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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

Page 2 of 2. 85 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. John 12:40 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.”

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  2. John 17:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.

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  3. Acts 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.

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  4. Acts 9:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see a thing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.

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  5. Acts 9:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At that instant, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and his sight was restored. He got up and was baptized,

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  6. Acts 9:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.

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  7. Acts 26:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’

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  8. Acts 28:27 · 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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  9. Romans 3:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

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  10. Romans 11:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”

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  11. Romans 11:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.”

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  12. 1 Corinthians 2:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”

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  13. 1 Corinthians 12:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.

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  14. 1 Corinthians 12:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?

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  15. 1 Corinthians 12:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The eye cannot say to the hand, “I do not need you.” Nor can the head say to the feet, “I do not need you.”

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  16. 1 Corinthians 15:52 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

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  17. Galatians 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.

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  18. Galatians 4:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    What then has become of your blessing? For I can testify that, if it were possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.

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  19. Ephesians 1:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,

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  20. Hebrews 4:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

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  21. 1 Peter 3:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

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  22. 2 Peter 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.

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  23. 1 John 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.

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  24. 1 John 2:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

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  25. 1 John 2:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.

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  26. Revelation 1:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.

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  27. Revelation 1:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire.

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  28. Revelation 2:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like a blazing fire and whose feet are like polished bronze.

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  29. Revelation 3:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.

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  30. Revelation 4:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back.

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  31. Revelation 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”

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  32. Revelation 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

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  33. Revelation 7:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”

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  34. Revelation 19:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He has eyes like blazing fire, and many royal crowns on His head. He has a name written on Him that only He Himself knows.

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  35. Revelation 21:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    ‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”

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