ὀφθαλμός

ὀφθαλμός, -οῦ, ὁ,

[in LXX chiefly for עַיִן ;]

the eye (as in cl., chiefly pl.): Matt 5,38, Mark 9,47, Luk 6,41, Joh 9,6, al.; τοὺς ὀ. ἐξορύθσσειν (figuratively), Gal 4,15 ἐπᾶραι, Luk 6,20, Joh 6,5; ἀνοῖξα, ApG 9,40 id., of restoring sight, Matt 20,33, Joh 9,10, al.; ἐν ῥιπῇ ὀφθαλμοῦ, 1 Kor 15,52 by anthropom., of God, Hebr 4,13, 1 Pet 3,12; pleonastically (cf. Thackeray, Gr., 42f.), εἶδον οἱ ὀ. μοθ, Luk 2,30 (similarly, Luk 4,20 10:23, Joh 12,40, 1 Kor 2,9, 1 Joh 1,1, Åb 1,7). Metaphorical (as otherwise in cl.; see LS, see word);

(a) of ethical qualities: ὀ. πονηρός (meton., for envy; cf. Heb. עַיִן רַע, Ord 28,22 cf. Sir 14,10 34:13), Matt 6,22, 23 Mark 7,22, Luk 11,34; ἁπλοῦς, Matt 6,22, Luk 11,34; ἐπιθυμία (which see) ὀφθαλμῶν (cf. Praed 4,8, Sir 14,9), 1 Joh 2,16; ὀ. μεστοὶ μοιχαλἰδος, 2 Pet 2,14

(b) of mental vision: Matt 13,15, Mark 8,18, Luk 19,42, Joh 12,40, Rom 11,8, Gal 3,1, Ef 1,18, al.; ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς before genitive (on the absence of the art., seeBl, §46, 9.II; M, Pr., 81), Matt 21,42, Mark 12,11.