ὀφθαλμός

ὀφθαλμός — ophthalmós

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: Mat 5:38; Mat 6:22; Mar 9:47; Luk 11:34; Joh 9:6; 1Co 12:16; Rev 7:17; Rev 21:4, and often; ῤιπῇ ὀφθαλμοῦ, 1Co 15:52; οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου εἶδον (see the remark in γλῶσσα, 1), Luk 2:30; cf. Luk 4:20; Luk 10:23; Mat 13:16; 1Co 2:9; Rev 1:7; (ἀνέβλεψαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί Mat 20:34 R G); ἰδεῖν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς, Mat 13:15; Joh 12:40; Act 28:27; ὁρᾶν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς (see ὁράω, 1), 1Jn 1:1; ἡ ἐπιθυμία τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν, desire excited by seeing, 1Jn 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, Mat 20:15; ὀφθαλμός πονηρός, envy, Mar 7:22 (עַיִן רַע, an envious man, Pro 23:6; Pro 28:22; cf. Sir 34:13; בְּאָחִיך עֵינֲך רָעָה, thine eye is evil toward thy brother, i. e. thou enviest (grudgest) thy brother, Deu 15:9; ὀφθαλμός πονηρός φθονερός ἐπ' ἄρτῳ, Sir 14:10; μή φθονεσάτω σου ὁ ὀφθαλμός, Tob 4:7; the opposite, ἀγαθός ὀφθαλμός, is used of a willing mind, Sir 32:10; Sir 32:12 (Sir 35:10; Sir 35:12)); on the other hand, ὀφθαλμός πονηρός in Mat 6:23 is a diseased, disordered eye, just as we say a bad eye, a bad finger (see πονηρός, 2 a. (where Luk 11:34)). κρατεῖν τούς ὀφθαλμούς τοῦ μή κτλ. (A. V. to hold the eyes i. e.) to prevent one from recognizing another, Luk 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), Act 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)), Luk 19:42; διδόναι τίνι ὀφθαλμούς τοῦ μή βλέπειν, to crease one to be slow to understand, Rom 11:8 (cf. Buttmann, 267 (230)); τυφλουν τούς ὀφθαλμούς τίνος, Joh 12:40; 1Jn 2:11; σκοτιζονται οἱ ὀφθαλμοί Rom 11:10; πεφωτίσμενοι ὀφθαλμοί τῆς διανοίας (cf. Buttmann, § 145, 6), Eph 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, Mat 21:42; Mar 12:11; οὐκ ἐστι τί ἀπέναντι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν τίνος, to neglect a thing (cf. our leave, put, out of sight), Rom 3:18; γυμνόν ἐστι τί τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς τίνος (see γυμνός, 2 a.), Heb 4:13; οἱ ὀφθαλμοί τοῦ κυρίου ἐπί δικαίους (namely, επι( (or απο βλέπουσιν, which is added in Psa 10:4 ), are (fixed) upon the righteous, i. e. the Lord looks after, provides for them, 1Pe 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