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ophthalmos G3788

ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmos) means “eye” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

ὀφθαλμός Greek · G3788 100 tagged occurrences in 85 verses

Pronunciation guide: of-thal-mos' Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G3788

ὀφθαλμός · ophthalmos · eye

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)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

the eye; fig: the mind's eye.

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How translators render G3788

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
eyes 63
eye 22
the eyes 3
an eye 2
envy 1
eyes are 1
of an eye 1
sight 1
their eyes 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
eyes 60
eye 22
the eyes 6
the eye 4
an eye 3
of 3
with 3
an 1
of an eye 1
of eyes 1
of the eyes 1
sight 1
unto the eyes 1

Verses containing G3788

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  1. Matthew 5:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If your right eye causes you to sin, 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.

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  2. Matthew 5:38 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’

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  3. Matthew 6:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.

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  4. Matthew 6:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

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  5. Matthew 7:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?

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  6. Matthew 7:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye?

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  7. Matthew 7:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

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  8. Matthew 9:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then He touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith will it be done to you.”

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  9. Matthew 9:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And their eyes were opened. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one finds out about this!”

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  10. Matthew 13:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’

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  11. Matthew 13:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.

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  12. Matthew 17:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And when they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus.

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  13. Matthew 18:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

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  14. Matthew 20:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’

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  15. Matthew 20:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Lord,” they answered, “let our eyes be opened.”

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  16. Matthew 21:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

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  17. Matthew 26:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And again Jesus returned and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

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  18. Mark 7:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.

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  19. Mark 8:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    ‘Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear?’ And do you not remember?

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  20. Mark 8:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Once again Jesus placed His hands on the man’s eyes, and when he opened them his sight was restored, and he could see everything clearly.

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  21. Mark 9:47 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

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  22. Mark 12:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”

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  23. Mark 14:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And again Jesus returned and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. And they did not know what to answer Him.

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  24. Luke 2:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For my eyes have seen Your salvation,

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  25. Luke 4:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then He rolled up the scroll, returned it to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him,

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  26. Luke 6:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Looking up at His disciples, Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

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  27. Luke 6:41 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?

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  28. Luke 6:42 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    How can you say, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while you yourself fail to see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

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  29. Luke 10:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Jesus turned to the disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.

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  30. Luke 11:34 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness.

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  31. Luke 16:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.

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  32. Luke 18:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’

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  33. Luke 19:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.

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  34. Luke 24:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him.

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  35. Luke 24:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Jesus—and He disappeared from their sight.

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  36. John 4:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.

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  37. John 6:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?”

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  38. John 9:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.

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  39. John 9:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.

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  40. John 9:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He answered, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and anointed my eyes, and He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and received my sight.”

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  41. John 9:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.

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  42. John 9:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. The man answered, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I can see.”

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  43. John 9:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So once again they asked the man who had been blind, “What do you say about Him, since it was your eyes He opened?” “He is a prophet,” the man replied.

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  44. John 9:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.”

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  45. John 9:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “What did He do to you?” they asked. “How did He open your eyes?”

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  46. John 9:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “That is remarkable indeed!” the man said. “You do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes.

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  47. John 9:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Never before has anyone heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind.

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  48. John 10:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But others replied, “These are not the words of a man possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”

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  49. John 11:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But some of them asked, “Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind also have kept Lazarus from dying?”

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  50. John 11:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.

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