beautiful.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:10 - “In breeding season I once had a dream in which I looked up and saw that the male goats mating with the flock were streaked, speckled or spotted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:12 - And he said, ‘Look up and see that all the male goats mating with the flock are streaked, speckled or spotted, for I have seen all that Laban has been doing to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:40 - This was my situation: The heat consumed me in the daytime and the cold at night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:25 - As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with spices, balm and myrrh, and they were on their way to take them down to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:7 - and after a while his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said, “Come to bed with me!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:29 - As he looked about and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” And he said, “God be gracious to you, my son.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:12 - “You can see for yourselves, and so can my brother Benjamin, that it is really I who am speaking to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:20 - Never mind about your belongings, because the best of all Egypt will be yours.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:4 - I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again. And Joseph’s own hand will close your eyes.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:10 - Now Israel’s eyes were failing because of old age, and he could hardly see. So Joseph brought his sons close to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:12 - His eyes will be darker than wine, his teeth whiter than milk.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:9 - This observance will be for you like a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that this law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For the LORD brought you out of Egypt with his mighty hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:16 - And it will be like a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead that the LORD brought us out of Egypt with his mighty hand.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:10 - As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried out to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:24 - eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:26 - “An owner who hits a male or female slave in the eye and destroys it must let the slave go free to compensate for the eye.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:8 - “Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:13 - “ ‘If the whole Israelite community sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the LORD’s commands, even though the community is unaware of the matter, when they realize their guilt

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:4 - or if anyone thoughtlessly takes an oath to do anything, whether good or evil (in any matter one might carelessly swear about) even though they are unaware of it, but then they learn of it and realize their guilt—

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:4 - If the members of the community close their eyes when that man sacrifices one of his children to Molek and if they fail to put him to death,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:20 - or who is a hunchback or a dwarf, or who has any eye defect, or who has festering or running sores or damaged testicles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:20 - fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. The one who has inflicted the injury must suffer the same injury.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:16 - then I will do this to you: I will bring on you sudden terror, wasting diseases and fever that will destroy your sight and sap your strength. You will plant seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:13 - so that another man has sexual relations with her, and this is hidden from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she has not been caught in the act),

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:6 - But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:14 - And they will tell the inhabitants of this land about it. They have already heard that you, LORD, are with these people and that you, LORD, have been seen face to face, that your cloud stays over them, and that you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:24 - and if this is done unintentionally without the community being aware of it, then the whole community is to offer a young bull for a burnt offering as an aroma pleasing to the LORD, along with its prescribed grain offering and drink offering, and a male goat for a sin offering.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:39 - You will have these tassels to look at and so you will remember all the commands of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by chasing after the lusts of your own hearts and eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:14 - Moreover, you haven’t brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Do you want to treat these men like slaves[fn]? No, we will not come!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:31 - Then the LORD opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with his sword drawn. So he bowed low and fell facedown.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:2 - When Balaam looked out and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came on him

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:4 - the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty,[fn] who falls prostrate, and whose eyes are opened:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:16 - the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who has knowledge from the Most High, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who falls prostrate, and whose eyes are opened:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:55

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:55 - “ ‘But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will give you trouble in the land where you will live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:21 - At that time I commanded Joshua: “You have seen with your own eyes all that the LORD your God has done to these two kings. The LORD will do the same to all the kingdoms over there where you are going.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:27 - Go up to the top of Pisgah and look west and north and south and east. Look at the land with your own eyes, since you are not going to cross this Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:3 - You saw with your own eyes what the LORD did at Baal Peor. The LORD your God destroyed from among you everyone who followed the Baal of Peor,

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