For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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ὀφθαλμός
Vocabulary form:
ojfqalmovV, -ou:, oJ
Definition:
eye, sight
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
100
GK:
4057
Root:
ojfqalmo
Cognates:
Ophthalmology is the study of the eye.
Mnemonic Singing:
Turn your eyes upon Jesus;
look full in His wonderful face.
Biblical Concordance
| John 12:40 | “He has blinded their eyes (ophthalmous | ὀφθαλμούς | acc pl masc) and hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes (ophthalmois | ὀφθαλμοῖς | dat pl masc), and perceive with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them.” |
| John 17:1 | When Jesus had finished saying these things, he lifted up his eyes (ophthalmous | ὀφθαλμούς | acc pl masc) to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son so that your Son may glorify you, |
| Acts 1:9 | And when he had said these words, while they were watching, he was lifted up and a cloud took him away from their eyes (ophthalmōn | ὀφθαλμῶν | gen pl masc). |
| Acts 9:8 | So Saul got up from the ground, but although his eyes (ophthalmōn | ὀφθαλμῶν | gen pl masc) were open, he could see nothing. So they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. |
| Acts 9:18 | And immediately something like flakes fell from his eyes (ophthalmōn | ὀφθαλμῶν | gen pl masc), and he regained his sight. Then he got up and was baptized; |
| Acts 9:40 | But Peter put them all outside, and falling to his knees he prayed; then turning toward the dead body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” And she opened her eyes (ophthalmous | ὀφθαλμούς | acc pl masc), and seeing Peter, she sat up. |
| Acts 26:18 | to open their eyes (ophthalmous | ὀφθαλμούς | acc pl masc), that they turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’ |
| Acts 28:27 | for the heart of this people has become dull, and they hear with difficultly with their ears, and their eyes (ophthalmous | ὀφθαλμούς | acc pl masc) they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes (ophthalmois | ὀφθαλμοῖς | dat pl masc) and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I should heal them.’ |
| Romans 3:18 | There is no fear of God before their eyes.” (ophthalmōn | ὀφθαλμῶν | gen pl masc) |
| Romans 11:8 | as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes (ophthalmous | ὀφθαλμούς | acc pl masc) that would not see and ears that would not hear, to this very day.” |
| Romans 11:10 | May their eyes (ophthalmoi | ὀφθαλμοί | nom pl masc) be darkened so they cannot see, and keep their backs constantly bent.” |
| 1 Corinthians 2:9 | But, as it is written, “No eye (ophthalmos | ὀφθαλμός | nom sg masc) has seen, no ear has heard, nor has the mind of man imagined, the things that God has prepared for those who love him.” |
| 1 Corinthians 12:16 | And if the ear should say, “Since I am not an eye (ophthalmos | ὀφθαλμός | nom sg masc), I am not part of the body,” it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. |
| 1 Corinthians 12:17 | If the whole body were an eye (ophthalmos | ὀφθαλμός | nom sg masc), where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? |
| 1 Corinthians 12:21 | The eye (ophthalmos | ὀφθαλμός | nom sg masc) cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” |
| 1 Corinthians 15:52 | in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye (ophthalmou | ὀφθαλμοῦ | gen sg masc), at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. |
| Galatians 3:1 | O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you, before whose eyes (ophthalmous | ὀφθαλμούς | acc pl masc) Jesus Christ was publicly exhibited as crucified? |
| Galatians 4:15 | What then became of the blessing you enjoyed? For I testify about you that, if possible, you would have torn out your eyes (ophthalmous | ὀφθαλμούς | acc pl masc) and given them to me! |
| Ephesians 1:18 | I pray that, with the eyes (ophthalmous | ὀφθαλμούς | acc pl masc) of your heart enlightened, you may comprehend the hope to which he has called you, what are the rich benefits of his glorious inheritance among the saints, |
| Hebrews 4:13 | And nothing in creation is hidden from God’s sight, but everything is uncovered and exposed to the eyes (ophthalmois | ὀφθαλμοῖς | dat pl masc) of the one to whom we must give account. |
| 1 Peter 3:12 | For the eyes (ophthalmoi | ὀφθαλμοί | nom pl masc) of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayers; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.” |
| 2 Peter 2:14 | They have eyes (ophthalmous | ὀφθαλμούς | acc pl masc) full of adultery that do not stop sinning. They seduce unstable souls and have hearts well trained in greed. Accursed brood! |
| 1 John 1:1 | That which has existed from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes (ophthalmois | ὀφθαλμοῖς | dat pl masc), which we looked upon and our hands have touched, concerning the word of life — |
| 1 John 2:11 | But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness; he walks in the darkness and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes (ophthalmous | ὀφθαλμούς | acc pl masc). |
| 1 John 2:16 | For all that is in the world — the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes (ophthalmōn | ὀφθαλμῶν | gen pl masc), the pride of possession — is not from the Father but from the world. |
| Revelation 1:7 | Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye (ophthalmos | ὀφθαλμός | nom sg masc) will see him, even those who pierced him; and all the tribes of earth will wail on account of him. So shall it be! Amen. |
| Revelation 1:14 | His head and his hair were white, like white wool, like snow, and his eyes (ophthalmoi | ὀφθαλμοί | nom pl masc) were like a flame of fire. |
| Revelation 2:18 | “To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: The Son of God, who has eyes (ophthalmous | ὀφθαλμούς | acc pl masc) like a flame of fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze, has this to say: |
| Revelation 3:18 | I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire so you can be rich; and white garments to clothe yourself so your shameful nakedness will not be exposed; and salve to put on your eyes (ophthalmous | ὀφθαλμούς | acc pl masc) so you can see! |
| Revelation 4:6 | and before the throne there was as it were a sea of glass, like crystal; and around the throne, close by the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes (ophthalmōn | ὀφθαλμῶν | gen pl masc) in front and in back. |
| Revelation 4:8 | And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, were full of (ophthalmōn | ὀφθαλμῶν | gen pl masc) eyes (ophthalmōn | ὀφθαλμῶν | gen pl masc) around and within. And day or night they never rest, saying: “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come!” |
| Revelation 5:6 | And I saw standing there, between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders, a Lamb that appeared to have been killed, having seven horns and seven eyes (ophthalmous | ὀφθαλμούς | acc pl masc), which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. |
| Revelation 7:17 | for the Lamb at the center of the throne will shepherd them and guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.” (ophthalmōn | ὀφθαλμῶν | gen pl masc) |
| Revelation 19:12 | His eyes (ophthalmoi | ὀφθαλμοί | nom pl masc) are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows except himself. |
| Revelation 21:4 | He will wipe away every tear from their eyes (ophthalmōn | ὀφθαλμῶν | gen pl masc). Death will be no more, mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the former things have passed away.” |
Mnemonics
I can't really do it on the
I can't really do it on the computer, but the omicron, phi, and theta create an eye, nose, eye if you draw a smile under them.
ὀφθαλμός mnemonic
A huge book fell OFF THE MASSive shelf, and it hit me square in the EYE.