ὀφθαλμόςophthalmós
the eye (literally or figuratively); by implication, vision; figuratively, envy (from the jealous side-glance)
Greek (New Testament) · G3788
Meanings
the eye (as in classical Greek, chiefly plural): Matthew 5:38, Mark 9:47, Luke 6:41, John 9:6, and elsewhere; 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, and elsewhere; ἐν ῥιπῇ ὀφθαλμοῦ, 1 Corinthians 15:52; by anthropom., of God, Hebrews 4:13, 1 Peter 3:12; pleonastically (cf. Thackeray, Gr., 42 f.), εἶδον οἱ ὀ. μου, Luke 2:30 (similarly, Luke 4:20, Luke 10:23, John 12:40, 1 Corinthians 2:9, 1 John 1:1, Revelation 1:7). Metaph.
(a) of ethical qualities: ὀ. πονηρός (by metonymy, for envy; cf. Heb. עַיִן רַע, Proverbs 28:22; cf. Sirach 14:10, Sirach 34:13), Matthew 6:22, Matthew 6:23, Mark 7:22, Luke 11:34; ἁπλοῦς, Matthew 6:22, Luke 11:34; ἐπιθυμία (see that word) ὀφθαλμῶν (cf. Ecclesiastes 4:8, Sirach 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, and elsewhere; ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς followed by genitive, Matthew 21:42, Mark 12:11.
Same root
- ὀπτάνομαιoptánomai · G3700to gaze (i.e. with wide-open eyes, as at something remarkable; and thus differing from G991 (βλέπω), which denotes simply voluntary observation; and from G1492 (εἴδω), which expresses merely mechanical, passive or casual vision; while G2300 (θεάομαι), and still more emphatically its intensive G2334 (θεωρέω), signifies an earnest but more continued inspection; and G4648 (σκοπέω) a watching from a distance)
- μονόφθαλμοςmonóphthalmos · G3442one-eyed
- ἀντοφθαλμέωantophthalméō · G503to face
- ὀφθαλμοδουλείαophthalmodouleía · G3787sight-labor, i.e. that needs watching (remissness)
Where it appears
Appears 100 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 5:29 So if your eye—even your good eye—causes you to lust, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
- Matthew 5:38 “You have heard the law that says the punishment must match the injury: ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’
- Matthew 6:22 “Your eye is like a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is filled with light.
- Matthew 6:23 But when your eye is unhealthy, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is!
- Matthew 7:3 “And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye when you have a log in your own?
- Matthew 7:4 How can you think of saying to your friend, ‘Let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye,’ when you can’t see past the log in your own eye?
See every passage
- Matthew 5:29, 5:38, 6:22, 6:23, 7:3, 7:4, 7:5, 9:29, 9:30, 13:15, 13:16, 17:8, 18:9, 20:15, 20:33, 21:42, 26:43
- Mark 7:22, 8:18, 8:25, 9:47, 12:11, 14:40
- Luke 2:30, 4:20, 6:20, 6:41, 6:42, 10:23, 11:34, 16:23, 18:13, 19:42, 24:16, 24:31
- John 4:35, 6:5, 9:6, 9:10, 9:11, 9:14, 9:15, 9:17, 9:21, 9:26, 9:30, 9:32, 10:21, 11:37, 11:41, 12:40, 17:1
- Acts 1:9, 9:8, 9:18, 9:40, 26:18, 28:27
- Romans 3:18, 11:8, 11:10
- 1 Corinthians 2:9, 12:16, 12:17, 12:21, 15:52
- Galatians 3:1, 4:15
- Ephesians 1:18
- Hebrews 4:13
- 1 Peter 3:12
- 2 Peter 2:14
- 1 John 1:1, 2:11, 2:16
- Revelation 1:7, 1:14, 2:18, 3:18, 4:6, 4:8, 5:6, 7:17, 19:12, 21:4
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.